Carbon & Sustainability
China Three Gorges nears deal for Dubai renewable firm Alcazar
Monday, August 23, 2021, 6:39 AM MDT
State-owned China Three Gorges Corp. is nearing a deal to acquire Dubai-based wind and solar developer Alcazar Energy Partners, people…
Alaska ruling shows Big Oil’s uphill battle in climate-fears era
Friday, August 20, 2021, 6:55 AM MDT
Even the climate-conscious Biden administration supported ConocoPhillips’s $6 billion oil development on Alaska’s Northern Slope, but that couldn’t stop a…
Norway’s $1.4 trillion wealth fund puts oil stocks on notice
Friday, August 20, 2021, 6:52 AM MDT
The sovereign wealth fund of Norway, which manages $1.4 trillion in assets, said there are oil companies in its portfolio…
ADM teams up with Marathon in renewable diesel push
Friday, August 20, 2021, 6:48 AM MDT
Marathon Petroleum Corp. will invest in an Archer Daniels Midland Co. soybean plant to ensure feedstock for biodiesel production, the…
Escalating U.S.-China solar rift threatens Biden green goals
Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 6:47 AM MDT
The first big test of Joe Biden’s lofty clean-power ambitions may not be sweeping climate legislation that needs congressional approval,…
China approves renewable mega-project for green hydrogen
Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 6:33 AM MDT
The Chinese region of Inner Mongolia has approved a massive power project that will use solar and wind to produce…
U.K. plans subsidy-driven hydrogen boost on path to net zero
Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 7:08 AM MDT
Hydrogen could be vital to U.K. efforts to eliminate greenhouse gases by changing the way vehicles are fuelled, factories are…
BHP quits oil, piles into potash in overhaul for CEO
Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 6:46 AM MDT
BHP Group unveiled the most sweeping change to its business since the world’s biggest miner was created two decades ago,…
Cost to bury carbon near tipping point as emissions price soars
Monday, August 16, 2021, 7:20 AM MDT
Skyrocketing carbon prices and a “code red” warning about the threat posed by climate change are giving fresh momentum to…
Large methane cloud in Iraq coincided with gas pipeline leak
Monday, August 16, 2021, 6:26 AM MDT
A pipeline run by Oil Pipelines Co. in Iraq leaked liquefied petroleum gas on July 20, close to where a large…
With new urgency, climate scientists recommend carbon removal
Friday, August 13, 2021, 6:26 AM MDT
The latest scientific assessment from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change generated plenty of grim headlines on Monday,…
U.S. Senate blueprint is lauded as potentially historic climate legislation
Thursday, August 12, 2021, 6:51 AM MDT
The $3.5 trillion budget framework the Senate narrowly passed early Wednesday sets the stage for a deluge of spending on…
