Help keep Salon independent

Lucas Davis

Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Darren Woods; Chevron Chairman and CEO, Michael K. Wirth (AP/Chevron Corporation/Shutterstock)

“Pay-for-luck”: Oil and gas execs out-earn their peers

Lucas Davis, Catherine Hausman
FILE - In this photo taken April 30, 2016, the southern ramps to the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle are shown free of vehicles during a construction closure in Seattle. The troubled project to replace the elevated roadway with a tunnel is $223 million over budget, the Washington state Department of Transportation said Thursday, July 21, 2016. The original completion date for the tunnel was the fall of 2015, but the latest estimate for the opening of the double-decker highway project is in 2018. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) (AP)

Why are environmentalists denouncing a carbon tax in Washington state?

Lucas Davis
FILE - In this May 8, 2015 file photo, gas station attendant Carlos Macar pumps gas in Andover, Mass. Gasoline is close to breaking below a key psychological barrier as drivers enjoy some of the cheapest pump prices since the recession. The nationwide average price of a gallon of regular Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 was $2.02, down 58 cents from this time last year, according to auto club AAA. Experts say it could drop below $2 in the coming days. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) (AP)

Americans are addicted to oil: Gasoline consumption is higher than ever before

Lucas Davis

Cooling measures are big and getting bigger: The global impact of air conditioning

Lucas Davis