Secretive tribunals allow fossil fuel companies to sue governments for passing laws to protect environmentItaly could be forced to pay millions of pounds in damages to a UK oil company after banning new drilling near its coast.The case has sparked ou...
Researchers suggest net increase would mostly occur in renewables sector, with decline in fossil fuelsIf some politicians are to be believed, taking sweeping action to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement would be calamitous for jobs in the ...
Coal plants and nuclear reactors shut down while energy demand expected to rise after Covid restrictionsGreat Britain faces its greatest risk of blackouts for six years this winter as old coal plants and nuclear reactors shut down and energy demand r...
Greenpeace threatens to take government to court as approval risk undermining climate targetsThe government faces the threat of legal action over plans to allow exploration at the Cambo oilfield near Shetland after promising to put an end to new oil ...
Support for coal, oil and gas remains high despite pledges to tackle climate crisisThe G20 countries have provided more than $3.3tn (£2.4tn) in subsidies for fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement was sealed in 2015, a report shows, despite m...
Company hopes to get Dutch court ruling overturned which called for it to cut emissions fasterRoyal Dutch Shell has confirmed that it will appeal against the landmark Dutch court ruling calling for the oil giant to cut its carbon emissions faster.A c...
Energy firms hope to produce world’s first large-scale floating turbines in north-east ScotlandRoyal Dutch Shell has joined forces with Scottish Power to develop the world’s first large-scale floating offshore windfarms in the north-east of Scotland....
IEA analysis offers hope for climate action but says inflated oil price may slow global economic recovery from Covid-19Rising oil prices could help speed climate action by accelerating the shift to electric vehicles, but would come at the expense of ...
Records show the firm FTI and its fossil fuel clients benefit from local government tiesWhen Joe Biden paused oil and gas drilling leases on federal lands earlier this year, the alarm bells rang in south-eastern New Mexico. Continue reading......
BP’s annual report reveals renewable energy boom in pandemic coincided with slump in demand for oilThe world’s wind and solar energy capacity grew at a record rate last year while the oil industry recorded its steepest slump in demand since the secon...
Chemicals company to invest at least £25m in HydrogenOne Capital Growth as it targets green economyThe chemicals company owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe has agreed to become a cornerstone investor in a new “clean” hydrogen fund that plans to list on the L...
We spend most of our time on this show talking about what's happening in climate tech. What technologies, business models, and markets are being developed? By whom? And how much impact will they ultimately have on decarbonization? But there's an equa ...
There were about eight years when climate tech was wandering in the wilderness, so to speak. It started after the Solyndra bankruptcy in 2011 and ended about two years ago, when the market began heating up again. During that time, people in this spac ...
The array of AI applications within climate tech is staggering -- and rapidly expanding. There are lots of exciting point solutions, but there’s no clear example of AI directly and meaningfully reducing GHG emissions on a global scale. Yet. Last year ...
We can measure the energy transition in any number of ways. The hundreds of millions of solar panels and wind turbines installed. The gigatons of carbon reduced. Or the number of jobs created. But how do we measure the equity outcome? Our guest co-ho ...
The excitement around green hydrogen has grown dramatically in recent years. Will it live up to the hype? This week, we turn to technologist, author and investor Ramez Naam. Ramez and Shayle examine the drivers behind cost improvement -- namely the ...
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