Prior to joining Climatewire in 2016, Benjamin Storrow worked at newspapers in Massachusetts and Wyoming. Benjamin has a degree in international affairs from George Washington University.
The British oil giant sent shock waves through the industry by announcing plans to be carbon neutral. That raises a question that might take years to answer: Can it succeed and still be an oil company?
Fatih Birol saw it as "welcome news." Global carbon dioxide emissions last year remained flat, stuck at 33 gigatons, even as the world economy grew 2.9%.
KEENE, N.H. — Katelyn Fournier is the sort of voter whom climate hawks are banking on this year.
Occidental Petroleum Corp., the Texas shale titan, is trying to transform itself into a "carbon manager." In the past two years, it has invested in an array of enterprises aimed at cutting carbon from factories, power plants and the atmosphere itself.
In 2018, the Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a proposal to put a price on carbon and boost renewables. But when the legislation finally emerged from the Beacon Hill sausage maker, only the renewable energy provisions remained.