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Apple's plan calls for the production of 100,000 electric vehicles at Kia’s Georgia auto-assembly plant, according to a story that neither company is commenting on.

In an era in which ESG (environmental, social, and governance) performance is driving corporate decision making, Amazon is keeping a terawatt-size secret: It will not say how much energy it uses.

The Washington State Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee drafted a new bill, SB 5244, encouraging the production of advanced nuclear reactors, small modular reactors, and components through the Invest in Washington Act. A very necessary thing to do.

A metal once dubbed “white petroleum” might soon draw the world’s oil companies back to a sector they abandoned decades ago, mining.

The U. S. can save so much money in health and fossil-fuel costs by decarbonizing its economy that it makes financial sense to do it regardless of climate change, according to a report released today by the National Academies of Science.

After a 154% gain in 2020, commodities trading hedge fund superstar Pierre Andurand is setting his sights on clean energy.

It is fair to criticize Exxon; for more than a decade it has heralded itself as the oil industry’s low-cost leader with mega-scale assets all but immune to any commodity price downturn.

US oil refiners have had a great run in recent years. A a dramatic shift in competitiveness transformed the U.S. from a large net importer to one of the largest net exporters of refined products. But 2020 signaled changes that will challenge the industry’s global competitiveness.

The pandemic has shifted the way humans operate and technology in the coming years will have to reflect that - including in the clean and renewable energy sectors.

The most efficient pathway towards decarbonization will be slow and incremental—but certainly not boring—as we discover new challenges and adapt them on the bumpy pathway towards a lower carbon future.

Virtually lost in the whole media discussion about the decision the fact that the President took his action to cancel this $8 billion project despite the fact that he made no finding that TC Energy was in violation of any regulation, permit or law of the United States of America.

At Equinor’s giant new North Sea oil platform, thousands of sensors feed into Data Gumbo’s novel blockchain platform—encoding an immutable record of operations, the better to automate contracts, pay vendors and (in the not-too-distant future) even measure carbon emissions.

Texas is far and away the largest U. S. producer of oil and natural gas, owner of the country’s richest oil and gas play (the Permian) and the home of the energy capital of the world (Houston).

Almost four million people die from household air pollution each year from cooking with dirty fuels. Here's how one fossil fuel is saving lives.

Lawmakers often turn to federally chartered "Independent Market Monitors" to vet the nuclear industry's claims that its plants are money-losing. This is an investigation of how one of these expert groups arrived at its striking conclusion about two nuclear plants in Illinois.

It’s a long-running debate — whether to rely on the traditional fossil fuels or to turn to the new economy for relief. And President Biden's positions are putting him at odds with oil producers.

The U. K. government has been criticized by its most senior environmental advisor for allowing a new coal mine to be built in the north of England, as the country prepares to host the United Nations conference on climate change.