Nicholas Kusnetz Posts

The president’s executive actions will have real world effects, but market forces have stolen some of their thunder.

New York's investor fraud case against ExxonMobil revolves around a central question: Did the oil giant mislead investors about the company's financial risks connected to climate change?

Part of the answer may hinge on notes that Exxon's former greenhouse gas manager emailed to a colleague in 2014.

As the trial

The city’s waterfront revitalization has become a model for urban development, but sea level rise and extreme weather are putting its future at risk.

The lawsuit blames the burning of fossil fuels for contributing to sea level rise, extreme weather and warming oceans. The state's already seeing coastal damage.

Human health alone is supposed to drive air quality standards decisions. The EPA administrator's new memo emphasizes economic cost and impact on energy development.

The giant naval base at Norfolk is under threat by rising seas and sinking land, but little is being done to hold back the tides.

A watchdog group had reported that the EPA administrator spent 90 percent of his travel days this spring in his home state of Oklahoma or traveling there.

Eric Schneiderman says he has evidence that Exxon used one set of numbers in describing risks to investors but used a secret set internally.