Bloomberg California lawmakers approved a measure mandating that all electricity come from wind, solar and other clean-energy sources by 2045, marking the state’s biggest step yet in the fight against global warming. The state Assembly voted 43-32 in favour of the legislation. It would eliminate the reliance on fossil fuels to power homes, businesses and factories in the world’s fifth-largest ...

Bloomberg Oil touched the highest level in three weeks after a government report showed a bigger US crude stockpile decline than expected. Futures in New York advanced as much as 1.5 percent. The Energy Information Administration reported nationwide crude inventories fell 2.57 million barrels last week, larger than a decrease of 1.49 million barrels that analysts forecast in a Bloomberg ...

Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp. set a goal for reducing emissions from its Canadian oil sands, the second time this year the world’s biggest oil explorer by market value published a greenhouse-gas target. Imperial Oil Ltd., a Calgary-based subsidiary 69-percent owned by Exxon, will reduce the intensity of emissions by 10 percent over the next five years, compared with 2016 levels, ...