Environment

Activists at a “Look Down action” rally to stop deep sea mining, outside the European Parliament in Brussels on March 6, 2023. Kenzo Tribouillard | Afp | Getty Images It’s likely only a matter of time before scraping the ocean floor for valuable metals becomes a reality, according to the head of the International Seabed

A flare burns excess natural gas in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 23, 2019. Angus Mordant | Reuters Oil prices pulled back Friday as the market sorted through conflicting demand forecasts from OPEC and the International Energy Agency. The West Texas Intermediate contract for March lost 63 cents, or 0.81%, to

The construction site of a plant for the production of hydrogen in Germany.  Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A California-based startup backed by two pioneering scientists, one of whom is a Nobel laureate, believes it is on the cusp of a “quantum leap” in the hydrogen energy race. H2MOF, which was co-founded

The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. Angus Mordant | Reuters Crude oil futures fell Thursday on a weak global demand growth forecast for 2024. The West Texas Intermediate contract for March lost 50 cents, or 0.65%, to $76.14 a

Construction workers install equipment at a construction site of a lithium battery project on April 6, 2023 in Renshou County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday said the country is “very concerned” about China’s grip on the global supply chain

Smoke billows following Israeli bombardment in the village of Shihin in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel on February 13, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Kawnat Haju | Afp | Getty Images Crude oil futures rose on Wednesday as Israel launched

The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. Angus Mordant | Reuters Oil futures edged slightly higher on Tuesday after falling flat in the previous session as crude prices struggle to break out amid uncertainty over the future course of the

An emission comes out of a smoke stack at the Infineum oil refinery on February 6, 2024, in Linden, New Jersey.  Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Oil prices fell Monday after rallying more than 6% last week on escalating Middle East tensions. The West Texas Intermediate contract for March was last down

Saudi energy minister Abdulaziz bin Salman on Oct. 5, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Saudi’s state-controlled oil giant Aramco suspended its capacity expansion plans because of the green transition, Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman said Monday, stressing that the future of energy security lies with renewables.  “I think we postponed this [Aramco capacity]

Siemens Energy site in Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany, August 3, 2022. Wolfgang Rattay | Reuters Siemens Energy swung to profit in its first fiscal quarter on the back of a surge in orders and a one-off gain from selling a stake in its Indian affiliate to parent company Siemens. The German renewables firm reported

Government exhibit in the case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Source: SDNY As Sam Bankman-Fried prepares to face sentencing next month for his criminal fraud conviction tied to the epic collapse of FTX in 2022, former customers of the crypto exchange have reasons to believe they could actually recoup their money. Bankman-Fried, who could

In this article SMH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Investors may want to consider putting money to work in a lagging part of the market. According to VanEck CEO Jan van Eck, oil stocks are getting a raw deal. “The [oil] supply is there. The companies are arguably the next best cash flowing companies

In this article FLNC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rows of cabinets containing lithium ion batteries supplied by Fluence, a Siemens and AES Company, are seen inside the AES Alamitos Battery Energy Storage System, which provides stored renewable energy to supply electricity during peak demand periods, in Long Beach, California on September 16, 2022. 

A picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 21, 2023, shows smoke billowing following Israeli bombardment in the Palestinian territory amid ongoing battles with the Palestinian Hamas militant group. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices are poised to post a weekly again as hopes for

Burbo Bank, Liverpool Bay, England, viewed from the sea turbines on Burbo wind farm off the UK coast. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Danish renewables giant Orsted on Wednesday announced plans to cut jobs, pause its dividend payouts to shareholders and exit several offshore wind markets after a tumultuous year of rising

Hardeep Singh Puri, India’s minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, at the ADIPEC conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India keeps global crude prices affordable by buying oil from Russia, India’s energy minister said. “The world is grateful to India for buying Russian

In this article ENPH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Enphase Energy sees light at the end of the tunnel this year for the solar market after the industry has taken a beating from high interest rates. High rates have depressed demand for residential solar installations in 2023,

In this article PCG HE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Five years and 2,500 miles apart, fires devastated thriving communities — and major U.S. utility companies stood at the center of the infernos. It’s a story increasingly familiar in the energy industry: Some utility companies don’t properly assess the risks wildfires pose to their

BP in 2020 set out its ambition to become a net zero company “by 2050 or sooner.” Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil giant BP on Tuesday announced plans to boost shareholder returns, even after a sharp drop in full-year profits aligned with lower oil prices. The energy major posted

A Palestinian petrol station attendant stands at empty pumps at a closed petrol station in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 5, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Said Khatib | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices rose Tuesday as investors weighed efforts to negotiate a truce