Congress sets sites on climate change in Covid…

Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty ImagesThe coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress toughens rules around use of a common heat-trapping chemical and funnels billions of dollars into renewable energy.The measures, attached to a year-end government…

$7 trillion asset manager BlackRock makes climate change…

Investors are increasingly interested in companies that are environmentally and socially conscious, and the world's largest asset manager is no exception.In an annual letter to CEOs earlier this year, BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink said "climate…

Federal Reserve joins global group focused on fighting…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell prepares for a House Financial Services Committee hearing on "Oversight of the Treasury Department's and Federal Reserve's Pandemic Response" in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Dec.…

Solar stocks drop as election results dim prospects…

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden walks past solar panels while touring the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative in Plymouth, New Hampshire, U.S., June 4, 2019.Brian Snyder | ReutersWhile the…

Exxon loses key climate change battle

Rex Tillerson's complicated relationship with climate changeExxonMobil just lost a critical climate change battle even as the fate of the Paris accord remains in serious doubt. In a rare defeat for a major company, over…

Exxon under fire to stress test climate risk

Rex Tillerson's complicated relationship with climate changeThe once-immovable foundations of oil giant ExxonMobil's business model are being challenged by a new world of electric cars, solar energy and crackdowns on carbon emissions. Yet for all…