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About 60% of oil and gas operations protected from protest due to money spent on lobbying, says Greenpeace USA reportFossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars on lobbying and campaign donations to state lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest l…
Takeover puts Chevron head-to-head with ExxonMobile in oil-rich Guyana and US shale industryBusiness live – latest updatesChevron has announced it will buy the US fossil fuel producer Hess Corporation in a $53bn (£44bn) all-stock deal, as it seeks to i…
Community says company has not been in contact about plans for drilling operation ‘threatening our environment and our cultural way of life’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTiwi people have expressed anger at a S…
Climate activist taken away by Met police after protesters denounce meeting of fossil fuel executives and ministersGreta Thunberg was arrested after joining hundreds of protesters who gathered at a five-star hotel in London on Tuesday morning to denoun…
Major investigation shows local governments are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Clean Air Act, leaving more than 21 million Americans with air that’s dirtier than they realizeWhat is the exceptional events rule? The loophole letting US regula…
Judges rule environmental impact in Narva-Jõesuu had not been fully assessed after activists brought caseEstonia’s supreme court has ordered the state energy company Enefit to halt construction on a shale oil plant because of the damage it will do to t…
People are ahead of governments, says David Cooper, who blames backtracking on parties seeking ‘wedge issues’ for electoral gainGovernment backtracking on environmental promises is being driven by politicians and vested interests, not the public, the a…
Calls come after federal court dismisses legal action against environment minister’s decisions on two mine expansionsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastConservation groups say Australia’s environment laws must be c…
Media cites intelligence sources saying Russian sabotage suspected after unusual drop in pressureExtensive damage to an undersea gas pipeline and communications cable connecting Finland and Estonia “could not have occurred by accident” and appears to b…
Carmen Lawrence says former premier’s behaviour, if true, is ‘certainly improper’ and ‘ethically questionable’ and shows power of oil and gas interestsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastClaims that the former Weste…