Europe is suffering and struggling to contain an energy crisis according to various reports that say the eurozone might have to deal with a cold winter that could lead to energy rationing and blackout...
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Why Total Yield Can Be a Savior in Volatile Markets
Text size MetLife is one of the financial firms that has thrived this year. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Income investors are finally having their moment. In a volatile year for markets, which saw major in...
DQ Stock: Top-Ranked Solar Play Daqo New Energy Shines Light On New Buy Point
As the Invesco Solar ETF (TAN) lights up, solar energy leader Daqo New Energy (DQ) warms up a new buy point. Fellow solar stock Sunrun (RUN) was featured as the IBD Stock Of The Day on Tuesday, and th...
The Only Stocks to Buy Now Are Energy Stocks
And you misinterpret this how? That nugget of wisdom was uttered by Jerry Seinfeld to George Costanza in the 13th episode of Season Eight of Seinfeld. It really sums up this week’s market action...
GM’s Affordable Electric Car, Crypto’s Energy Impact And Rotary’s Battery Recycling
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Earlie...
Senate Republicans Would Pay A High Price To Shut Down The Government To Fight Against Covid Relief Or Manchin’s Energy Provisions Or Liberalizing Medicaid Abortions For Poor Women
To avoid a government shutdown at the end of this month, Congress must pass the continuing resolution (CR) which funds the government. It takes 60 Senate votes for cloture on the CR. A united Senate R...
Crypto mining uses as much energy as all computers in US, White House says
Crypto mining in the US now uses as much energy as all household computers or lighting, according to a report by the White House Office of Science and Technology released on Thursday. The findings rev...
Billionaire Sarath Ratanavadi’s Gulf Energy Makes Maiden Investment In U.S. Electricity Market
Sarath Ratanavadi, founder and CEO of Gulf Energy. Courtesy of Sarath Ratanavadi Gulf Energy—controlled by billionaire Sarath Ratanavadi—has agreed to buy a 49% stake in a U.S. power plant from Japan’...
Vespene Energy Will Use Methane to Safely Extract BTC
A Berkeley-based startup known as Vespene Energy announced that it’s going to use the methane gas emitted by landfills to power bitcoin mining rigs, thus adding more units to the blockchain through gr...
Bitcoin Mining Industry Face Major Challenge Amid Strong Energy Demand
The Bitcoin price crash this year in 2022 has put severe pressure on Bitcoin miners who have been constantly liquidating their BTC holdings to meet their operational costs. As per the latest report, t...
Disruptions In Energy Security And Climate Security Part 1: Recent Events.
In Palm Springs, California, a rainbow forms behind giant windmills and traffic on Interstate 10. Getty Images Energy security in the now. The Covid pandemic stifled industrial activity. When business...
By The Numbers – Saving California From An Energy Apocalypse
LOS ANGELES, CA (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Getty Images A few days before the Labor Day weekend, the California Air Resources Board voted to ban the sale of gasoline-powered automobiles by th...
White House Report Questions Energy Use of Bitcoin and Crypto Assets
The amount of electricity used by Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies exacerbates climate change, according to a new report from the White House. The report stems from an executive order issued b...
2 takeaways from the Investing Club’s ‘Morning Meeting’ on Thursday
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. We made two trades: AMD, ...
FuelCell Reports Strongest Quarterly Revenue in 5 Years. The Stock Still Falls.
Text size FuelCell reported revenue of $43.1 million for its fiscal third quarter. Jung Yeon-je /AFP via Getty Images FuelCell Energy shares traded lower Thursday as the producer of units that make el...
Crude Oil Prices Tick Higher After Putin Threatens to Let Europe ‘Freeze’
Text size Russian President Vladimir Putin Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images Oil prices inched up on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that he might tear up supply c...
Bitcoiner Dan Held: Ethereum Merge Will ‘Add Pressure to Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption’
Some Bitcoiners have been reluctant to say that the Ethereum merge will have any impact on their crypto asset of choice, but don’t count Dan Held among them. The head of growth marketing at Kraken and...
Commerzbank CEO says lenders are prepared for failing loans risk
The chief executive of one of Germany’s biggest banks, Commerzbank, sought to reassure investors Thursday about the prospect of non-performing loans this winter, saying banks are far better plac...
‘Obligatory Rationing’—The Energy Nightmare Is Coming True
Natural gas NurPhoto via Getty Images The European energy fiasco is reaching a climax. As long feared, last Friday, the Kremlin-controlled gas giant Gazprom announced that it is shutting down Nord Str...
Oil Prices Tick Higher After Putin Threatens to Let Europe ‘Freeze’
Text size Russian President Vladimir Putin Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images Oil prices inched up on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that he might tear up supply c...
Europe’s Energy Crisis Threatens To Decimate Disposal Incomes And Car Sales
Flaming gas burners on household kitchen stove with an exchange graph of the growth in the cost of … [+] natural gas prices getty European disposal income could be trashed by a massive increase ...
Why Natural Gas Won’t Hyper-Inflate in the U.S. as It Has in Europe
Text size Natural gas is flared off in the Permian Basin in Andrews, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Natural-gas prices soared 35% in Europe over the weekend, as Russia cut off flows from a key pipelin...
Putin Warns He’ll Freeze Energy Supplies To The West If Price Caps Are Imposed
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday doubled down on threats to cut off all energy supplies to Western countries if they impose price caps on its oil and gas exports, ratcheting tensi...
NextEra Energy Gets a Fundamental Supporter
NextEra Energy (NEE) owns Florida Power & Light Company, which is America’s largest electric utility that sells more power than any other utility. A major sell side firm upgraded the compan...
As Elon Musk backs fossil fuels, one strategist sends warning over EV sales
The uptake of electric vehicles has increased in recent years, as countries around the world attempt to reduce the environmental effects of transportation. Simonskafar | E+ | Getty Images Recent comme...
Jefferies analyst favors energy stocks amidst adverse investing conditions
The energy sector can heat up in an instant and push through resistance lines equally as fast as high-growth tech stocks can. This was evidenced year-to-date (YTD) as an energy crisis in Europe and ac...
10 most-searched renewable energy stocks on Google
The entire world is gradually shifting away from the use of fossil fuels and toward the production of renewable and sustainable energy sources. This is occurring in part as a result of heightened envi...