American Petroleum Institute

Climate disinformation leaves lasting mark as world heats

By DAVID KLEPPERJuly 27, 2022 GMT

In 1998, as nations around the world agreed to cut carbon emissions through the Kyoto Protocol, America's fossil fuel companies plotted their response, including an aggressive strategy to inject doubt into the public debate.

Cheniere’s Louisiana, Texas LNG plants OK’d for more exports

The Associated PressMarch 18, 2022 GMT

The U.S. Department of Energy has given a liquefied natural gas exporter operating in Louisiana and Texas permission for additional sales to every country entirely in Europe as they seek to move away from Russian oil and gas because of that country’s war on Ukraine.

Correction: LNG Exports-Europe story

March 17, 2022 GMT

In a story published March 16, 2022, about the U.S. Department of Energy approving additional liquefied natural gas exports, The Associated Press erroneously reported that producer Cheniere Energy Inc.

Tribes: Pipeline review company has conflict of interest

September 22, 2021 GMT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The head of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is asking a federal agency overseeing the environmental review of the Dakota Access oil pipeline to cut ties with a contractor conducting the analysis, citing a conflict of interest.

Democrats call oil giants to testify on climate campaign

By MATTHEW DALYSeptember 16, 2021 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are calling top executives at ExxonMobil and other oil giants to testify at a House hearing as lawmakers investigate what they say is a long-running, industry-wide campaign to spread disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming.