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Inflation Reduction Act Is Latest Win for Ethanol Industry
By Alejandro de la Garza
The Inflation Reduction Act is a Carbon Capture Bonanza
By Alejandro de la Garza
Europe's Energy Crisis Worsens as Heat Waves Increase Demand
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BP’s Profits Stir Political Recriminations
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Amazon Got a Big Pandemic Boost—And So Did Its Emissions
The carbon footprint of the world's largest online retailer grew 18% in 2021
By Matt Day/Bloomberg
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Unprecedented Profit for Major Oil Drillers as Prices Soared
Soaring energy prices have rattled consumers and become a political flash point
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ / AP
July 29, 2022
How Germany Is Preparing for a Looming Energy Crisis
German officials issued a tentative sigh of relief last week, when Russian gas began flowing again through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to the European Union after its annual 10-day maintenance—only to have that relief...
By Emily Schultheis
July 28, 2022
New Lithium Mining Technology Could Give Argentina a Sustainable Gold Rush
Mining for clean energy minerals is surprisingly dirty. New technology may reduce its impact on ecosystems and local communities.
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July 26, 2022
Austria's Climate Minister Is Taking the E.U. to Court
She says the bloc has compromised its green goals
By Alejandro de la Garza
July 13, 2022
Mohammad Barkindo, OPEC Secretary-General, Dies at 63
Barkindo steered OPEC through the creation of the OPEC+ alliance
By Grant Smith and Salma El Wardany / Bloomberg
July 6, 2022
$5 Gas Isn't Changing How Often Americans Drive
“[Fuel] demand is lower, but not drastically lower, because the car is still the primary mode to travel this summer"
By Emily Barone
July 5, 2022
High Gas Prices Are Discouraging Americans From Buying Cars Right Now
Immediate prices at the pump appear to be influencing car-use behavior in the U.S. more than long-term climate concerns
By Kyla Mandel
July 1, 2022
The U.S. Senate Might Be About to Kill Biden's Clean Energy Plans
Politicians are playing hardball over worker provisions, with the climate on the line
By Alejandro de la Garza
June 30, 2022
Meet the Siblings Making Hydropower That Actually Protects Rivers and Fish
“Every hydro project is also a water project, not just an energy project”
By Amy Gunia
June 29, 2022
Colombia May Be First Oil-Rich Country to Quit Fossil Fuels
The country's new president-elect wants to end new oil exploration
By Ciara Nugent
June 22, 2022
Petrobras Head Resigns as Bolsonaro Rages About Fuel Prices
The company recently raised domestic fuel prices, prompting calls for a congressional inquiry
By Peter Millard and Vinícius Andrade / Bloomberg
June 20, 2022
Why It Could Be a Long Time Before Gas Prices Come Down
The global factors pushing up crude prices are unlikely to ease anytime soon.
By Nik Popli
June 16, 2022
Key EU Parliament Groups Reject Plans to Label Gas and Nuclear as Green Energy
“We need massive investment in the expansion of renewable energies, not the energies of the past”
By JOHN AINGER/BLOOMBERG
June 14, 2022
European Union Working to Forge Gas and Power Ties With Israel
The block is working to reduce its reliance on Russian fossil fuels
By Daniel Avis, Chiara Albanese and Gwen Ackerman / Bloomberg
June 14, 2022
New York Passed Crypto Mining Ban to Support Climate Change
On June 3, the New York Senate passed the U.S.’s first statewide moratorium on cryptocurrency mining, aimed at energy-intensive operations that use fossil fuels for power. The measure, which still needs to be signed into...
By Lindsay Muscato
June 3, 2022
U.S. Landfills Are Getting a Second Life as Solar Farms
When landfills get capped and grassed over, they have the appearance of lush, rolling hills. Despite their green appearance, however, these sites are known as “brownfields”—a term for an environmentally hazardous site without a promising...
By Emily Barone
June 2, 2022
Inflation is Going to Get Worse. Blame a Lack of Diesel
The fuel that powers the trucks and ships and cars that bring you stuff is in short supply.
By Alana Semuels
May 31, 2022
Lithium Is Key to the EV Transition—And It's in Short Supply
Lithium prices are up 400%. Experts say the supply will get worse before it gets better, with implications for the electric vehicle market
By Emily Barone
May 26, 2022
Germany to Bring Back Coal Power Plants If Russia Cuts Gas
The government meanwhile is also calling for coal to be phased-out by 2030
By ARNE DELFS/BLOOMBERG
May 24, 2022
This Is How We Quit Big Oil
At the end of the first quarter of 2021, as the CEOs of the three biggest U.S. oil and gas companies presented their firms’ earnings, investors fired off a range of questions about how they...
By Justin Worland
May 11, 2022
As Putin Threatens Nuclear Disaster, Europe Learns to Embrace Nuclear Energy
In early March, the world looked on in horror as a fire broke out at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine. The blaze at the Zaporizhzhia facility following shelling by invading Russian forces...
By Charlie Campbell
April 21, 2022
Tribal Communities Use Corporate Investment to Scale Up Solar Power
Private capital is essential to allowing tribes to tap into their renewable resources in a serious way
By Kalen Goodluck
April 13, 2022
Oil Climate Disclosures Riddled With ‘Questionable Claims,’ Study Finds
Facing mounting pressure to divest from fossil fuels, investors want reliable emissions disclosures from the industry
By PAUL TAKAHASHI / BLOOMBERG
April 12, 2022
The Bitcoin Mining Showdown In New York’s Wine Country
When I reach Rick Rainey on the phone, he’s barreling down a highway in his Subaru with samples of Riesling in tow. “I’m out here spreading the Finger Lakes love,” he tells me—which means, he’s...
