Renewables
The pandemic is accelerating coal’s demise
Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 6:34 AM MDT
You can add coal to the list of global commodities struggling during the pandemic. Prices haven’t yet turned negative (like…
Solar and wind cheapest sources of power in most of the world
Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 6:24 AM MDT
Solar and onshore wind power are now the cheapest new sources of electricity in at least two-thirds of the world’s…
Oil slump may no longer be a curse for renewable energy
Monday, April 27, 2020, 6:14 AM MDT
Low oil prices are usually a curse for green energy, but this time might be different.The collapse of the crude…
Amazon is spending $10 million to expand forests and capture carbon
Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 6:42 AM MDT
Amazon.com Inc. said it will contribute $10 million to help conserve forests in the northeastern U.S. in an effort capture…
Citi vows to stop working with thermal coal-mining companies
Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 6:37 AM MDT
Citigroup Inc. will stop providing financial services to thermal coal-mining companies over the next 10 years to help accelerate the…
Smog-free skies allow Germany to break record for solar power
Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 6:30 AM MDT
Germany’s solar panels produced record amounts of electricity, exacerbating market forces that were already hammering the profitability of the country’s…
Coronavirus seen slowing, not stopping green-energy jobs boom
Monday, April 20, 2020, 6:47 AM MDT
The renewable-energy industry could create more than a million jobs a year if countries invest enough to meet their target…
Electric vehicles buoyed by a backlog and fresh air
Friday, April 17, 2020, 6:53 AM MDT
As COVID-19 crunches car sales globally, a backlog of orders have helped electric vehicles maintain momentum in much of the…
Wind turbine factories struggle to get parts in virus lockdown
Friday, April 17, 2020, 6:45 AM MDT
Wind turbine makers are finding it increasingly difficult to get the parts they need to build their machines, snarling progress…
Shell sets bolder emissions goal even as virus hits oil
Thursday, April 16, 2020, 6:44 AM MDT
Royal Dutch Shell plc plans to eliminate all net emissions from its own operations and the bulk of greenhouse gases…
Oil price crash threatens green transition, IEA warns
Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 6:39 AM MDT
The pain felt by Big Oil from the coronavirus-led plunge in demand may derail global efforts to cut pollution, the…
Japan revises down emission figures cut by renewables, nuclear
Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 6:34 AM MDT
Japan revised lower its latest greenhouse gas emissions figures, which it had already reported as the least since records began…
