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Texas Led the U.S. in Wind and Solar Energy Production Last Year

Mon, 02/27/2023 - 15:32

A new study from Climate Central shows that the U.S. saw impressive overall growth in wind and solar energy capacity in 2022. Red states, but especially Texas, led the country in clean energy production last year.

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Watch for oil demand to soar to record highs this year and drive crude back up to $100, top energy trader says

Mon, 02/27/2023 - 10:16

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Oil storage facility in Texas — An oil storage facility in Houston, Texas.
Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

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The West hits Russia with fresh sanctions and raises tariffs on key commodities a year after the invasion of Ukraine

Fri, 02/24/2023 - 08:34

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russia ukraine — A Russian armored personnel carrier is driven on a street in Sevastopol, Ukraine’s Black Sea Port that hosts a major Russian navy base Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Tensions were building up in the Crimea, where ethnic Russians who make the majority of the local population are deeply suspicious of the new Ukrainian authorities who replaced fugitive Russia-backed President Viktor Yanukovych.
AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov

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Ukraine's top climate scientist put solar panels on her apartment roof so she could keep the lights on for her son with autism

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 16:53

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Svitlana Krakovska wipes snow from her rooftop solar panels in Kyiv. — Svitlana Krakovska, Ukraine's top climate scientist, wipes snow from the solar panels she and her husband installed on the roof of their apartment building in Kyiv.
Svitlana Krakovska

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BNP Paribas is the first commercial bank to be sued over its fossil-fuel financing

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 14:10

Tech Insider : Climate Crisis

A BNP Paribas branch in Paris in 2020.

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Tesla will be the winner of the electric vehicle market by leading the charge on AI and energy, Ark Invest's Cathie Wood says

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 11:44

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Cathie Wood.
Ark Invest, File (for Wood) and Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File (for Musk).

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An energy CEO poisoned with a cyanide-laced coffee joked that you should 'never have a personalized mug' in an explosive interview on South African TV

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 07:54

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Andre De Ruyter was ousted as the CEO of South African energy giant Eskom after an explosive interview with Annika Larsen for e.tv.

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Republican Operatives Are Astroturfing Opposition to Solar Power

Tue, 02/21/2023 - 16:45

Gizmodo : Environment

Several grassroots groups opposed to solar projects in local areas may have one thing in common: a Virginia-based group with powerful GOP connections advising them on strategy.

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Russian oil revenue has been hurt by effective EU price caps even as Moscow has been resilient with exports, says IEA

Thu, 02/16/2023 - 11:22

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and CEO of Russian natural gas giant Gazprom Alexei Miller attend a ceremony to mark the launch of the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok natural gas pipeline, September 8, 2011 in Vladivostok, Russia. — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images

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Russia put together a shadow fleet of oil tankers to beat Western sanctions, but a key bottleneck is emerging that could threaten flows

Wed, 02/15/2023 - 12:54

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