Energy: Latest Financial Topics from The New York Times

U.S. Issues New Rules on Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling
The regulations are aimed at preventing the kind of failures that caused the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and come amid a proposal for Arctic drilling.

Dot Earth Blog: Obama Hails Young Inquiring Minds at His Final White House Science Fair
Young scientific minds were hailed at the White House by and administration that has never flagged in its push for better science education as a path to a culture of innovation.

Pressure on Exxon Over Climate Change Intensifies With New Documents
The Center for International Environmental Law released evidence that the energy industry had the underlying knowledge of climate change 60 years ago.

Op-Ed Contributors: After Bankruptcies, Coal’s Dirty Legacy Lives On
The collapses of major companies like Peabody portend abandoned mines and communities, with taxpayers stuck with the bills.

Acreage for Genetically Modified Crops Declined in 2015
Efforts to expand use of biotechnology to crops other than corn, soybeans, cotton and canola have been hindered by opposition from consumer and environmental groups.

Peabody Energy, U.S. Coal Giant, Files for Bankruptcy Protection
The Chapter 11 filing ranks among the largest in the commodities sector since energy and metals prices began falling in the middle of 2014.

National Weather Service: Forecasts ‘Will Stop Yelling at You’
The forecasts have long been issued in all capital letters, but in the Internet age, those messages can look hysterical. Next month, the service will adopt mixed-case lettering.

Drought in Zambia Cuts Electricity and Cripples Economy
Because of severe drought magnified by climate change, the Kariba Dam is generating so little juice that blackouts are hurting the nation’s businesses.

Wildfires, Once Confined to a Season, Burn Earlier and Longer
Increasingly, fire crews are making calculated decisions to let blazes consume the land, concentrating their efforts on safeguarding communities and watersheds.

Yale Advances in Shaping Portfolio to Address Climate Change
Yale’s chief investment officer says overseers of its endowment have taken steps to assess companies’ steps in reducing greenhouse emissions.

Number of Tigers in the Wild Is Rising, Wildlife Groups Say
The estimated rise, the first in over a century, was linked to conservation efforts, as well as new camera and DNA technology that have improved the accuracy of counts.

Activists Push to Continue a Libel Suit Against Them
ChemRisk, a consultant criticized in a Huffington Post article, wants to drop its suit against the activists, but they want legal fees and an apology.

Dot Earth Blog: The Park Service Maps America’s Natural and Human-Made Soundscapes and Silences
New maps by the National Park Service show levels of human and natural sounds around the United States.

Sierra Nevada Snow Won’t End California’s Thirst
Climate change and the proliferation of trees have led to less of a natural reservoir of melting snow coming down the mountains.

As Oil Nations Consider a Freeze, Looking for Tensions to Thaw
All eyes will be on this weekend’s meeting of OPEC members and Russia, watching for signs that they can cooperate enough to exercise market discipline.

A New Zealand Penguin, Hard to Spot, Is Harder to Preserve
The shy yellow-eyed penguin, threatened by human endeavors, natural predators and hot weather, face extinction despite conservation efforts.

Dot Earth Blog: How a North Pole Chat with Readers Led to an Online Sustainability Quest
How a reader Q&A during a reporting trip to the North Pole sea ice started a journalist’s journey into online inquiry on climate change and other “wicked” problems.

China Says 80% of Tested Wells Had Water Too Polluted to Drink
Though the data was from shallower wells than those used by many cities, the findings struck a nerve among Chinese increasingly sensitive to health threats.

Climate-Related Death of Coral Around World Alarms Scientists
Researchers believe that bleaching, which they attribute to heat stress compounded by climate change, is threatening more than a third of the planet’s reefs.

Judge Prods Wildlife Service on Protection for Wolverines
The chief federal district judge in Montana said the reclusive mountain animal may fall victim to reduced snowfall related to climate change.

Climate Models May Overstate Clouds’ Cooling Power, Research Says
If further research supports the findings of a new paper, it suggests that making progress against global warming will be even harder.

