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Electric Car

Mining for Electric Cars Is Harming Flamingos!

Lithium is a key element to get EVs on the move – but it’s leading to certain flamingo species becoming endangered.

Joe Biden

$4 Gasoline Could Lead to Demand Destruction in the U.S.

More than half of all Americans said they would change their driving habits or lifestyle if the cost of gasoline rose to $4 per gallon, new AAA survey data show…

Coal Price

Coal Prices Likely to Cross $500 per Tonne in 2022, Rystad Energy Says

Coal prices could cross $500 per tonne in 2022, underpinned by soaring gas prices which may lead European countries to turn to coal, Rystad Energy said on Thur…

Crude Oil

EU Leaders Tackle Escape Route From Russian Fossil Fuels

European Union leaders will tackle ways to wean themselves off Russian fossil fuels on Thursday and debate how quickly to ditch their key supplier.

Oil & Gas Supply

With Oil Market in Turmoil, Energy Execs Urge more Output, Security

Oil-and-gas leaders advocated at an industry conference on Monday for increased security of energy supply and more fossil fuel production, while the U.S. climat…

Oil Price

Vitol’s Muller Says High Oil Prices may Lead to Demand Destruction

High oil prices are likely to lead to demand destruction amid a scarcity of crude and little spare capacity globally as the disruption to energy supplies from R…

Net Zero Emission

Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Should Not Mean the End of Fossil Fuels – Natural Gas and LNG Must Be Part of the Energy Future

Too often, policymakers want to talk about issues in terms of black and white. In energy and climate policy, that tends to lead to the “renewables vs. fossil f…

Geothermal Power Plant

NREL Appoints Amanda Kolka to Lead Geothermal Energy Program

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has named Amanda Kolker as the laboratory program manager for geothermal e…

Crude Oil

Russia’s Oil Exports Are Plunging Even Without Sanctions

While Western leaders are yet to put any sanctions on Russia’s energy exports, the country’s oil industry is already struggling as international refiners are …

Oil Price

OPEC+ Faces Reckoning on Russia Despite Efforts to Ignore Crisis

OPEC+ is doing its best to ignore the war started by one of its leading members, but it may not be able to manage it for much longer.

GECF Launches Global Gas Outlook 2050

The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), the global platform of the leading gas producing countries, today publicly unveiled its annual GECF Global Gas Outlook…

Oil Price

Russia’s SWIFT Ban Could Send Shockwaves Through Oil and Commodity Markets

Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine was originally met with a relatively tepid response from world leaders, but now sanctions are intensifying key Russian bank…

Hydrogen Production

A ‘Gigawatt-Scale’ Green Hydrogen Vision for the Texas Gulf Coast

A leading clean energy developer said it will explore developing a green hydrogen hub along the Texas Gulf Coast to support the decarbonization of heavy industr…

Natural Gas

Why Europe Is So Dependent on Russia for Natural Gas

Europeans have been suffering under painfully high energy prices in the lead-up to Russia launching an attack on Ukraine on Thursday morning.

Net Zero Emission

Are Europe's Leading Banks Flouting Net-Zero Pledges?

Scores of Europe's leading banks have been accused of continuing to flout advice from climate scientists and economists by pumping tens of billions of dollars i…