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• Tesla's New Rival Explodes Following IPO

  Published 10 June 2020 | viewed 3,796 times

  They are both named after inventor Nikola Tesla. They are both aiming to upend the market of predominantly gasoline and diesel-powered cars and trucks with…

• Will The U.S. Nuclear Industry Survive COVID-19?

  Published 06 June 2020 | viewed 2,307 times

  In the United States, nuclear energy just can’t catch a break. Despite the fact that generating carbon-free energy has never been more important, the nuclear…

• Are Investors Ignoring The Largest Financial Risk Ever?

  Published 04 June 2020 | viewed 3,129 times

  Financial markets are vastly underestimating the financial risk from climate change, according to the International Monetary Fund.  Global temperatures have already increased by 1.1 degrees…

• Bill Gates And Big Oil Chase The Dream Of Nuclear Fusion

  Published 02 June 2020 | viewed 3,553 times

  The decades-old debate over nuclear fusion vs. fission is on the edge of a breakthrough as startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems wins over Bill Gates and other backers. Norwegian oil…

• How BlackRock Became King Of ESG Investing

  Published 01 June 2020 | viewed 3,668 times

  It’s off to the races for the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock Inc. (NYSE:BLK). At a time when the majority of Wall Street’s megabanks are just starting…

• Escalating Tensions Could Crush $52 Billion China-U.S. Energy Deal

  Published 29 May 2020 | viewed 2,763 times

  The latest escalation between the U.S. and China could compromise U.S. energy sales worth $52 billion that China pledged to make over the next few…

• Working From Home Will Transform The Energy Industry

  Published 26 May 2020 | viewed 3,488 times

  A few days ago, Facebook joined Twitter in embracing remote work as a permanent option for many of its employees. In a decade, Mark Zuckerberg…

• The Risky World Of Oil Hedging

  Published 26 May 2020 | viewed 11,729 times

  Hedging is a popular trading strategy frequently used by oil and gas producers, airlines, and other heavy consumers of energy commodities to protect themselves against market…

• Tesla’s Latest Battery Innovation Ready For Use In China

  Published 25 May 2020 | viewed 3,281 times

  Tesla has made a move away from the dominant EV battery technology, asking the Chinese government for approval to start manufacturing Tesla Model 3 featuring…

• Europe Set To Unveil Its $500 Billion 'Green Deal'

  Published 22 May 2020 | viewed 3,051 times

  The European Union is set to launch a down payment on a Green New Deal. As the world slips into a deep economic recession –…

• Why Big Finance Is Bailing On Fossil Fuels

  Published 20 May 2020 | viewed 3,353 times

  When two of the biggest beneficiaries of fossil fuels abandon the cause is that an omen? Start with Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the biggest in…

• Why Covid-19 Won’t Kill The Renewable Revolution

  Published 15 May 2020 | viewed 2,561 times

  “By the end of the coming decade we will be on one of two paths. One is the path of surrender, where we have sleepwalked…

• Trading In The Digital Era

  Published 11 May 2020 | viewed 7,491 times

  I started trading stocks in the late 90s, it was an exciting time; the internet was coming of age, and investors, or rather day traders,…

• Sanction Businessman Lends A Hand To Maduro Regime

  Published 10 May 2020 | viewed 2,516 times

  A Colombian national under U.S. sanctions for his ties to Nicolas Maduro is helping the regime in Venezuela with a gold-for-oil products scheme with Iran,…

• 20 Million Americans Lost Their Jobs In April

  Published 06 May 2020 | viewed 2,327 times

  After a five-day streak of gains, oil prices reversed course early on Wednesday following a dismal U.S. jobs report and ahead of EIA’s weekly inventory…

• Air Travel Collapse Could Cause Lasting Damage To Oil Markets

  Published 05 May 2020 | viewed 4,320 times

  Last Friday, Warren Buffett served a new blow to an already troubled industry, shaking it to the core: The celebrity investor announced that Berkshire Hathaway…

• Musk Eyes A $750 Million Payday

  Published 30 April 2020 | viewed 1,916 times

  Tesla's Elon Musk could soon be taking $750 million through his unique pay structure offering him zero in salary or cash bonus. Tesla's stock has…

• Will The Fed Bail Out Big Oil?

  Published 25 April 2020 | viewed 4,249 times

  The Department of Treasury may set up a lending fund for oil companies, Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Bloomberg this week, adding that there was nothing final yet.…

• Trump Orders Chevron To Exit Venezuela

  Published 22 April 2020 | viewed 3,565 times

  President Donald Trump has ordered Chevron to start "winding down" its oil production in Venezuela in the latest increase in pressure against the Maduro government…

• Why Today’s 300% Oil Price Crash Isn’t As Bad As It Seems

  Published 20 April 2020 | viewed 4,394 times

  Oil price futures slipped into negative territory on Monday - a shocking oil-market first - making previous doom and gloom forecasts of OPEC’s too-little-too-late production…