By Lindsay Muscato
April 7, 2022
Climeworks Raises $650 Million to Scale Up Carbon Capture Technology
Most scenarios that keep global warming within 1.5°C will require removing some carbon that’s already been dumped into the atmosphere
By AKSHAT RATHI / BLOOMBERG
April 5, 2022
Biden to Release Oil Reserves to Control Gas Price: Sources
Up to a million barrels of oil a day will be released from the U.S. petroleum reserve, AP sources said
By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK / AP
March 31, 2022
This Tech Leader is Harnessing Collective Action to Green the Grid
Open-source software could make a big difference for decarbonization
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 30, 2022
U.S. to Boost Gas Supply to E.U. in Effort to Cut Dependence on Russia
The U.S. and European Union announced an agreement to try and boost the supply of liquefied natural gas to European countries by the end of 2022 with at least 15 billion cubic meters. The aim...
By Jordan Fabian and Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg
March 25, 2022
Gas Prices Don't Reflect Their Environmental Cost
The true cost of driving includes not just the price of filling up but also the costs that it imposes on society, including pollution
By Justin Worland
March 24, 2022
Japan’s Power Crisis Was a Decade in Making
Japan’s worst power crisis in over a decade is a culmination of events starting from the Fukushima disaster, and is an issue that the nation won’t be able to quickly shake. The world’s third-largest economy...
By Stephen Stapczynski and Shoko Oda / Bloomberg
March 22, 2022
Heat Pumps Are a Weapon in the E.U.’s Face-Off With Russia
The high efficiency heating systems have suddenly become crucial to the E.U. cutting its dependence on Russian gas
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 16, 2022
Why President Biden Banned Russian Oil
Biden's ban on Russian energy imports is an effort to further choke off revenue going to Moscow amid Russia's deadly invasion of Ukraine.
By Brian Bennett
March 8, 2022
E.U. Releases Plan to Cut Russian Gas Imports by Two-Thirds and Increase Renewables
“Let’s dash into renewable energy at lightning speed”
By EWA KRUKOWSKA / BLOOMBERG
March 8, 2022
Europe’s Green Energy Plans Are Threatened by the Need to Wean Itself Off Russian Gas
Coal and renewables are both on the table
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 4, 2022
Europeans Are Being Asked to Turn Down Their Heating to Fight Russian Energy Dependence
"It is vain to believe that a war on [our] continent will have no impact on us"
By Ciara Nugent
March 3, 2022
Why Sanctions on Russia Aren't Targeting Oil and Gas
Call for restrictions or an embargo on Russian oil and gas feels far outside the realm of possibility. It's not hard to understand why.
By Ciara Nugent
February 25, 2022
Energy Prices Surge Amid Ukraine Crisis
Energy prices surged after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order to send what he called “peacekeeping forces” to the two breakaway areas of Ukraine that he officially recognized on Monday. European natural gas led...
By Anna Shiryaevskaya, Isis Almeida and Alex Longley / Bloomberg
February 22, 2022
CEOs’ Climate Pledges Fall Far Short of Net Zero, Study Finds
New study finds major companies' 2030 climate goals “fall well short" of what's needed to meet Paris Agreement ambitions
By FRANCES SCHWARTZKOPFF/BLOOMBERG
February 7, 2022
EU Unveils Controversial Green Label for Gas and Nuclear
As urgency to tackle climate change mounts, environmentalists worry the decision risks greenwashing and diverting money away from renewables
By EWA KRUKOWSKA AND JOHN AINGER/BLOOMBERG
February 2, 2022
Liquid Hydrogen: The Green Fuel That Isn't
A debut shipment of liquid hydrogen to Japan proves the fuel is viable, supporters say. Critics aren't so sure
By Amy Gunia
January 28, 2022
Russia Tensions Could Push Europe to a Clean Energy Future
The threat of a Ukraine invasion and the worst energy crisis in years are reminding Europe of the risks of a fossil-fuelled world.
By Ciara Nugent
January 27, 2022
Americans’ Gas Stoves Are as Bad for Climate as 500,000 Cars
Researchers found surprising amounts of heat-trapping methane and nitrous oxides seeping from gas stoves—pollutants that can trigger asthma and other breathing problems
By DAVID R. BAKER / BLOOMBERG
January 27, 2022
Exxon Plans to Zero Out Emissions from Operations by 2050
Carbon released when customers use Exxon products such as gasoline and jet fuel will be excluded from the company's emissions roadmap
By KEVIN CROWLEY AND ARI NATTER/BLOOMBERG
January 18, 2022
E.U. Risks its Climate Goals By Calling Natural Gas Green
A long-simmering debate about the future of natural gas has been forced to a head in Europe this month, as the E.U. considers classifying some projects involving the fossil fuel as sustainable investments in official...
By Ciara Nugent
January 13, 2022
Fossil Fuel Companies Say They Want to Help Fight Climate Change. Here's What They Should Do
The last year has been critical in the global fight against climate change. I attended COP26 and believe that the Glasgow Climate Pact, which enshrines the collective commitments that aim to limit global temperature increases...
By John Browne
January 4, 2022
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