Companies Spend Big on ESG Investments, Hoping for Long-Term Payoff
Companies are racking up hefty bills as they invest in new facilities and products to reduce emissions or meet other...
Energy
The Hedge-Fund Manager Who Did Battle With Exxon—and Won
Christopher James’s decision to do battle with one of the world’s biggest oil companies began with a family dinner in...
Slow Vaccinations in Developing World Set to Drag on Oil Demand
The world’s appetite for crude oil will return to its pre-pandemic highs by the end of next year but low...
How the FBI Got Colonial Pipeline’s Ransom Money Back
After Colonial Pipeline Co. on May 8 paid roughly $4.4 million in cryptocurrency to hackers holding its computer systems hostage,...
WSJ News Exclusive | First Solar to Build New Solar-Panel Factory in Ohio
WASHINGTON—The biggest American-owned solar-panel maker is set to announce plans Wednesday to invest $680 million in a new Ohio factory,...
Activist Wins Exxon Board Seats After Questioning Oil Giant’s Climate Strategy
An activist investor’s successful campaign to win seats on the board of Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM 1.17% represents a historic...
Shell Ordered by Dutch Court to Cut Carbon Emissions
The ruling, issued by the district court in The Hague and stemming from a lawsuit, found Shell RDS.A 0.74% must...
Fracking Companies Continue Consolidation as Cabot, Cimarex Form $14 Billion Firm
U.S. shale drillers Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. COG -6.18% and Cimarex Energy Co. XEC -6.75% said Monday that they...
WSJ News Exclusive | Colonial Pipeline CEO Tells Why He Paid Hackers a $4.4 Million Ransom
The operator of the Colonial Pipeline learned it was in trouble at daybreak on May 7, when an employee found...
Stop New Oil Investments to Hit Net-Zero Emissions, IEA Says
Investment in new fossil-fuel supply projects must immediately cease if the world is going to slash net carbon emissions to...
Can E-Fuels Save the Combustion Engine?
Maybe the combustion engine isn’t dead after all. Synthetic fuels are attracting growing interest as a way to make industries...
Colonial Pipeline Said to Pay Ransom to Hackers Who Caused Shutdown
Colonial Pipeline Co. paid a ransom to the criminal hackers who caused the company to shut down the country’s largest...
Elon Musk Says Tesla Has Suspended Accepting Bitcoin for Vehicle Purchases
Tesla Inc. TSLA -4.42% Chief Executive Elon Musk said the company has suspended accepting bitcoin as payment for its vehicles.“We are concerned...
Colonial Pipeline Shutdown Threatens to Magnify Gasoline-Price Surge
The cyberattack that forced the closure of the top U.S. fuel pipeline threatens to disrupt gasoline supplies for millions, as...
Key U.S. Energy Pipeline Closes After Cyberattack
The Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined-products pipeline in the U.S., transporting more than 100 million gallons per day. Photo:...
WSJ CEO Council Features Interviews With Janet Yellen, Jamie Dimon
The Wall Street Journal is hosting its CEO Council summit Tuesday with top executives, administration officials and policy experts, as...
Big Oil Companies Recover as Prices Rebound
Big oil companies returned to profitability during the first quarter as they recovered from the unprecedented destruction of oil-and-gas demand...
How to Add Gas to U.S.-China Climate Cooperation
Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping committed to reducing his country’s coal consumption beginning in 2026. That is later than...
Oil Demand Is Recovering Despite Vaccination Hiccups, IEA Says
A year after the pandemic and a price war sparked one of the weakest months in history for oil prices,...
Battery-Making Rivals to Settle Trade Rift That Threatened Georgia Plant
Korean battery-making rivals SK Innovation Co. and LG Chem Ltd. have agreed to settle a trade-secret dispute that had threatened...
