Energy Management, Technology

Meta Buys Credits From Four Big US Solar Projects

Meta Platforms Inc., announced a deal on Thursday to buy the green credits from four large U.S. solar energy projects that will help the Facebook owner meet its clean electricity goals as its power needs surge

Dec 06, 2024

Energy Management, Environment Protection

Canadian oil province Alberta cleans up 5% of inactive wells in 2023

Reuters) - The number of inactive oil and gas wells in Alberta, Canada's main fossil fuel-producing province, fell 5% in 2023 from a year earlier, showing progress in decommissioning and reclamation work, a regulatory report said on Thursday. Alberta now has 79,000 wells classed as inactive versus 83,000 in 2022

Dec 06, 2024

Environment Protection, Energy Management, Climate Change

Venture Global says new LNG environmental review unnecessary

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Venture Global LNG on Wednesday slammed a U.S. call for an additional environmental review of a proposed Louisiana LNG project as unnecessary, adding that it will be ready to begin construction once the project gets a final go-ahead

Dec 05, 2024

Energy Management

Texas extreme winter cold could challenge power grid in early 2025

This winter is forecast to bring sudden bouts of extreme cold to Texas that could test the state's electric grid in early 2025, the grid operator's chief meteorologist said on Tuesday, reviving memories of crippling Storm Uri four years ago

Dec 04, 2024

Energy Management, Environment Protection, Climate Change, Climate Policy & Regulation

Threatened by climate change, Panama Canal has big plans to deal with drought

TRES HERMANAS, Panama (Reuters) - The lush river valleys of El Zaino y La Arenosa in western Panama, home to hundreds of families that eke out a living farming, fishing and raising cattle, could soon be submerged by a massive man-made reservoir designed to ensure the viability of the Panama Canal in the face of a changing climate

Dec 03, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Environment Protection, Energy Management

Cyclone Fengal kills 19 in India and Sri Lanka

Cyclone Fengal killed at least 19 people in India and Sri Lanka and caused flooding in Tamil Nadu state and the Puducherry region after crossing India's southern coast from the Bay of Bengal on Saturday. Puducherry had been hit by the heaviest 24-hour rainfall in 30 years, India's weather office said on social media on Sunday

Dec 02, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Climate Change, Energy Management, Environment Protection, Technology

China off track on emissions goals as energy demand offsets renewables push, researchers say

China's emissions of carbon dioxide are on course to rise slightly this year, despite rapid progress on renewables and electric vehicles, putting a key 2025 climate target further out of reach, researchers said on Wednesday

Nov 28, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Energy Management, Environment Protection, Climate Change

Canada environment minister warns oil and gas companies against withholding emissions data

Reuters) - Canada's environment minister warned on Wednesday that oil and gas companies would be breaking federal laws if they withheld emissions data, after Alberta's premier said the province was considering measures to block a proposed emissions cap

Nov 28, 2024

Environment Protection, Climate Policy & Regulation, Energy Management, Climate Change

Fifth UN plastics treaty talks mired in division as halfway point approaches

A fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution had seen slow progress as the halfway point approaches, delegates said on Wednesday, fuelling doubts that a deal can be reached by a Dec. 1 deadline. South Korea is hosting the fifth and final U.N

Nov 28, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Climate Change, Energy Management, Environment Protection

Britain to launch consultation on electric vehicle transition

Britain will launch a consultation on changing its zero-emission vehicle mandate but will stick to a 2030 deadline for phasing out new petrol and diesel car sales, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesperson said on Tuesday

Nov 27, 2024

Meta Buys Credits From Four Big US Solar Projects

Dec 06, 2024

Canadian oil province Alberta cleans up 5% of inactive wells in 2023

Dec 06, 2024

Venture Global says new LNG environmental review unnecessary

Dec 05, 2024

Texas extreme winter cold could challenge power grid in early 2025

Dec 04, 2024

Threatened by climate change, Panama Canal has big plans to deal with drought

Dec 03, 2024

Cyclone Fengal kills 19 in India and Sri Lanka

Dec 02, 2024

China off track on emissions goals as energy demand offsets renewables push, researchers say

Nov 28, 2024

Canada environment minister warns oil and gas companies against withholding emissions data

Nov 28, 2024

Fifth UN plastics treaty talks mired in division as halfway point approaches

Nov 28, 2024