ConocoPhillips , the largest U.S. independent oil and gas company, on Tuesday said its board amended its bylaws to allow minority shareholders to nominate directors. Investors led by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer had pushed hard for so-called proxy access at 19 oil companies, arguing that shareholders should have the right to nominate climate experts to board seats. The aim of the campaign was to demand more accountability from
U.S. regulators haven’t determined the legality of a new emission-control device on Volkswagen’s 2016 diesel models, a top official said on Tuesday. The existence of the new software was made public last week by VW’s top U.S. executive in testimony to a congressional subcommittee investigating the German automaker’s diesel cheating scandal. “We have a long list of questions for VW,” said EPA Assistant Administrator Janet McCabe at a media briefing
By Mike De Souza CALGARY (Reuters) – Canada’s Conservative government rejected advice from its bureaucrats warning it was “inappropriate” to use a sole-source contract to hire a consultant to review the country’s Arctic drilling legislation, according to a memo obtained by Reuters. The memo, released under Canada’s Access to Information Act, was prepared for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt by his department. Canada is reviewing Arctic drilling
BOSTON (AP) — The owners of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth have announced that they will close the plant by June 2019.
The owners of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts say they will shut it by 2019.
Chevron’s 1.2 percent fall to $88.56 made it the biggest drag on the Dow Jones industrial average . “I think it will be a generally very quiet day and investors will be content to sit on the sidelines today and wait for more earnings numbers tomorrow and some economic data,” said Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management in Chicago. At 10:59 a.m. ET, the Dow was down 2.84
WASHINGTON (AP) — For just the third time in 40 years, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect no increase in benefits next year, which is unwelcome news for more than one-fifth of the nation’s population.
WASHINGTON (AP) — For just the third time in 40 years, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect no increase in benefits next year, unwelcome news for more than one-fifth of the nation’s population.
For just the third time in 40 years, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect no increase in benefits next year. They can blame low gas prices. By law, …
Sen. Charles Schumer asked U.S. environmental regulators Friday to work with Canadian officials to stop the city of Montreal from dumping 2 billion gallons of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River. Montreal …