US President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal saw infrastructure and energy as a crucial part of getting the country back to work.
The world currently faces four interconnected crises: public health…
Financing a thermal coal project in Australia just got a little bit harder after Westpac Banking Corp. said it would exit the sector by 2030, leaving Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. as…
Climate advisers call for work and training in low-carbon heating, water efficiency and flood-protection
Restarting the economy and getting people back to work after the coronavirus lockdown should…
In Europe, the fate of displaced power plant workers is increasingly a matter of national concern. So far, things look very different in the U.S.
The coronavirus pandemic has not changed the grim…
Business interruption during the coronavirus crisis has caused a 14% fall in demand for electricity in Europe over the past month. Combined with record solar output, this has caused a 39% drop in…
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. may be feeling the fallout of a historic oil-price crash amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but they haven’t completely forgotten to give a nod to concerns about climate…
Cancellation of huge BRI coal plant highlights overcapacity risk in Pakistan and Bangladesh
The 6.6 gigawatt Hamrawein coal power proposal in Egypt has been shelved because of over-capacity concerns…
Mexico’s Centro Nacional de Control de Energia (Cenace), which oversees the electrical system, indefinitely suspended critical tests for new clean-energy projects as the nation grapples with the…
Coal power generation has worn 100% of the COVID-19 power demand drop
The coronavirus pandemic and national lockdown has highlighted the growing financial risks to India’s coal-fired power plant…
As the human tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, global restrictions to stop the spread of the virus — including stay-at-home orders, business closures and travel prohibitions — may contribute …
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been working on “inclusive wealth” for a few years now. What is it, and how does it differ from Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
The Australian government says gas is ‘essential’, but the global view is it’s the second-least desirable source of electricity.
Τhe agency that runs Australia’s electricity last week gave its…
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that traps heat 28 times more effectively than carbon dioxide over a 100-year timescale. Concentrations of methane have increased by more than 150% since…
It’s clear from a recent litany of disasters – from the coronavirus pandemic to America’s deadliest wildfire in a century – there are forces that cannot be domesticated
This crisis is a chance to rebuild our economy for the good of humanity. Let’s bail out the living world, not its destroyers
Do Not Resuscitate. This tag should be attached to the oil, airline and…
Generating power without harmful carbon emissions has never been more urgent, yet one of the biggest sources of clean power is struggling to turn a profit.
The nuclear industry has been vying for a…
More than 50 years ago, despite a storm that was brewing in Memphis, an overflow crowd of hundreds gathered to hear a rousing speech from Martin Luther King, Jr., who encouraged the city’s striking…