Wall Street Journal | Oil Industry Takes Aim at Coal, Pushes Gas Ahead of Climate-Change Talks Wall Street Journal PARIS—Europe's largest oil companies on Tuesday came out forcefully against coal, taking aim at a competing fossil fuel as they push cleaner-burning natural gas ahead of climate-change talks. Executives from Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A 1.12 % PLC, BP BP ... Big Oil's plan to become Big Gas In Stunning Reversal, 'Big Oil' Asks for Carbon Price Dear UN, put a price on carbon. Yours truly, Big Oil. (+video) |