Here’s the Arctic Station That Keeps Satellites Connected

Arrayed across a plateau on an island in the high Norwegian Arctic, the 100 geodesic domes of the Svalbard Satellite Station look like abstract mushrooms sprouting from the snowy landscape.From outside, there seems to be little going on.…

Biden Opens California’s Coast to Wind Farms

WASHINGTON — The notion of wind farms churning in the Pacific Ocean, creating clean energy to power homes and businesses, has long been dismissed because of logistical challenges posed by a deep ocean floor and opposition from the military,…

E.P.A. to Modify Trump-Era Limits on States’ Ability to Oppose Energy Projects

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday said it planned to revise a Trump-era rule that limited the ability of states and tribes to veto pipelines and other energy projects that could pollute their local waterways.The Trump administration…

Biden to Require Pipeline Companies to Report Cyberattacks

The Biden administration will require the nation’s pipeline companies to report to the government any time they are hit with a significant cyberattack, and to create 24-hour emergency centers for such episodes, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the…

Biden Administration Defends Huge Alaska Oil Drilling Project

Kristen Miller, acting director of the Alaska Wilderness League, said the burning of oil produced by the Willow project over its lifetime would create nearly 260 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions — about the equivalent of…

Biden’s Fossil Fuel Moves Clash With Pledges on Climate Change

WASHINGTON — Despite President Biden’s pledge to aggressively cut the pollution from fossil fuels that is driving climate change, his administration has quietly taken actions this month that will guarantee the drilling and burning of…

Flying and Climate: Airlines Under Pressure to Cut Emissions

The worst of the pandemic may be over for airlines, but the industry faces another looming crisis: an accounting over its contribution to climate change.The industry is under increasing pressure to do something to reduce and eventually eliminate…

How Exxon Lost a Board Battle With a Small Hedge Fund

Early last year, Mr. Penner left Jana with ambitions of setting up his own fund. But as the pandemic hit, he held talks to join Mr. James’s nascent firm — and brought with him an ambitious idea he had been weighing for some time: Exxon.The…

Big Setbacks Propel Oil Giants Toward a ‘Tipping Point’

A nun, an environmental lawyer, pension fund executives, and the world’s largest asset manager. These were among the unusual collection of rebels who claimed a series of startling victories this week against some of the world’s biggest…

Gemma Power Systems Secures EPC Contract for Pennsylvania Solar Project

Argan Inc. says its wholly owned subsidiary, Gemma Power Systems, recently entered into an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services contract with CPV Maple Hill Solar LLC…