This image, from March 2021, shows a worker with car batteries at a facility in China. STR | AFP | Getty Images China is leading the way when it comes to lithium — and the rest of the world has not be...
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Ignore Soup Throwing Climate Activists
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 14: Climate protesters hold a demonstration as they throw cans of tomato … [+] soup at Vincent van Goghâs âSunflowersâ at the National Gallery in London, United ...
NASA’s Orion spacecraft flies by the moon on Artemis 1 mission
NASA’s Orion spacecraft made its closest approach to the moon on Monday morning during day five of the Artemis 1 mission. The uncrewed capsule flew about 81 miles above the lunar surface, the ag...
A big new Exxon Mobil climate deal that got assist from Joe Biden
Could it be that Big Oil’s next big thing got a big assist from Joe Biden? Maybe, if carbon capture and storage is indeed as big a deal as ExxonMobil’s first-of-its-kind deal to extract, t...
Why wage transparency laws create ‘the right environment’ for job candidates: Expert
Wage transparency laws have become increasingly popular in the U.S. as supporters argue that they help achieve gender and racial pay parity. According to Dave Turetsky, vice president of consulting at...
Qatar to reportedly ban beer at World Cup in dramatic reversal
Alex Tai | SOPA Images | Getty Images Qatar is set to ban all beer sales at and around its World Cup stadiums, in a dramatic U-turn just two days before the massive soccer tournament begins, according...
‘Indiscriminate use of hydrogen’ could slow energy transition: Report
Hydrogen has a diverse range of applications and can be deployed in a wide range of industries. Aranga87 | Istock | Getty Images Hydrogen use by the G-7 could jump by four to seven times by the middle...
FDA says lab-grown meat is safe for human consumption
Uma Valeti, CEO and founder, UPSIDE Foods speaks at the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, October 18, 2021. David Swanson | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration...
Energy transition will fail unless wind power fixes problems: CEO
Wind turbine blades photographed at a Siemens Gamesa facility in Hull, England, in January 2022. Paul Ellis | AFP | Getty Images The CEO of Siemens Energy on Wednesday argued that the energy transitio...
Which states have had the most major climate disasters since 2011?
Ninety percent of counties across the U.S. have experienced a flood, wildfire, hurricane or other federally declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday t...
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission heads to the moon after successful launch
To the moon, again! NASA launched the Artemis I mission from Florida at 1:47 a.m. ET on Wednesday morning, with the agency’s most powerful rocket ever kicking off a nearly month-long journey wit...
Toyota unveils new Prius hybrids amid skepticism of its EV strategy
2023 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid electric vehicle Toyota Toyota Motor is not giving up on its flagship Prius hybrid anytime soon, despite investing billions in all-electric vehicles amid critici...
Firms plan Australian ‘super hub’ to produce green hydrogen
This image shows part of a green hydrogen facility in Spain. A number of major economies, including the EU, are looking to develop green hydrogen projects in the coming years. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg...
Jay Leno says he’s ‘ok’ after he suffers serious burns in car fire
Jay Leno at The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize tribute concert at DAR Constitution Hall on March 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. Shannon Finney | Getty Images Jay Leno is recovering from serious burn ...
The ‘world’s largest floating wind farm’ produces its first power
Offices of Equinor photographed in Feb. 2019. Equinor is one of several companies looking at developing floating wind farms. Odin Jaeger | Bloomberg | Getty Images A facility described as the world...
Here are the three big issues facing Ukraine as a tough winter approaches
Winter is on the way, and in war-torn Ukraine the fight against Russia appears far from over. Moscow continues to target Ukrainian power plants and stations. Grain shipments out of Ukraine have been i...
Record revenue, added contract wins
An Electron rocket launches from the company’s New Zealand facility on Nov. 4, 2022. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab delivered quarterly results on Wednesday that boasted record revenue, with the space co...
US launches carbon offset program to help developing countries
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks at the opening of the US Pavilion during the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt’...
Volvo reveals new $80,000 electric SUV with Luminar lidar
Volvo’s plans to exclusively sell all-electric vehicles by 2030 kicked off Wednesday with the reveal of its EX90 – the first in a new lineup of EVs for the Swedish automaker. The carmaker is cal...
Renault is betting the market for gasoline cars will continue to grow
Renault sees the internal combustion engine continuing to play a crucial role in its business over the coming years, according to a top executive at the French automotive giant. On Tuesday, it was a...
Climate change threatens ‘things Americans value most’: gov’t report
The Jade Isle Mobile Home Park is flooded in this aerial view from a drone in St. Cloud. Residents of the community were issued a voluntary evacuation order due to rising water levels in the aftermath...
Taxation is a blunt instrument, IATA chief Willie Walsh says
The aviation industry requires more carrot and less stick going forward to become more sustainable, according to the director general of the International Air Transport Association. Speaking at CNBC&#...
Climate protesters swarm Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport
Climate activists protest against environmental pollution from aviation at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, in Schiphol, Netherlands November 5, 2022. Piroschka Van De Wouw | Reuters Hundreds of cl...
How the UN’s Global Climate Conference First Started
The Rio Earth Summit established the UNFCCC and began the COP process. Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images This is the first article in a series exploring the global climate meetings, the Conference of the P...
Two Easy Wins, Three Challenges And A US$65 Trillion Bill
Prakash Sharma, Vice President, Multi-Commodity Research at Wood Mackenzie This year’s climate event comes at a time of uncertainty like no other. The pillars of the energy trilemma – affordability, s...
Visiting Helion Energy when the Seattle region was cloaked in smoke
Cat Clifford, CNBC climate tech and innovation reporter, at Helion Energy on October 20. Photo taken by Jessie Barton, communications for Helion Energy, with Cat Clifford’s camera. On Thursday, ...
Dapper Labs Slashes Staff by 22 Percent, Citing ‘Macroeconomic Environment’
Roham Gharegozlou, Founder and CEO of Dapper Labs, announced late Wednesday that the well-known Web3 studio has reduced its team size by 22%. “These reductions are the last thing we want to do, ...
CEO says regulation needed to keep firms in line on sustainability
The last few years have seen huge swathes of companies make net-zero commitments and other sustainability-related goals. Shansche | Istock | Getty Images Companies need regulation and greater accounta...
These two ‘under the radar’ stocks are great for this environment
U.S. stocks sure look less attractive today after the central bank ruled out the possibility of “pausing” just yet. (link) But there are two “under the radar” stocks that remain worth owning in this e...