Global Soccer: New Chelsea Coach Antonio Conte Has One Way: His
Conte will take over at the English club this summer and will be tasked with rebuilding a team that imploded in the first half of the season.

Global Soccer: Narrow Loss to Bayern Gives Benfica Hope for Lisbon Rematch
Bayern Munich struck early, but not often, and defeated Benfica 1-0, in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal in Munich.

Norrkoping’s Andersson to Replace Hamren as Sweden Boss-Reports
Sweden are set to appoint IFK Norrkoping coach Jan Andersson as national team manager to replace Erik Hamren after Euro 2016, Swedish media reported on Wednesday.

Aurier Handed First PSG Start Since Insulting Coach Blanc
Ivory Coast international Serge Aurier was handed his first Paris St Germain start since insulting coach Laurent Blanc for their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Manchester City on Wednesday.

After Panama Papers Leak, a Raid and New Questions for FIFA
The Swiss authorities raided UEFA headquarters on Wednesday, seizing information on media rights deals signed by FIFA’s new president, Gianni Infantino.

Gritty Man City Fight Back to Draw 2-2 Against PSG
Manchester City claimed a vital edge in their Champions League quarter-final tie against Paris St Germain after grabbing two away goals in a scrappy 2-2 first leg draw on Wednesday.

Wolfsburg Shock Real Madrid 2-0 to Crown Big European Night
Real Madrid’s hopes of an 11th European title were left hanging by a thread as they slumped to a shock 2-0 loss at Germany’s Champions League novices VfL Wolfsburg in their quarter-final first leg on Wednesday.

Zidane Appeals for Calm as Real Stunned by Wolfsburg
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane urged his side to remain calm after their Champions League hopes suffered a setback with a shock 2-0 loss at VfL Wolfsburg in the first leg of their quarter-final tie on Wednesday.

Cambodia to Bring Wild Tigers From Abroad in Fight Against Extinction
A small number of the animals will be taken to the Mondulkiri Protected Forest, the last place in the country one was seen.

On the Environment: Promising Signs That Economies Can Rise as Carbon Emissions Decline
The question is whether what happened in 21 countries can be a model for the rest of the world.

NASA Is Facing a Climate Change Countdown
Kennedy Space Center and other NASA facilities near coastlines are facing the prospect of continually rising waters.

‘Fractivists’ Increase Pressure on Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in New York
Climate change has especially inspired grass-roots progressives upstate, who fought — and won — a yearslong battle against fracking for natural gas.

Dot Earth Blog: Lingering Lessons from a Cold-War Climate Peril – Nuclear Winter
A video report looks back at the nuclear winter theory and ahead at a related type of climate engineering.

Memo From China: It’s Hazy, but China’s Carbon Emissions May Have Peaked
There could be important consequences if such emissions are falling more than a decade earlier than expected, but finding the answer is difficult.

Dot Earth Blog: A Student of ‘Cultural Environmentalism’ Explores the Many Views of Earth’s Anthropocene ‘Age of Us’
A writer who explores the meanings of nature takes a tour of the growing array of views of the proposed Anthropocene epoch of Earth history.

Dot Earth Blog: Brave Testimony Helps Convict Costa Rican Slayers of a Turtle Conservationist
A Spanish veterinarian who was attacked by thugs as they also murdered a turtle conservationist provided vital testimony at a Costa Rican trial.

Saudi Arabia Moving to Reduce Dependence on Oil Money
A top Saudi prince has announced new elements of a plan to restructure the country’s economy, which is reeling amid a drop in world prices.

Misconceptions: Don’t Be Fooled by a Climate Change ‘Pause’
Does a possible global warming pause tell us anything about the science of climate change?

Business Briefing: SunEdison Receives Subpoena From Justice Department
The struggling solar company said it had received a subpoena seeking details related to its failed deal to buy Vivint Solar and transactions with its two publicly listed units, TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global.