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Sanctions that would make it impossible for Exxon to do business with Russian oil companies such as Rosneft would leave Putin's Arctic dream in tatters. But they would also undermine Exxon's dreams too.

A game of political musical chairs has set off a transition that will hand Big Oil the keys to the influential Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. What's worse, the whole thing could have been avoided.

Leading scientists and American politicians are worried that the the US is trying to undermine the EU's landmark Fuel Quality Directive

The House Energy and Power Subcommittee will be holding a major hearing on climate change today that was bought and paid for by the fossil fuel industry.

There is widespread outrage in the UK this morning at the proposed “Lobbying Bill” that is being debated today in the House of Commons in London.

As protests against fracking in the UK continue, the Netherlands is the latest European country to signal that it is set to press ahead with the controversial technique.

This past Spring the Obama Administration took an important (and little reported) step towards more aggressively addressing climate change. They increased the social cost of carbon.

The 40 Senators voting against Gina McCarthy's nomination for EPA Administrator would have voted against anyone who would even consider measures that could affect the fossil fuel industry...thanks to $25 million in dirt energy money.

By inviting Harper to address its Parliament, the British government is explicitly condoning Harper's policy on extracting the dirty tar sands, which has recently been labelled as "cultural genocide".