PHILADELPHIA, July 20 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden traveled on Thursday to Philadelphia to pitch the promise of a green economy to union workers skeptical that the solar, wind and electric vehicle industries can deliver the same economic punch for organized labor as fossil fuel-powered refineries and power plants. Biden is trying to reshape the …
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PHILADELPHIA, July 20 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden traveled on Thursday to Philadelphia to pitch the promise of a green economy to union workers skeptical that the solar, wind and electric vehicle industries can deliver the same economic punch for organized labor as fossil fuel-powered refineries and power plants. Biden is trying to reshape the …
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(Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Friday, buoyed by evidence of tightening supplies and economic stimulus in slow-recovering China. Brent futures were up 94 cents at $80.58 a barrel by 0955 GMT – rising as high as $1 earlier – while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude also climbed 94 cents to $76.59 a barrel. …
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hould the world stop using fossil fuels—oil, coal, and natural gas? Or should we embrace them as an essential part of modern life? Alex Epstein explores these questions. Take the pledge to stop climate misinformation and get the facts with a free PDF e-book of scripts from our climate videos.
U.S. natural gas futures climbed about 5% to a two-week high on Thursday on a smaller-than-expected storage build, a drop in daily output and forecasts for higher demand next week than previously expected and hotter-than-normal weather through early August, especially in Texas. That price increase occurred despite slow growth in the amount of gas flowing …
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Are we heading toward an all-renewable energy future, spearheaded by wind and solar? Or are those energy sources wholly inadequate for the task? Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of The Cloud Revolution, compares the energy dream to the energy reality.
Cost of other commodities used in EV batteries down, too The Tesla Inc. chief executive made the remarks in response to questions on the EV maker’s earnings call. “Lithium prices went absolutely insane there for a while,” he said. Rising commodities prices made it difficult to cut costs last year, but Musk said he was …
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(Reuters) – The current global annual investment of around $500 billion into upstream oil and gas would be sufficient to meet peak oil demand in the 2030s, Wood Mackenzie said in a report, debunking the widespread belief of under-investment in the sector. Current expenditure could deliver the supply needed to meet demand peaks through three …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will announce the first offshore wind power development rights sale in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday as part of a trip to highlight the administration’s efforts to boost renewable energy, the White House said. In February the United States proposed to expand offshore wind power development into the Gulf …
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(Bloomberg) Washington and Beijing need more time to “break new ground” in their shared mission to combat global warming, US climate envoy John Kerry said after days of talks in Beijing ended without sweeping new commitments. “We got a long way with it,” and “we just ran out of administrative time and capacity to chase …
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