Energy

Catastrophic fires and killer storms have jacked up the price of home insurance by 200% — and the financial turmoil is just getting started.

Ecuador voters decide on August 20 whether drilling will continue in an oil-rich area of the Amazon.

For the second time, scientists have taken one significant step forward toward a future that runs on clean, sustainable nuclear fusion-powered energy.

Stephanie Pullman died in 2018 after her power was shut off. Even today, advocates say her memory is a warning. Phoenix has hit 110 every day in July.

Strauss levied communist accusations against physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer after years of disagreement over the construction of thermonuclear weapons.

Electric cars? The superrich have already moved on to electric yachts.

Some workers are bearing the brunt of this summer's searing temperatures, as demand for air conditioning taxes power grids.

Exxon Mobil's deal to acquire oil company Denbury shows the oil giant's interest in getting ready for a low-carbon world.

Historically, geopolitical events in major oil producers have increased prices by 8% in the five days after they started, wrote Rystad's Jorge Leon.

The Department of Energy has allocated $9.2 billion to a joint venture involving Ford and a Korean company for three plants in Tennessee and Kentucky.

A model of the state's groundwater supply over the next 100 years showed that demands in the Phoenix area "will not be met without further action."

Electric bills in Los Angeles would have a $15 fixed charge if you make under $28,000, or $92 if you make more than $180,000. Some say that's unfair.

Exxon and Chevron investors rejected climate-change proposals after a year of record profits at the oil giants.

Biden and House Republicans included a provision in the debt ceiling deal fast-tracking construction of a gas pipeline Manchin has long pushed for.

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant has been offline since 2012 due to safety lapses and strict regulations after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

AI has the potential to capture quality data to understand your carbon footprint. But some view it as a distraction that might do more harm than good.

Several countries in Asia have been experiencing record-high temperatures in recent weeks, driving demand for air-conditioning.

Setting a new record, Spain's mainland was powered with just sun, wind, and water energy between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. last Tuesday.

BYD, Nio, Wuling, Xpeng, and Zeekr are some major Chinese EV brands at home and abroad.

"There is a problem with energy revenues," finance minister Anton Siluanov admitted in a public video conference with President Vladimir Putin.

In the war to dominate the future of technology, China is crushing America in one key area: building a better battery.

The US government wants to limit pollution coming from power plants. This could push coal facilities to install new equipment or shut down.

Pakistan's shift to the yuan to pay Russia for crude oil comes as countries globally begin lining up backup currencies for trade.

Pablo, a Gabon-flagged tanker carrying Iranian oil caught fire near Malaysia last week. Authorities still don't know who to approach for damages.

The move indicates that Western sanctions and a G7-led price cap on Russian crude aren't enough to curb Russia's energy revenues.

Danish energy company Ørsted recorded $2 billion in profits last year and is the the world's biggest producer of offshore wind.

Major power outages are more common and last longer than they did 10 years ago. It's a sign our electric grid is unprepared for the climate crisis.

Some of the world's biggest copper miners have agreed to clean up their operations. The world will need more copper to move to clean energy.

Solar and wind power grew and one in seven cars sold globally in 2022 was electric. The shifts helped prevent a spike in carbon-dioxide emissions.

Eskom's former CEO said he's going to "lay low" and go abroad for a while, but that he won't flee South Africa for good.

Svitlana Krakovska is pushing Ukraine to adopt more green infrastructure as the country looks at how it might rebuild after Russia's invasion.

The bank is one of the top financiers of fossil-fuel companies, with outstanding loans of $25 billion to the sector.

Eskom's former CEO said the coffee machine where he usually got his drinks was broken the day he was poisoned with cyanide.

European countries have hoarded so much natural gas at higher prices earlier that it's now stuck with stockpiles that have depreciated in value.

South Africa's biggest energy company is looking for a new CEO who can take "calculated risks and make tough decisions."

As energy bills rise, companies have a duty to care for their vulnerable customers. For gas company SGN, Lenovo's products have helped.

Goldman Sachs analyst Nikhil Bhandari said China's reopening could add up to 1.6 million barrels a day of oil demand to the market.

Adani Group issued an 18-page presentation responding to short-seller Hindenburg's allegations, titled "Myths of Short Seller."

From China bouncing back, to a US recession, to a harsh winter in Europe, Wall Street's expert are already getting stuff wrong.

"Qatar has a very clear political stance on this: we don't accept the invasion of another country," Qatar's foreign minister told CNBC amid the gaffe.

Russia's crude oil exports rose 30% to 3.8 million barrels a day in the week ending January 13, marking an eight-month high despite the EU's oil ban.

Eskom's CEO Andre De Ruyters told the Financial Times in October that the energy giant is vulnerable to criminal groups looting coal to sell abroad.

Oceans trap the majority of the heat from the greenhouse gas emissions humans create. As a result, the air also gets warmer and holds more moisture.

Exxon scientists knew about the coming climate crisis in precise detail, a new Harvard study found. Legal experts say the evidence could swing juries.

The sanctions slashed Russia's fossil fuel revenues by about $172 million a day — revenues were around $1.1 billion a day between March and May 2022.

According to reports, Andre De Ruyter was served a coffee in his usual mug at Eskom's headquarters. He immediately became "weak, dizzy and confused."

The Swiss startup aims to provide clean nuclear energy using its transmuter solution. Investors included NY VC Union Square Ventures' climate fund.