Climate change has become one of the most pressing issues in the modern world with mounting pressure on companies to develop and implement climate strategies. Politicians around the globe have also be...
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Rivian pauses plans to make electric vans in Europe with Mercedes-Benz
An Amazon Rivian electric delivery van at the company’s manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, US., on Monday, April 11, 2022. Jamie Kelter Davis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rivian said Mond...
Can The Quest For Clean Energy Finally Help Tackle The Climate Crisis?
Topline Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have managed to get more energy out of a nuclear fusion reaction than they put in to trigger it, the U.S. Department of E...
Europe’s power crisis has ‘very little to do with Putin’: CEO
This image, from Sept, 2022, shows a liquefied natural gas tanker arriving at a port in the Netherlands. Siese Veenstra | AFP | Getty Images The power crisis gripping Europe has little to do with Vlad...
Tesla Mega packs, giant hydrogen tank: Panasonic’s new climate factory
As a bullet train speeds by in the background, a liquid hydrogen tank towers over solar panels and hydrogen fuel cells at Panasonic’s Kusatsu plant in Japan. Combined with a Tesla Megapack stora...
A home energy upgrade that’s becoming a climate and financial winner
Heat pumps are becoming more popular for residential housing with energy prices increasing and the need to reduce use of fossil fuel heating systems. Andrew Aitchison | In Pictures | Getty Images Thin...
Electric school buses give kids a cleaner, but costlier, ride
BEVERLY, Mass. — It’s a gray November morning, and we’re on board a long, yellow school bus. The bus bounces over this Boston suburb’s patched streets in a way that would be familiar...
Lithium Rally Has More Room to Run, Thanks to US Climate Bill
(Bloomberg) — Lithium prices have already been on a monumental tear. But if there’s one thing that the industry’s top executives agree on it’s that there’s room to go even higher. Most Read from...
Al Gore Slams Vanguard After Defection From Climate Group
(Bloomberg) — Vanguard Group Inc.’s decision to leave the world’s largest climate-finance coalition was slammed by former US Vice President Al Gore, who said the move was out of step with the gr...
UK’s approval of new coal mine criticized as ‘deeply damaging mistake’
This image, taken in March 2021, shows the site where the new facility would be developed. Christopher Furlong | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — Plans for a deep coal mine in the northwest o...
California offshore wind auction surpasses $757 million in bids
Offshore wind farm. davee hughes uk | Moment | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday announced more than $757 million in winning bids for its auction of offshore wind development rights i...
COP27 Is Over, But Egypt’s Climate Struggles Are Just Beginning
A sunset over one of the three pyramids of Dashur in Egypt. (Photo by Barry Iverson/Getty Images) Getty Images Last month, the COP27 conference, which brings together leaders from across the world to ...
Energy partnership between U.S., Britain aims to ramp up LNG supplies
Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden photographed on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Indonesia on Nov. 16, 2022. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. and U.S. are forming a new energy partnership ...
How the U.S. became a global corn superpower
The United States has just about 90 million planted acres of corn, and there’s a reason people refer to the crop as yellow gold. In 2021, U.S. corn was worth over $86 billion, according to calcu...
Kodiak wins $50M deal to develop driverless Army vehicles
Kodiak Robotics truck in front of an IKEA store. Source: Kodiak Robotics Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics said Tuesday that it won a two-year, $49.9 million contract from the U.S. Department...
Renewables to be main source of electricity generation by 2025: IEA
Wind turbines in the Netherlands. A report from the International Energy Agency “expects renewables to become the primary energy source for electricity generation globally in the next three year...
Ford CEO says 65% of U.S. dealers agree to sell EVs
Ford F-150 Lightning trucks manufactured at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn Michigan. Courtesy: Ford Motor Co. DETROIT – About 65% of Ford Motor’s dealers have agreed to sell elect...
Los Angeles bans oil and gas drilling within city limits
An oil pumpjack operates in the Inglewood Oil Field on January 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban new oil and gas drilling and...
Ripple Reiterates Its Commitment to A Low-Carbon Future After Signing The Climate Pledge
– Advertisement – Ripple has reiterated its commitment to contributing to a low-carbon future as it states its reasons for signing the Climate Pledge. Ripple, the American technology com...
Toyota secures funding to develop hydrogen fuel cell version of Hilux
A Toyota logo displayed on a vehicle in Poland. The Japanese automotive giant started working on the development of fuel cell vehicles back in 1992. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images LONDON — A co...
Rolls-Royce uses green hydrogen in jet engine test
LONDON — Plans to reduce the significant environmental effects of aviation took a step forward this week after Rolls-Royce and easyJet said they had carried out the ground test of a jet engine that us...
EV maker Fisker faces liquidity questions after cash is tied up claim
Henrik Fisker stands with the Fisker Ocean electric vehicle after it was unveiled at the Manhattan Beach Pier ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobilityLA on November 16, 2021 in Manhattan Be...
Rabbits Could Be The Next Climate Change Casualty
Rabbits in a cage. getty Climate change is already having detrimental effects on ecology and wildlife around the world, and these problems are likely to get worse in the years ahead. But there remains...
Peter Thiel’s VC fund backs climate-conscious fintech TreeCard
TreeCard offers users a spending and money management platform tied to a debit card made from wood. TreeCard TreeCard, a climate-conscious digital money app, raised $23 million from investors in a new...
Why California’s $46 Billion Wine Industry Is Better Prepared For Climate Change Than Some Of Its Competitors?
Sunset in the vineyards of Sonoma County, CA getty Climate change poses a significant threat for all of agriculture, but it has particularly disruptive potential for the wine industry. This is because...
Tesla’s dominance of EVs is eroding as cheaper cars hit the market
Tesla is still the top-selling electric vehicle brand in the U.S., but its dominance is eroding as rivals offer a growing number of more affordable models, according to a report Tuesday by S&P Glo...
Shares of Lordstown (RIDE) rise as company begins deliveries
Lordstown Motors gave rides in prototypes of its upcoming electric Endurance pickup truck on June 21, 2021 as part of its “Lordstown Week” event. Michael Wayland / CNBC Electric truck star...
Energy markets facing ‘one or two years of extreme volatility’: CEO
This image, from March 2022, shows wind turbines and gas storage facilities in Germany. Europe’s energy markets have experienced turbulence in recent months. Jan Woitas | Picture Alliance | Gett...
Energy Security Versus Climate Security – See How Your Country Ranks Among Others — Some Are Predictable, Some Are Surprises.
German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck forecasts gas storage levels as … [+] part of energy supply security in June 2022. AFP via Getty Images Energy security is a sou...
Steve Forbes Blasts “Preposterous” Biden Promise To Pay “Climate Change Reparations” To Poor Nations
The U.S. and other developed countries have endorsed the creation of a fund to compensate poorer countries for damages from natural disasters allegedly caused by industrialization. This segment of Wha...