122 companies and entities are responsible for 72% of all the carbon dioxide emitted by the fossil and cement sector since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution
The conference features speakers including the chief executives of Shell, Saudi Arabia’s Aramco and Norway’s Equinor, as well as the U.K.’s energy security minister
The Administration is trying to navigate between energy companies seeking greater oil and gas production and environmental activists who want Biden to shut down new offshore drilling in the fight against climate change
As originally proposed in March, the sale would have made 73 million acres of offshore tracts available for drilling leases. That area was reduced to 67 million acres in August when Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced final plans for the sale
Officers received a service call just after 3 p.m. Friday to help divert traffic around the plant, Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Thomas Gilliland said
The auction was the first in the Gulf in more than a year and drew interest from companies like ExxonMobil, Shell and Chevron. The sale was mandated by last year’s climate bill compromise
