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Electric Vehicle Battery

Biden’s EV Minerals Cash Fruitless Without Permitting Reform

Washington's growing financial support for companies that produce metals used in electric vehicles will likely prove fruitless unless the federal government str…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Mexico to Discuss Lithium, Auto Industry With U.S. Climate Envoy Kerry

Mexico will speak with U.S. climate envoy John Kerry about lithium, batteries and the automotive industry when Kerry visits the northwestern state of Sonora on …

Carbon Emissions

US Crackdown on Climate ‘Super-Pollutants’

The US Environmental Protection Agency announced additional actions to phase down hydrofluorocarbons.

Hydrogen Production

Iridium Replaced With Ruthenium in Hydrogen Production

Researchers have replaced iridium with ruthenium, a more abundant precious metal, as the positive-electrode catalyst in a reactor that splits water into hydroge…

Oil Field

Oil Giant Schlumberger Rebrands Itself as SLB for Low-Carbon Future

Schlumberger, the world's largest oilfield services provider, is rebranding itself with a new name, color scheme and logo that underscores its ambitions for a l…

Natural Gas

Floene – Largest Gas Distribution Operator in Portugal

Portugal’s largest gas distribution network Galp Gás Natural Distribuição has been renamed Floene.

Electric Car

GM Looks To Take On Tesla In New EV Energy Venture

GM Executive Travis Hester: “We’re getting into the entire ecosystem of energy management.”

LNG

CEZ Seeks Higher Capacity at Dutch LNG Terminal, Wants Damages From Gazprom

Czech power utility CEZ is in talks to raise the capacity it has booked at a new Dutch liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.

Natural Gas

Uniper Shuts Down 50% Of Headquarters to Save Gas

German utility Uniper is shutting half the office space in its headquarters and lowering temperatures in areas remaining open to save gas.

Net Zero Emission

Australia Signs up to Global Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions by 30%

Australia's climate change minister Chris Bowen on Sunday said the government has joined the Global Methane Pledge as part of multilateral efforts to reduce glo…

South Africa

South Africa’s Eskom to Implement ‘Stage 4’ Power Cuts From Sunday Noon

South Africa's Eskom will implement "Stage 4 power" cuts from noon on Sunday until early Monday morning.

Oil Shale

Shale Firms Discount 'U.S. Put' as Inadequate to Lift Oil Output

U.S. shale oil executive Matt Gallagher this week took a poll on Twitter to gauge sentiment toward President Joe Biden's offer to stock the U.S. emergency oil r…

Oil Refinery

Exxon Shares Surge to Record High on Strong Earnings Outlook

Exxon Mobil Corp shares passed their all-time high on Friday as oil prices resumed their climb and analysts raised their long-term views of top U.S. oil produce…

Carbon Emissions

Global Climate Disclosures to Cover Full Gamut of Carbon Emissions

Planned new global corporate sustainability disclosures will include the full range of carbon emissions, but with 'relief provisions' on measuring greenhouse g…

Energy Transition

S.Africa's Energy Transition Plan Needs $46.5 Bln, Five Times Pledges - Sources

South Africa's plan to kick-start its transition from coal to renewable energy will need $46.5 billion, more than five times the $8.5 billion Western nations ha…