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• U.S. Coal Production Falls To 42 Year Lows

  Published 29 July 2020 | viewed 7,425 times

  U.S. coal production fell another 7% in 2019—the lowest amount of coal produced in the United States since 1978, during the national coal miners' strike,…

• Big Oil Is Back On The M&A Game

  Published 27 July 2020 | viewed 4,672 times

  The current year has been shaping up as the worst in decades for oil and gas mergers as the deep uncertainty surrounding the sector killed…

• Morgan Stanley To Measure Carbon Footprint Of Its Loans

  Published 21 July 2020 | viewed 2,334 times

  Morgan Stanley has become the first U.S. bank to start measuring the emissions generated by the businesses it lends to and invests in, the bank…

• 5 Natural Gas Stocks To Watch

  Published 19 July 2020 | viewed 8,892 times

  Over the past half decade, the natural gas sector has earned itself the dubious distinction as the place where money goes to die. Few sectors…

• Tesla Takes A Hit In California Registrations

  Published 17 July 2020 | viewed 2,395 times

  Amid a slump in car sales of any kind during the lockdown, Tesla’s registrations in California plunged by 48 percent year on year to 9,774…

• Unpacking Biden's $2 Trillion Green Energy Plan

  Published 16 July 2020 | viewed 2,911 times

  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden proposed a $2 trillion clean energy and climate change package on Tuesday, a plan that would overhaul transportation, electricity, and…

• What Does Tesla's Million-Mile Battery Mean For Green Energy?

  Published 14 July 2020 | viewed 8,916 times

  The million-mile battery for electric vehicles (EVs) could hit the market very soon, giving a boost not only to zero-emission vehicle ownership but also to…

• Tesla Faces $20 Billion In Short Interest

  Published 13 July 2020 | viewed 4,046 times

  Short interest on Tesla is set to make the EV maker's stock the first stock to hit US$20 billion in bets against it, data from…

• Trump’s Proposed Regulation Could Slow The ESG Boom

  Published 12 July 2020 | viewed 2,226 times

  Even before the novel coronavirus pandemic battered global oil markets and gave what could certainly be a coup de grace to the coal sector, the…

• Electric Vehicle Rebound Bolsters Battery Metal Growth

  Published 09 July 2020 | viewed 4,395 times

  The fog is starting to lift for metals producers, as the race for dominance in electric vehicle markets is heating up. Like many markets, metals…

• Apple’s “Holy Grail Of Data” Leaves Energy Traders Disappointed

  Published 07 July 2020 | viewed 6,558 times

  If there was anything certain to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that the oil market and its participants are struggling to guesstimate…

• Musk Takes To Twitter To Troll The SEC

  Published 04 July 2020 | viewed 3,194 times

  Elon Musk took his Twitter feud with Tesla’s short sellers and the Securities and Exchange Commission to a whole new level on Thursday evening, mocking…

• Why The World's Central Banks Aren't Yet Sold On Renewables

  Published 01 July 2020 | viewed 7,418 times

  With the global economy reeling, millions of jobs permanently destroyed, and more than half a million people dead, it’s hard to find anything positive about the…

• BP Sells Petrochemical Business For $5 Billion

  Published 29 June 2020 | viewed 6,194 times

  As part of its plan to reinvent itself through the energy transition, BP has agreed to sell its global petrochemicals business to UK’s Ineos for…

• Major U.S. Cities Are Turning To Renewables

  Published 28 June 2020 | viewed 6,487 times

  U.S. cities and counties have signed procurement deals for nearly 8.3 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy since 2015, the new Local Government Renewables Action Tracker…

• Singapore's $3 Billion Oil Trading Scandal

  Published 26 June 2020 | viewed 8,588 times

  Back in April, Reuters reported that fabled Singapore oil trading firm, Hin Leong Trading (Pte) Ltd, had been caught with its hand in the cookie jar: One…

• Saudi Arabia Builds $4 Billion Tourism Fund

  Published 23 June 2020 | viewed 2,486 times

  The world’s top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, is creating a tourism development fund with an initial investment of US$4 billion as part of efforts to diversify away…

• U.S. Gas Prices Set To Spike

  Published 18 June 2020 | viewed 2,652 times

  There is virtually no economic sector on Earth that has not been impacted by the spread of the novel coronavirus, but few have been as…

• Demand For Electricity Is Growing Faster Than Population

  Published 15 June 2020 | viewed 2,530 times

  Electricity consumption around the world is growing faster than the population, with consumption per capita rising, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Monday. According…

• U.S. Oil Companies Are Scrambling To Avoid Bankruptcy

  Published 14 June 2020 | viewed 3,596 times

  Many U.S. shale firms have cruised through the past couple of years by borrowing money and drilling new wells, making the United States the world's…