Darren Woods, CEO, ExxonMobil Michael Newberg | CNBC Oil prices rose to a seven-year high Tuesday amid ongoing supply concerns and escalating tensions in the Middle East, but Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Wo...
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Thailand’s Baiya Phytopharm working on plant-based Covid vaccine
Thailand’s Baiya Phytopharm wants to develop the country’s first plant-based Covid vaccine. The start-up, founded by Dr. Suthira Taychakhoonavudh and Dr. Waranyoo Phoolcharoen in 2018, has...
How the U.S. fell way behind in lithium, ‘white gold’ for EVs
The United States has a lithium supply problem. Nearly every major automaker has announced a transition to electric vehicles, Tesla delivered almost one million cars in 2021, and a handful of new elec...
One of world’s biggest offshore wind farms gears up for full operation
One of the turbines at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm, which is located in waters off England’s east coast. Ian Greenwood Turbine commissioning at one of the world’s biggest offshore ...
‘Green’ fuels more expensive but need to think long term: Maersk CEO
The container ship MORTEN MÆRSK heading to Hamburg on April 22, 2020. eyewave | iStock Editorial | Getty Images The CEO of shipping giant Moller-Maersk admitted to CNBC Thursday that shifting to ̶...
The importance of Security in a Decentralised Environment
In the fast-paced, innovative world, it is easier to forget that innovation is meaningless if it compromises users’ security. User security is always the most crucial part that the project must ensure...
Natural gas surges 13% as cold snap ahead is expected to boost demand
A liquid natural gas (LNG) storage silo at the LNG terminal, operated by LNG Croatia LLC, in Krk, Croatia, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Petar Santini | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. natural gas futures s...
Weather disasters cost $145 billion last year in the U.S., says NOAA
Alonzo Lewis rescues items from his mother’s home after it was destroyed by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Laplace, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29 as a category 4 storm southwest of...
Coinbase seeks to balance intense work environment with four ‘recharge weeks’ off for employees
Coinbase is testing out giving employees four ‘recharge weeks’ off in a bid to balance out what it has called an ‘intense’ working environment. In a blog posted on Monday, the...
California proposes $6.1 billion on electric vehicle initiatives
California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a copy of the California State budget after ceremonially signing it during a rally in Los Angeles, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Hans Gutknecht | MediaNews Group | Get...
2021 ranks as fifth hottest year as carbon, methane emissions rise
A Cal Fire firefighter from the Lassen-Modoc Unit watches as an air tanker makes a fire retardant drop on the Dixie Fire as trees burn on a hillside on August 18, 2021 near Janesville, California. Pat...
Almost Unheard Of In This Cord Cutting Environment
Oprah Winfrey Getty Images for Global Citizen Oprah Winfrey Network, also known as OWN, was added on January 6 to Hulu + Live TV. The addition of carriage for any cable network is almost unheard of in...
California finds PG&E equipment responsible for massive Dixie Fire
Cal Fire firefighters try to contain the fire from spotting across Highway 395 during the Dixie Fire on August 17, 2021 near Milford, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Pacific Gas &am...
Daimler’s concept car uses bio-based materials, has solar tech on roof
Fred De Noyelle /GODONG | The Image Bank Unreleased | Getty Images Daimler has released details of a concept electric vehicle which uses solar technology and bio-based materials, with the German autom...
Tesla rival Lucid plans to launch in Europe this year
People test drive Dream Edition P and Dream Edition R electric vehicles at the Lucid Motors plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, September 28, 2021. Caitlin O’Hara | Reuters Electric vehicle maker Luc...
U.S. counts over 1 million new daily Covid cases in global record
US Army Critical Care Nurse, Captain Edward Rauch Jr. (L), turns a Covid-19 patient on a ventilator at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan on December, 17, 2021. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images...
Wall Street’s Favorite Oil Stocks for 2022—Including an Obscure One
Text size Bing Guan/Bloomberg Several analysts and strategists expect energy stocks to outperform the broader market in 2022, as they did in 2021. Energy tends to do well in inflationary environments,...