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Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is officially in the race for the Oval Office. The Democrat announced his bid for presidency Thursday morning in an online video. His announcement comes after days of speculation that he may run for office.

As Exxon faced the prospect of new climate regulations, the energy giant set out to understand — not understate — how they would affect the bottom line, former CEO and ex-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told a court Wednesday. Exxon set up a system for gauging climate risks and costs that was “as robust as we could make it at...

The large fire that burned for several days at a Southeast Texas petrochemicals storage facility and sent a plume of pitch-black smoke thousands of feet into the atmosphere has been extinguished, plant officials say.

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a bid by ExxonMobil meant to block an investigation by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey into whether the company misled investors and consumers about what it knew about the link between fossil fuels and climate change. The Democrat is seeking documents from the Irving, Texas-based oil and gas giant into whether it...

A Rosemont police sergeant arrested September in connection to armed robberies at two northwest suburban gas stations quit his post last month.

Two men—one being a police officer—were charged Saturday with aggravated armed robbery at an Exxon gas station in Norridge and a Shell gas station in Park Ridge.

An Iranian oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China’s east coast, leaving the tanker’s entire crew of 32 missing and causing it to spill oil into the sea, authorities said Sunday. Chinese authorities dispatched police vessels and three cleaning ships to the scene after the collision, which happened late Saturday. The South Korean coast guard...

A city that lost its drinking water system is struggling to restore service and a crippled chemical plant that twice has been the scene of explosions remains a concern nine days after Harvey ripped across Texas. Officials in Beaumont, population almost 120,000, worked to repair their water treatment plant, which failed after the swollen Neches River inundated the main intake...

Exxon Mobil Corp. must pay a $2 million fine for showing “reckless disregard” for U.S. sanctions on Russia while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was the oil giant’s CEO, the Treasury Department said Thursday. Exxon sued the U.S. government to stop the fine.

“Wayne Tracker” cannot be forced to testify under oath. He does not exist. But the man who used the “Tracker” alias, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, can be deposed — and is increasingly expected to be — as New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman expands his sweeping probe into whether Tillerson’s former employer, ExxonMobil, misled investors about the impact of...

Former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson has been sworn in as secretary of state during a ceremony with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Feb. 1. The Senate approved Tillerson’s nomination earlier Wednesday on a vote of 56-43.

California Gov. Jerry Brown delivered an enthusiastic pep rally style speech Wednesday in which he positioned the state as “ready to fight” Washington on climate issues.

A 24-year-old student at a community college in Texas paid off his grandparents’ mortgage in gratitude for having been taken in by them at a young age, Today.com reported. Stefun Darts handed his grandparents a $15,000 check during a March 20 surprise party. Darts said he saved money by often staying home to fulfill the goal he’s had since second...

An emergency cleanup is underway along the coastline near Santa Barbara after an oil pipeline leaked into the ocean.

Google is cutting its ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council, but chairman Eric Schmidt can’t erase the $29,000 he gave to eight climate change deniers.