Environment

Workers photographed on top of a train loaded with coal in China. Global use of coal is projected to increase by 1.2% this year and hit a record high, according to the International Energy Agency. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Global coal use is on course to increase by 1.2% to hit

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. We like industrials Believing in Amazon Still bullish on LLY 1. We like industrials Wall Street was lower Monday, especially the Nasdaq , continuing last week’s losses. Morgan Stanley said

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. Weak PMI data is good for Fed When to add to energy stocks Stay bullish on Estee Lauder 1. Weak PMI data is good for Fed Stocks fell Friday ,

Before his surprise Monday night arrest, Sam Bankman-Fried had apologized for everything he could think of, to everyone who would listen. In a leaked draft of his aborted House testimony, he wrote that he was truly, for his entire adult life, “sad.” He “f—– up,” he tweeted, and wrote, and said. He told Bahamas regulators

An artist rendering of the advanced nuclear power reactor demonstration project that Bill Gates’ nuclear innovation company, TerraPower, plans to build in the frontier-era coal town, Kemmerer, Wyoming. Rendering courtesy TerraPower TerraPower‘s advanced reactor demonstration will face delays of at least two years because its only source of fuel was Russia, and the Ukraine war

Solar panels create electricity on the roof of a house in Rockport, Massachusetts, U.S., June 6, 2022. Picture taken with a drone.  Brian Snyder | Reuters When Josh Hurwitz decided to put solar power on his Connecticut house, he had three big reasons: To cut his carbon footprint, to eventually store electricity in a solar-powered

We’re buying 150 shares of Halliburton (HAL) at roughly $35.73 each. Following Friday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 2,375 shares of HAL, increasing its weighting in the portfolio to about 3.04% from about 2.85%. Markets are once again in selloff mode Friday, dropping for the third straight session, as investors continue to worry

Accounting firm Mazars Group has suspended all work with its crypto clients. The decision to cut ties with Binance, KuCoin and Crypto.com comes just after the global accounting firm released “proof of reserve” reports for several digital asset exchanges. The move comes as major cryptocurrency exchanges look to prove their solvency, and show they have enough money

Wind turbines and power transmission lines at a wind farm near Highway 12 in Rio Vista, California, on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images America’s electrical grid is being pushed to the breaking point, and California, parts of the Midwest and parts of the South Central United States are

The nuclear fusion breakthrough heralded on Tuesday was a historic event, culminating decades of research. At the same time, fusion power will not be contributing electricity to any power grid for at least a decade, according to most industry watchers. To get there, there will have to be many more technical breakthroughs beyond what was

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (2nd L) is led away handcuffed by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in Nassau, Bahamas on December 13, 2022.  Mario Duncanson | AFP | Getty Images Days before FTX’s bankruptcy filing last month, co-CEO Ryan Salame told Bahamian authorities that founder Sam Bankman-Fried may have committed fraud by sending

The EU is nearing a deal over a cap on gas prices. Helder Faria | Moment | Getty Images The European Union is nearing an agreement over a cap on natural gas prices, with Brussels already starting preparations for the next winter as the global energy crisis shows no signs of going away. EU energy

The EU wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the year 2030, compared to 1990. Justhavealook | E+ | Getty Images Plans for the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism took a significant step forward Tuesday morning after a provisional deal between the Council of the EU and members of the

The National Ignition Facility target chamber at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is where scientists shoot lasers and watch and measure what happens when those lasers collide on a fuel source. Temperatures of 100 million degrees and pressures extreme enough to compress a target up to 100 times the density of lead are created in

Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest in the Bahamas on Monday marks the beginning of a new chapter in the FTX saga, one that will pit the former crypto billionaire against the Southern District of New York. The indictment is expected to remain sealed until Tuesday morning. U.S. prosecutors

This image, from Sept, 2022, shows a liquefied natural gas tanker arriving at a port in the Netherlands. Siese Veenstra | AFP | Getty Images The power crisis gripping Europe has little to do with Vladimir Putin and it could be argued that the Russian leader’s actions have helped improve the situation, according to Per

The European Central Bank has raised concerns over an idea to impose a cap on gas prices in Europe. Haussmann Visuals | Moment | Getty Images The European Central Bank is worried about the potential risks to financial markets from an EU-wide cap on natural gas prices. The bloc has been in intense discussions for

As a bullet train speeds by in the background, a liquid hydrogen tank towers over solar panels and hydrogen fuel cells at Panasonic’s Kusatsu plant in Japan. Combined with a Tesla Megapack storage battery, the hydrogen and solar can deliver enough electricity to power the site’s Ene-Farm fuel cell factory. Tim Hornyak As bullet trains

BEVERLY, Mass. — It’s a gray November morning, and we’re on board a long, yellow school bus. The bus bounces over this Boston suburb’s patched streets in a way that would be familiar to anyone who ever rode a bus to class. But the bus is quiet – and not just because there are no

Heat pumps are becoming more popular for residential housing with energy prices increasing and the need to reduce use of fossil fuel heating systems. Andrew Aitchison | In Pictures | Getty Images Thinking about a home heat pump? New and expanded government incentives, coupled with sharply rising utility costs, make it more compelling. Especially when