The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is proud of the sustainability actions it required the host country, Italy, to implement for the 2026 Milano Cortina Games. Measures included minimizing negative impacts on the environment and using the Games’ visibility to showcase sustainable solutions. Protecting biodiversity and managing resources sustainably, the Committee … [continued]
When I published my recent piece on Germany’s bid to double hydrogen-based fuel targets to try to justify already built and already stranded hydrogen infrastructure, readers raised important questions about compliance mechanics. One pointed out that the 1% RFNBO subtarget can be met by replacing grey hydrogen in refineries rather … [continued]
ATLANTA — The Department of Energy announced it will give a $26.5 billion loan to Southern Company to build the largest, most expensive gas fleet in the nation. The loan will pay for Southern Company’s subsidiary, Georgia Power, plans to build a massive amount of new gas-burning infrastructure, including new combined cycle turbines … [continued]
Tonight, as costs for American families continue to soar and environmental and public health protections are weakened by his administration, Donald Trump delivered the first official State of the Union address of his second term. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Loren Blackford released the following statement: “For a majority … [continued]
In recent weeks I have published on the end game economics of maritime fuels, why decarbonizing maritime shipping won’t be inflationary, and why most battery electric shipping studies were already obsolete. Those pieces generated a steady stream of questions that were more specific than the original arguments, as well as … [continued]
Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna told an audience in Palo Alto last week that the rush to expand AI may have unexpected consequences.
US coal jobs continue to decline, with Trump’s tariff war among the factors credited with mangling the all-important overseas market for domestic metallurgical coal (courtesy of Congressional Research Service).
The US is bleeding coal jobs again, despite the best efforts of US President Donald Trump to keep old coal power plants up and running.
Equinor’s decision to halt its blue hydrogen project in Groningen is not a story about engineering failure or lack of public support. It is a story about the absence of customers. The H2M project secured support from the EU Innovation Fund and was positioned as a cornerstone of industrial decarbonization … [continued]
A fair and effective tool for Europe’s energy transition Fossil fuels still account for around 70% of the EU’s energy consumption, leaving it heavily dependent on imports and exposed to price shocks. In 2024 alone, the EU spent more than €375 billion on fossil fuel imports, while fossil fuel companies made €180 billion … [continued]
