Biden Nixes $35 Billion In Fossil Fuel Tax Benefits
President Biden’s administration has so far proven to be one of the most aggressive in pursuing climate and clean energy targets. After rejoining the Paris Climate Accord in one of Continue Reading
Drought ravages California’s reservoirs ahead of hot summer
Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county Continue Reading
New climate-focused planning processes seen as necessary for power system resilience
Highlights FERC holds first technical conference on climate change Panelists call for greater integration of climate projections Resource adequacy and grid planning approaches of today will not suffice in meeting Continue Reading
Exxon-Beating Activist Engine No. 1 Plans ETF to Prod Boardrooms
Tiny Activist Investor Wins Two Exxon Board Seats The tiny activist fund that recently won at least two seats on Exxon Mobil Corp .’s board is setting its sights on Continue Reading
Exxon May Be Corporate America’s Canary in the Coal Mine
An Exxon Mobil refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Last week’s shakeup of Exxon Mobil Corp.’s board of directors is by most accounts a clear signal to corporate America that ambivalence Continue Reading
Amid Historic Drought, a New Water War in the West
Through the marshlands along the Oregon-California border, the federal government a century ago carved a whole new landscape, draining lakes and channeling rivers to build a farming economy that now Continue Reading
First day of summer brings excessive heat, fire concerns in California
Meteorological summer (June through August) began at 12 a.m. Tuesday, and already heat and wildfire concerns in the Golden State are ramping upward. Much of California’s Central Valley from Bakersfield Continue Reading
Lawmakers Are Firing Back At Fossil Fuel Divestors
As divestment from emissions-heavy fossil fuels and boycotting of the oil sector gain traction in both the public and private sector, a major backlash is brewing around the United States. Continue Reading
US coal-fired power output decline continues with last PSEG coal plant retirement
Highlights 400-MW Bridgeport Harbor plant closed Coal supplied 23% of US generation in 2021 Coal to supply 15% to 16% of US power by 2026 Public Service Enterprise Group said Continue Reading
Iran and World Powers Begin ‘Final Round’ of Nuclear Talks
Iran and world powers have started what could be their final negotiations to revive a 2015 nuclear accord that limited the Islamic Republic’s atomic activities in return for sanctions relief. Continue Reading