"It’s 11.30am in the pumping heart of Canada’s tar sands industry, on a day when local crude is trading at a rock-bottom $29 a barrel. For the down-and-out men and women heading down to the free lunch in the basement of a Fort McMurray church, it’s hard to see a way back up."

"Ten of the world’s big oil companies, mainly from Europe, on Friday jointly acknowledged their industry’s role in global climate change and said that they agreed with the United Nations’ goals of limiting global warming."

"Toyota, under ambitious environmental targets, is aiming to sell hardly any regular gasoline vehicles by 2050, only hybrids and fuel cells, to radically reduce emissions."

"While boasting of pollution cuts at home, the United States is facilitating the sale of large quantities of government-owned coal abroad."

"The Supreme Court appeared to side Wednesday with energy industry groups in a case challenging the federal government’s authority to regulate electricity supply and demand."

"Bill Gates has branded fossil fuel divestment “a false solution” and accused environmentalists of making misleading claims about the price of solar power."

"A provocative study on mice finds that the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing appear to disrupt the reproductive system."

"Heritage Action for America said it has significant concerns with the House’s energy reform bill and is pushing conservatives to vote against it."

"The state and federal governments have decided not to pursue $92 million in additional damages from Exxon Mobil Corp., citing the recovery of ducks and sea otters in Alaska's Prince William Sound following a devastating oil spill more than two decades ago."