Scores of nations have pledged to slash their methane emissions, recognizing that the gas is a powerful climate pollutant and stifling it is one of the best and fastest ways to slow global warming. But when it comes to financing that work, the world isn’t stepping up. The reasons why range from the simple (countries actually need to seek …
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Summary Rate hike expectations boost fears of slow economic growth Weak economic data in China weighs on sentiment LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) – Oil prices steadied on Thursday, a day after rising sharply on a bigger-than-expected fall in U.S. inventories, as attention shifted back to rising interest rates denting global economic growth. Brent crude futures …
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Achieving net-zero emissions is a critical goal in the fight against climate change. It refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted into the atmosphere and the amount removed. To reach net-zero, a comprehensive set of energy transition actions is required: Across most sectors of the economy. By almost all nations …
LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) – Problems in Siemens Energy’s (ENR1n.DE) wind turbine division that could cost more than a billion euros ($1.09 billion) to fix have shaken investor confidence in the wider industry and last week prompted a sell-off in wind companies’ shares. Over the last two decades, the industry has grown fast, lowered technology …
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Summary Oil price structure implies demand bulls are retreating 2-mth Brent spread in contango, implying oversupply concern ECB poised for further rate hikes LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Tuesday ahead of data shedding light on U.S. appetite for fuel during the summer driving season, with the Brent benchmark’s price structure indicating …
Ford Motor Co. plans to fire hundreds of salaried workers, primarily engineers, in the US this week to boost profit and lower costs amid a $50 billion shift to electric vehicles, according to people familiar with the matter. The automaker is cutting engineers in all three areas of its business, EVs, traditional internal combustion-engine models and commercial …
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Achieving net-zero emissions is a critical goal in the fight against climate change. It refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted into the atmosphere and the amount removed. To reach net-zero, a comprehensive set of energy transition actions is required: Across most sectors of the economy. By almost all nations …
WASHINGTON — The controversial Line 5 pipeline can keep moving fossil fuels through an Indigenous band’s territory in Wisconsin for now, but operations on that property “must cease” on June 16, 2026, a U.S. judge says. Calgary-based Enbridge Energy Inc., the pipeline’s owner, had asked Wisconsin district court Judge William Conley to clarify his order …
Enbridge ‘Must Cease’ Line 5 Operations on Bad River Land by June 2026 – Judge Read More »
The world’s five biggest publicly listed oil and gas companies posted just under $200 billion in total profits last year. Faced with three strategic possibilities for how to use their cash piles — extract oil and gas apace, move their businesses into renewable power and energy transition assets or return money to shareholders — the supermajors have largely sprung …
Big Oil’s Pullback From Clean Energy Matters Less Than You Might Think Read More »
(Reuters) – Global energy demand rose 1% last year and record renewables growth did nothing to shift the dominance of fossil fuels, which still accounted for 82% of supply, the industry’s Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Monday. Last year was marked by turmoil in the energy markets after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, …
Renewables Growth Did Not Dent Fossil Fuel Dominance in 2022 Read More »
