Oilfield consolidation was last year's top M&A trend, and it may be a repeat performance.
Driving the news: Diamondback Energy on Monday announced an agreement to buy privately held Endeavor Energy Partners for $26 billion in cash and stock.
Data: First Street Foundation; Note: Maximum count of days with unhealthy air quality from anywhere within each county; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios
After decades of progress in the U.S. toward cleaner air, climate change-related events will cause a steady deterioration through 2054.
Why it matters: An increase in large wildfires in the West, along with heat waves and drought, are already yielding a growing "climate penalty" to air quality, the new report finds.
