EU wants to ban new fossil-fuel cars from 2035
The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday (14 July) a proposal that would effectively ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles in the EU from…
Fossil Fuels
Hundreds of planned coal mines ‘incompatible with 1.5C target’
Proposals to build hundreds of new coal mines could raise global output of the fossil fuel by 30%, putting the world’s climate goals or up…
Inside Exxon’s playbook: How America’s biggest oil company continues to oppose action on climate change
ExxonMobil continues to fight efforts to tackle climate change in the United States, despite publicly claiming to support the Paris climate agreement, an undercover investigation…
The role of China’s carbon price in phasing out coal
After years of negotiations, planning, and pilot testing, China’s national carbon emissions trading system (ETS) finally went online at the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange…
IT’S THE END OF OIL: Blockbuster IEA Report Urges No New Fossil Development
No new investment in oil, gas, or coal development, a massive increase in renewable energy adoption, speedy global phaseouts for new natural gas boilers and…
Biden’s Keystone XL death sentence requires Canada’s oil sector to innovate
In one of his first acts of office, U.S. President Joe Biden has issued an executive order that effectively kills the Keystone XL pipeline project. The…
The green and the black
As the profound global impact of Covid-19 continues to unfold, those whose job it is to forecast the future have had to scramble for their…
Coronavirus pandemic leads to profound cutbacks in fossil fuel use
Consumption has fallen enough to meet emissions targets, temporarily. A banner on the International Energy Agency website spells it out in bold font: “The global oil industry…
Greening China’s overseas energy projects
New database from Boston University’s Global Policy Center shows the biggest share of Chinese global power investment going into coal but renewables projects on the…
In a Fight Over a Colombian Coal Mine, Covid-19 Raises the Stakes
The Indigenous Wayuu people have long battled the Cerrejón coal mine. Amid Covid-19, they’re now appealing to the U.N. Luz Ángela Uriana’s voice trembled as she…
HYFLEXPOWER: The world’s first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine demonstrator
– Green hydrogen project launched in May 2020 – Decarbonizing a paper factory by modernizing an existing combined heat and power plant in France With…
A power-to-gas system integrating co-electrolysis and methanation
Researchers in Italy extensively analyzed four different configurations of their proposed system to assess its potential, including under non-optimal, ‘off-design’ conditions and concluded that, for…
Big in Japan
Japan’s energy policy made headlines in July, when the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced plans to phase out older, inefficient coal plants, along…