There’s an irony at the heart of climate change. Rich, industrialized nations created and have historically benefitted from most of the world’s carbon emissions, and…
Energy Shocks
We live in the most turbulent period of energy-driven disruption since John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil. At stake are today's geopolitical power balance, future environmental stability, and fortunes lost and made. We follow the trends from traditional fossil fuels through to new energy technologies, extreme weather, and the personalities driving events.
GOOD LUCK
Obama is reportedly trying to ban Arctic drilling for the next five years
With just two months before he leaves office, US president Barack Obama will reportedly attempt to block oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean for the…
Trump may relax fuel efficiency standards for cars, but his energy policies generally are just happy talk
Auto industry lobbyists are urging Donald J. Trump to loosen the mandate for cars with better and better fuel efficiency, and to rethink the regulation…
OUTTA HERE
Trump has vowed to yank the US from the global climate pact. He can do it.
US president-elect Donald Trump says he is not a great believer in man-made climate change and has vowed to “cancel” the Paris climate agreement (which…
ALWAYS SUNNY
You no longer need to own a solar panel to reap the financial benefits of solar energy
For Americans, solar power can now come without the panel. Solar energy isn’t an option for millions of people living in cities—who have no rooftop…
RARE GOOD NEWS
A new report shows that our efforts to fight global warming are paying off in the biggest way yet
There are many ways to measure our progress to mitigate global warming. One of the surest is to ask whether economic growth, which has historically…
DUMPSTER FIRE
The US is warming to Sweden’s habit of burning trash for energy
Maybe, in the near future, calling something a “dumpster fire” won’t carry the flavor of a pejorative that it does now. The practice of burning…
BIG DEAL
GE’s Immelt is betting on Baker Hughes—and on oil prices staying low through 2019
General Electric chief Jeff Immelt says oil prices may go no higher than $60 a barrel through 2019, but that his blockbuster deal to acquire…
SUNNY DAYS
Elon Musk is using Apple’s playbook to make your roof a beautiful solar power plant
SolarCity’s new solar roof is a miniature version of Elon Musk’s Master Plan for Tesla come to life. “We need to make solar panel as…
CAR RACING
Audi is quitting Le Mans for Formula E as it shifts its focus from diesel to electrics
In another sign of the Volkswagen Group’s effort to recover from its dieselgate scandal, its Audi brand has canceled participation in world endurance car racing,…
INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Why we’d all love Donald Trump’s “clean coal,” and why we can’t have it
“There is a thing called clean coal. Coal will last for a thousand years in this country,” said Donald Trump, the US Republican presidential candidate,…
The world’s largest carbon-capture power station will soon open—on schedule and within budget
When they fire up the Petra Nova system at the W.A. Parish power plant this year, it will become the world’s largest coal plant capable…
