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The Polluters October 09, 2019 Compare details about the fossil fuel firms behind a third of carbon emissions since 1965 1. Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Ownership: State HQ: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Sign up to the Green Light email to get the planet's most important stories CEO: Amin H Nasser CEO pay: Undisclosed Revenue: $355.9bn in 2018 Fossil fuel production: 13.6m barrels of oil equivalent a day Investment in renewables: $1.51bn worth of renewable energy projects tendered in 2019 Global emissions 1965-2017: 59,262m tonnes of CO2, 4.38% of global total Projected increase in production 2018-30: 7.2% Projected emissions 2018-30: 27,035m tonnes of CO2 Future projects: $18bn investment in extending Marjan and Berri oilfields off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia to extract another 550,000 barrels per day Q&A What is the polluters project? Show 2. Chevron, US Ownership: Shareholder Advertisement HQ: San Ramon, California, US CEO: Michael Wir...

The Guardian, By Amrit Dhillon, June 19, 2019 Authorities in Chennai have been criticised for failing to deal with a crippling water shortage that has brought the Indian city to crisis point, leaving taps dry in homes and forcing schools, offices and restaurants to close as temperatures soar. The four reservoirs supplying the bulk of the city’s drinking water have completely dried up, leading the Chennai Metro Water to cut the water it provides by about 40%. The crisis in India’s sixth largest city comes as the country struggles to deal with a heatwave that has caused hundreds of deaths, with 184 people killed just in the eastern state of Bihar. Temperatures reached 48C near the airport in Delhi last week and above 50C in Rajasthan. The water shortage in Chennai started several weeks ago and Madras’s high court has criticised the Tamil Nadu state government for inaction. The court accused the government on Tuesday of waiting passively for the arrival of the monsoon in...