Christophe de Margerie, CEO of major French oil company Total, was killed Monday night when his corporate jet crashed into a snow removal vehicle on the runway of an airport near Moscow. The company reportedly has no succession plant in place, but has strong corporate governance led by a long-standing board of directors. “Barclays France director Franklin Pichard said de Margerie’s death ‘shouldn’t trigger insurmountable management difficulties.’” [Reuters]

Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport – one of the world’s largest – has acquired the use of 167 Tesla Model S taxis operated by 3 different companies. The electric vehicle taxi service is part of an effort to reduce carbon emissions and increase energy efficiency. “The electric taxi fleet is one of the many efforts on the part of the Schiphol airport to reduce its carbon footprint, like extensive use of LED lighting and 35 BYD electric buses, among other things. The rollout of this new electric taxi service begins today, and the minimum trip cost comes in at a substantial 25 euros, though each car comes equipped with free 4G LTE wireless service.” [CleanTechnica]

UK Green Party MP Caroline Lucas is calling for the country’s Parliamentary pension fund to pull investment from oil, gas and coal companies. “The Green party MP says the £487m Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund should join the movement of hundreds of institutions worldwide who have already divested $50bn (£31bn) from gas, coal and oil investments as a way of tackling climate change. A University of Oxford study says the campaign has grown faster than any previous divestment movements, including those on apartheid and tobacco.” [The Guardian]