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In another major setback for President Donald Trump, the White House has been forced to withdraw the nomination of a leading climate skeptic to become the chair of the influential Council on Environmental Quality.
Shell's scenarios leader says: “I am tasked with making sure that Shell isn’t a dodo.” So will Shell become extinct in the upcoming energy transition or dominate the new energy landscape?
With a swagger and a wave, the US President Donald Trump has arrived at the World Economic Forum in Davos and is expected to push his "America First" agenda later today, in a self-congratulatory speech.
Climate denying, President Trump has yet again shown his anti-green credentials by trying to undermine the US solar industry.
“2017 was the third warmest year on record and the warmest year without an El Niño present.”
There are further warning signs regarding climate change from Alaska, now seen as the US' canary in the coal mine. Earlier this month, as New York shivered – Alaska sweltered.
“It’s time for Big Oil to take responsibility for the devastation they have wrought, that’s why New York City is making the unprecedented move to both sue and divest from fossil fuel companies."
Although Canada’s controversial tar sands industry celebrated a small increase in production last year, this year’s forecast is looking gloomy, as investors continue to take flight over the climate risks and the relatively low oil price means that other oil patches look more profitable.
"The impact of Trump on climate science has been far greater than what the public believe it has.”
Argentina is on the brink of an oil and gas production explosion, with its top shale plays forecasted to vastly increase oil and gas production in the country through mid-century. The annual summit for the Group of 20 countries, which will be held in Buenos Aires at the end of November next year, seems set to serve as a boost for this development.
