As countries gathered in Scotland were crystallizing their pledges at last year's United Nations climate conference, India used its might to intervene. Along with China, India took issue with the draft deal's suggestion to “phase out” coal, preferring the wording, “phasedown."
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, October 20, 2022, that Russia's war in Ukraine mustn't lead to a “worldwide renaissance” for coal — comments that come as Germany itself brings coal-fired power plants back online in an effort to prevent an energy crunch this winter.
Australian and Singaporean leaders announced on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, what they described as a world-first agreement to cooperate in transitioning their economies to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
As carbon dioxide levels rise and the Earth’s poles warm, researchers are predicting a decline in the planet’s wind speeds. This "stilling" could impact wind energy production and plant growth and might even affect the Gulf Stream, which drives much of the world’s climate.
Even in a hypothetical world where carbon capture and hydrogen can make production cleaner, writes Aliénor Rougeot with Environmental Defence, Canadian oil is so carbon-intensive, it would require huge amounts of money to make production net-zero.
Germany remains committed to phasing out coal as a source of power by 2030 even as it reactivates coal-fired power plants, the country's climate envoy said on Monday, September 19, 2022. Germany says it took the step to get through the coming winter amid energy shortages as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Shell CEO Ben van Beurden is stepping down at the end of 2022 after nine years in charge, the energy giant said on Thursday, September 15, 2022, a change that comes as oil and natural gas companies are under pressure to shift away from fossil fuels even as they see soaring profits from energy price s driven up by Russia's war in Ukraine.
Kenya’s newly elected president William Ruto said that climate change will be key to the government's agenda and made an ambitious pledge to ramp up clean energy and phase out fossil fuels for electricity by 2030.
Renewable energy power storage is successfully being added to the North American grid to keep the lights on, computers running and the electric vehicles charging.
The Canada-Germany hydrogen pact sends a positive signal about the future of the industry, but its short timeline seems "difficult" given how long it is taking to get smaller projects running within Canada, a transit advocacy groups warns.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will accelerate the world’s shift to renewable energy because of price shocks in oil and gas, a U.S. climate envoy said on Thursday, August 25, 2022.