I write about fossil fuels and renewable energy with a special interest in the energy transition in a warming world.
My Background
I have been at The Times since 1990, and have been based in Washington, New York, Buenos Aires, Toronto and Houston. I have covered foreign and domestic affairs, including reporting trips around the United States, Canada, Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East. I previously worked at The Wall Street Journal and have had articles published in Foreign Affairs and GQ. I received an Overseas Press Club award for environmental reporting in Bolivia, and I was an Edward R. Murrow fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. I am the author of “Inside Central America: Its People, Politics and History.” I studied history at Vassar College and the University of Chicago and journalism at Columbia University. I was born in New York City.
Journalistic Ethics
As a Times journalist, I share the values and adhere to the standards of integrity outlined in The Times’s Ethical Journalism handbook. I approach stories with an open mind, happy to be surprised. The best stories are the unexpected ones.
The Federal Trade Commission will bar Pioneer’s chief executive, Scott Sheffield, from joining Exxon’s board, saying he colluded with OPEC to reduce oil production.
Two- and three-wheeled vehicles, used by billions of people, are moving away from fossil fuels to batteries faster than cars in countries that have made the energy transition a priority.
By Somini Sengupta, Abdi Latif Dahir, Alex Travelli and Clifford Krauss
American oil production is hitting record levels, delivering economic and foreign policy benefits but putting environmental goals further out of reach.
Exxon Mobil and Chevron are spending tens of billions of dollars buying oil and gas assets, betting that the International Energy Agency’s predictions of declining oil demand are wrong.
The acquisition marks further consolidation of the oil industry and highlights the confidence that energy companies have in the future of fossil fuels.