A crude performance: Semi-naked climate activists protest BP art sponsorship
Visitors to a London portrait gallery were treated to an impromptu performance on Sunday when three semi-naked climate activists were doused with mock crude oil in a protest against arts sponsorship by British oil company BP. The unauthorized stunt at the National Portrait Gallery capped ...
Greenpeace claims it forced BP oil rig to make U-turn in North Sea
Greenpeace said Monday that its seafaring campaigners had forced British energy giant BP to turn around an oil rig before it could start drilling a new well. The environmental pressure group's ship Arctic Sunrise has been shadowing BP's rig for nine days as it tries ...
Shell to quit U.S. refining lobby over climate disagreement and will back Paris accord
Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday became the first major oil and gas company to announce plans to leave a leading U.S. refining lobby due to disagreement on climate policies. In its first review of its association with 19 key industry groups, the company said it ...
Protesters tried to interrupt the biggest U.S. energy conference, holding signs and using a microphone to shout "Climate Change is Genocide." It's the first time in recent memory that environmental activists have made their presence felt at the CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference in Houston, ...
Caving to investor pressure, Shell will set sector-leading emissions targets
Royal Dutch Shell caved in to growing investor pressure over climate change on Monday, setting out plans to introduce industry-leading carbon emissions targets linked to executive pay. Rivals BP and Total have already set short-term targets on reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but these are limited ...
An oil well leaking natural gas on Alaska's North Slope has been successfully plugged, according to private and government responders. BP Exploration Alaska Inc. confirmed Monday that its well five miles from the airport at Deadhorse was successfully "killed" overnight. The method of plugging the ...
U.S., five states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill
The Justice Department and five U.S. states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The deal, once approved by a judge, would resolve all civil claims against BP and ...
Hope fades for Gulf oystermen five years after BP oil spill disaster
Five years after the largest oil spill in U.S. history spewed millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, many Louisiana oystermen are fearful that a once-bountiful population of the mollusks may never recover. "My kids are losing hope," said Wilbert Collins, 77, ...
