South Korea is joining China and Japan in setting a deadline to zero-out carbon emissions. The Asian country is targeting to become carbon neutral by 2050, President Moon Jae-in said during Continue Reading
As energy transition gains momentum in Asia, especially in the field of hydrogen, policy makers and industry professionals remained focused on finding low-cost production methods to reduce carbon footprints and Continue Reading
Green power is set to draw around $11 trillion of investment in the coming decades as the cost of renewables plummets and more of the world’s energy comes from electricity. That’s Continue Reading
In late 2011, ExxonMobil announced plans to drill for oil in disputed land between Kurdistan and the rest of Iraq. Baghdad’s government, fearing the move could break up the country, Continue Reading
It’s only natural to be skeptical when a political leader stands up and makes a promise about a target that’s far off, hard to achieve, and lacks a clear pathway. So Continue Reading
Japan will be carbon neutral by 2050, its prime minister said on Monday, making an ambitious pledge to sharply accelerate the country’s global warming targets, even as it plans to Continue Reading
Highlights New industrial revolution will drive ‘massive energy shift’ Europe targets jobs boost, clean air, climate protection EU ready to apply carbon border measures if needed London — The EU’s Continue Reading
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga set an ambitious target for his country to become carbon neutral by 2050 in his first policy speech to parliament since taking office as premier Continue Reading
California’s latest blackouts have become yet another stark reminder of the Golden State’s battle with Mother Nature. Barely months after a summer heat wave prompted its first rolling blackouts in almost Continue Reading
President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate, in Nashville on Oct. 21. (Jim Bourg/Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden laid Continue Reading
Fossil fuels still receive most of the international government support provided to the energy sector despite their “well-known environmental and public health damage,” according to new research from Rice University’s Continue Reading
Over the summer, environmental and clean energy groups put aside their reservations about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and came together behind his $2.2 trillion dollar climate plan—the most ambitious Continue Reading
When the coronavirus first spread around the world, emissions-tracking organizations reported good news: the drop in industrial activity and oil and gas drilling had resulted in lower emissions of a Continue Reading
Orange and yellow pixels flash over American drilling heartlands around the Gulf Coast, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania. Dark red stretches across Middle East and China, while disturbing dots of color Continue Reading
“Reaching net zero will be virtually impossible without CCUS,” the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a recent report on the role of carbon capture, utilization, and storage in the Continue Reading
42,000-foot plumes of ash. 143-mph firenadoes. 1,500-degree heat. These wildfires are a new kind of hell on earth, and scientists are racing to learn its rules. “We’re running 400 to Continue Reading
Don’t expect much of a winter wallop this year, except for the pain of worsening drought, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday. Two-thirds of the United States should get a warmer Continue Reading
Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA, via Shutterstock Nearly half of the continental United States is gripped by drought, government forecasters said Thursday, and conditions are expected to worsen this winter across much Continue Reading
Flames from a flaring pit near a natural gas well. The worldwide number of methane hot spots has soared 32 percent so far this year despite the economic slowdown, according Continue Reading
As part of its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and become carbon neutral by 2050, the European Union (EU) will consider the creation of a legally-binding framework at the Continue Reading
The world’s most authoritative body of energy analysts, the International Energy Agency, has found in its annual flagship report that the world is headed toward global warming higher than the Continue Reading
Ensuring LNG buyers can be confident that carbon neutrality in LNG supply means the same across the industry, an independent body should be established to develop industry-specific methodologies, speakers at Continue Reading
Proposed green hydrogen projects are surging across the globe as governments seize opportunities afforded by post-pandemic green stimulus packages. Rystad Energy research shows the global pipeline of utility scale green Continue Reading
An oil well site in the Permian Basin owned by a bankrupt shale producer has spewed polluting gases into the atmosphere for 10 months, despite being investigated by Texas regulators, Continue Reading
Democrat Joe Biden is considering creating a special White House office led by a climate “czar” to coordinate efforts to fight global warming if he is elected president, according to Continue Reading
