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Renewables, nuclear and fossil fuels: The UK's changing energy mix
To meet climate change targets, more of the UK's energy needs to come from low-carbon sources.
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The Energy Transition Is Underway. Fossil Fuel Workers Could Be Left Behind.
Tiffany Berger spent more than a decade working at a coal-fired power plant in Coshocton County, Ohio, eventually becoming a unit operator making abou [...]
State leaders taking on climate saw boost from fossil fuel
In October, Scott Fitzpatrick, then-treasurer of Missouri, announced his state would pull $500 million out of pension funds managed by BlackRock.He sa [...]
GOP’s 2023 energy agenda: Push fossil fuels, search for ‘the next Solyndra’
In interviews, the people familiar with the Republican priorities say it will keep a focus on voters’ frustrations with gasoline prices, which surged [...]
Malpass survives climate gaffe, but the World Bank’s fossil fuel policy may not
The consensus among officials gathered in Washington D.C. for the bank’s annual meeting was that the heat was off Malpass — for now.
“There does not [...]
Orsted to use more fossil fuels as energy crisis continues
Jens Auer | Moment | Getty ImagesEnergy firm Orsted is to continue or restart operations at three fossil fuel facilities after being ordered by Danish [...]
Keir Starmer on Labour’s energy plans: Fossil fuels may be a ‘fallback’
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg the UK needs to double onshore wind, triple solar and quadruple offshore wind to ac [...]
World Bank president: Fossil fuels ‘critical part’ of reducing greenhouse gas emissions
World Bank president: Fossil fuels ‘critical part’ of reducing greenhouse gas emissions
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UK’s new energy chief says fracking interesting, we need fossil fuels
Jacob Rees-Mogg photographed in London on Sept. 7, 2022. The lawmaker recently called for more fossil fuel extraction from the North Sea.Carl Court | [...]
As Elon Musk backs fossil fuels, one strategist sends warning over EV sales
The uptake of electric vehicles has increased in recent years, as countries around the world attempt to reduce the environmental effects of transporta [...]
Fossil fuels make inflation and climate change worse
It’s a mundane day for errands: you run out to the store to pick up some groceries, some drugstore supplies, and fill up the gas tank. Afterward, y [...]
GOP’s risky proposition: Rebuffing a fossil fuel-friendly climate bill
“From a messaging perspective this is a problem for Republicans,” said Quill Robinson, vice president of government affairs at American Conservation [...]
ECB report likens PoW to fossil fuel cars, PoS to electric vehicles
Amid the soaring inflation, the European Central Bank (ECB) has found time to sum up its concerns about the “significant carbon footprint” of Bitcoin [...]
UN chief slams new fossil fuel funding
In remarks delivered to the Austrian World Summit in Vienna via video, Antonio Guterres issued a sobering assessment of the planet's prospects. "Most [...]
House Republicans’ energy and climate plan pushes fossil fuels, hydro
U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks as House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) listen du [...]