Carbon & Sustainability
Norwegian billionaire reshapes oil empire for renewable-energy future
Friday, July 17, 2020, 6:37 AM MDT
Billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke is transforming the structure of his business empire as he seeks to revive struggling oil-service firms…
Biden touts union jobs in $2 trillion plan to build clean energy
Thursday, July 16, 2020, 6:51 AM MDT
Joe Biden unveiled plans this week to spend $2 trillion creating a clean energy economy, with ambitions to spur millions…
Aramco, Exxon make small move to join BP, Shell in carbon curbs
Thursday, July 16, 2020, 6:46 AM MDT
Saudi Aramco has joined with European and U.S. supermajors representing a third of the world’s oil industry to begin curbing…
Bloom Energy surges after expanding into hydrogen production
Thursday, July 16, 2020, 6:21 AM MDT
Bloom Energy Corp. soared the most in more than three months after the fuel cell maker announced plans to jump…
Environment minister reconsidering decision to stay out of Alberta coal mine review
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 8:42 PM MDT
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is reconsidering a decision in December to keep the federal government out of the approvals process…
Feds urged to do own review of proposed Alberta coal mine expansion
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 8:41 PM MDT
A lawyer at the centre of a lobbying effort to stop a coal mine from expanding in Alberta says the…
Trump poised to streamline Nixon-era environmental reviews
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 6:44 AM MDT
The Trump administration is scaling back requirements that agencies consider environmental consequences when approving new oil wells, pipelines, highways and…
Cow burps, leaky pipelines put earth on high-end warming track
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 6:30 AM MDT
Global emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas multiple times more potent than CO2, rose by nine per cent in the…
Biden clean-energy plan would accelerate state efforts on carbon
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 6:23 AM MDT
Joe Biden’s $2 trillion plan to revive the economy would rely on boosting jobs in clean energy, and would accelerate…
Eni to exit traditional oil refineries in next decade
Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 6:43 AM MDT
The coronavirus pandemic will accelerate Eni SpA’s pivot away from conventional refineries to investing in greener facilities.“Instead of slowing down,…
This solution to runaway emissions starts with crushed rocks
Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 6:21 AM MDT
Crushed rocks could one day draw down billions of metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air.The idea, often referred…
Hottest new fuel proves hard to handle
Monday, July 13, 2020, 6:28 AM MDT
The universe’s lightest and most plentiful element turns out to be a fickle fuel to manage.Hydrogen has a tendency to…