Joe Biden has put forth the most ambitious climate plan of any presidential candidate in history—promising, among other things, to get the country to 100% clean electricity generation by 2035 Continue Reading
The colossal amount of nitrogen used as fertilizer in agriculture is leading to an increase in emissions of nitrous oxide, a lesser-known greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and Continue Reading
The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court could make it harder for future administrations to adapt laws that have been on the books for decades to meet Continue Reading
A giant oil company like Exxon Mobil Corp. will publicly disclose forward-looking numbers on production forecasts, earnings potential and capital expenditures. But the biggest fossil-fuel producers don’t provide short-term guidance to Continue Reading
When investors thought about how climate change might affect their portfolios a decade ago, their attention was usually focused on the companies they were investing in. How big was a Continue Reading
Exxon Mobil Corp. had plans to increase annual carbon-dioxide emissions by as much as the output of the entire nation of Greece, an analysis of internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg shows, setting Continue Reading
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Koch Industries Inc. withheld critical information about the impact of fossil fuel use on climate change for decades, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in announcing a lawsuit Continue Reading
Buffalo, New York, is considered a potential “haven” for people migrating due to climate change, thanks to its weather conditions, size and infrastructure, such as this metro rail system, pictured Continue Reading
Businesses shuttered by the pandemic are slowly reopening, but technology complexes are quiet, their workers carrying on from home indefinitely. The smoke-filled skies had started to clear, but new fires Continue Reading
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Wildfires in California have burned a record 4 million acres since the start of 2020, charring more land in the past nine months than during the previous three years combined. The Continue Reading
Crop switching and relocation of crop production to different states could prevent up to half of predicted losses in agricultural profits from climate change impacts according to new research conducted Continue Reading
Net-zero goals cannot be met by rising renewable energy usage and wider adoption of electrification in transport alone. The world will need to reduce the emissions from existing energy systems Continue Reading
Pandemics became the top concern for insurance professionals this year as the Covid-19 crisis roils the industry worldwide. Infectious diseases and pandemics were ranked as the most significant risks to society Continue Reading
Melt water sits on the Greenland ice sheet. (Thomas R. Chudley/University of Cambridge) The Greenland ice sheet is on track to lose mass at about four times the fastest rate Continue Reading
China’s success in cutting major air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide (SO2) and primary aerosols likely worsened the climate change effect of the country’s rising carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, new Continue Reading
China’s massive coal industry isn’t worried about the nation’s plan to drastically cut carbon emissions by 2060. It will likely be business as usual for years to come for coal companies Continue Reading
An iceberg floats past Bylot Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in 2017. (David Goldman/AP) The layers of the world’s oceans aren’t mixing like they used to due to climate Continue Reading
It’s official: The big hydrogen techlash is now history. For decades, there was an undeniable and growing animus towards anything hydrogen by the investing universe, with the technology relegated to Continue Reading
Precisely when the world passes peak oil demand is still very much a contested debate, but the one thing that is clear is that many of the macro trends are Continue Reading
For a President Joe Biden, rejoining the Paris Agreement would be almost as simple as signing an autograph. The hard part would be everything else. With global warming already fueling wildfires, Continue Reading
The first glimpse is emerging of a levy the European Union is drawing up to ensure its Green Deal environmental rules aren’t undone by nations with weaker standards. The measure being drafted Continue Reading
The global transition to clean, low-carbon energy is gaining momentum with the impetus from the coronavirus pandemic this year likely to be “turning point” for climate change, International Energy Agency Continue Reading
It’s Climate Week in New York, which brings with it a raft of announcements from companies outlining their new decarbonization targets and clean investment strategies. Some of the declarations are Continue Reading
After a week of far-reaching climate promises measured over decades, four of the world’s six largest economies have now proposed ending dates for their carbon emissions. President Xi Jinping’s surprise announcement at the Continue Reading
