Environment

January 17th, 2021 by Kurt Lowder  Everything is bigger in Texas, and wind power is no exception. Wind power has been growing in Texas for years. Now, for the first time, wind power has beaten coal power in the Lone Star State. In 2020, Texas received 22% of its electricity from wind and only 18%

SINGAPORE — Oil producer group OPEC left its 2021 forecast for crude demand growth unchanged on expectations of an economic recovery. But that could change, warns energy expert Dan Yergin. Yergin, vice-chairman at IHS Markit, told CNBC on Friday that a lot hinges on how effective the coronavirus vaccines are, and whether the number of

January 16th, 2021 by Johnna Crider  Weddle & Sons, which is a certified solar roof installer serving Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, some areas of Missouri, Iowa, and Oklahoma, has shared how they installed a Tesla Solar Roof in a single day in a new video on YouTube. They traveled to Loveland, Colorado, to install a 30

An electric charger being placed into a Renault Zoe car at a dealership in the U.K. on October 21, 2020. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Renault’s deputy CEO emphasized the importance of investing in the infrastructure required for low and zero-emission vehicles, with the French automaker aiming to launch seven fully-electric models by

A view of the Exxon Mobil refinery in Baytown, Texas. Jessica Rinaldi | Reuters Shares of Exxon slipped more than 5% on Friday after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission opened an investigation into the oil giant over how it valued a key asset in the oil-rich Permian Basin. The

January 15th, 2021 by U.S. Department of Energy  Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $14.5 million for environmental research to support U.S. offshore wind development. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support regionally-focused, coordinated research efforts to increase understanding of the environmental impacts of offshore wind, as well as projects that advance

January 15th, 2021 by Barry A.F.  One of the ways to slow the advance of climate change is to reduce your personal carbon usage. While we can’t efficiency our way to climate neutrality we can buy ourselves time by slowing the rate of carbon emissions and conservation/Negawatts are often the cheapest form of clean energy

January 15th, 2021 by Jo Borrás  Genius is a difficult thing to understand. To those of us who, like me, are on the outside of it, genius can sometimes seem like madness, and it’s the sort of blurry area where an idea is actually so stupid that it loops back around into genius that we’re

View of the road sign “Tesla Straße 1” in front of the construction site of the Tesla factory. Tesla boss Musk visits the construction site of his electric car factory. Jorg Carstensen | picture alliance | Getty Images Tesla has been ceding ground in Europe, with its Model 3 now only the fourth-best selling pure

January 14th, 2021 by NRDC  Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog.by Robert Harding & Rebecca Behrens To stave off the worst effects of the climate crisis, we must urgently transition from polluting fossil fuels to emissions-free energy. The large-scale deployment of renewable energy to replace polluting power plants and rapid electrification of our buildings, vehicles and industries

January 14th, 2021 by Zachary Shahan  ENGIE has more power capacity installed globally than any other country. In recent years, it has made a strong shift to renewable energy. “Since 2015, we have been firmly committed to aligning ourselves with the Paris Agreement*. We are drastically reducing emissions related to our industrial activities, and we have

Offices of energy company Equinor photographed in Norway on February 6, 2019. Odin Jaeger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norway’s Equinor has been awarded a major contract to provide renewable energy to New York state from two huge offshore wind farms located in waters off the East Coast. In an announcement Wednesday, the firm said

Workers take down a Belt and Road Forum panel outside the venue of the forum in Beijing on April 27, 2019. Greg Baker | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to prioritize fighting climate change could turn up the pressure on China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative — which has

January 13th, 2021 by Johnna Crider  In New York, traditional auto dealers have been fighting against both Tesla and other automakers from allowing their customers to buy directly from them. It’s a tale as old as the EV movement — the dealerships don’t want Tesla or other automakers to sell directly to their customers. These

Last year’s worst is now this year’s best. Energy is the top-performing sector now, up nearly 15% since Jan. 1 amid falling U.S. crude oil inventories. The group suffered a horrible 2020, losing over 37%. Though energy’s long-term outlook is dimming, the sector isn’t void of opportunity, Mark Tepper, president and CEO of Strategic Wealth

January 13th, 2021 by Johnna Crider  I fully agree with Bernie Sanders that the minimum wage needs to be raised. I can’t agree enough. But he brought Elon Musk into this topic and I wanted to point out that Elon isn’t responsible for raising the minimum wage. Elon doesn’t work for the government and I