Amazon CEO announces Climate Pledge, plans to become carbon neutral by 2040
Amazon.com Inc.'s CEO Jeff Bezos announced the company's new Climate Pledge, with plans to become carbon neutral by 2040 and meet the goals of the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change a decade early.
Oil majors voice support for carbon pricing, eye big carbon capture investments
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, a group backed by 13 of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world, is hoping to jump-start investments in carbon capture, use and storage as part of its efforts to support the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Trump announces move to revoke California's waiver to set clean car standards
President Donald Trump said that his administration is revoking California's legal authority to set greenhouse gas emissions rules for vehicles that are tougher than federal standards, opening a new front in an already messy legal battle with the state.
Court battle looms as Trump administration yanks Calif. clean car rules waiver
In an unprecedented move expected to draw a swift legal challenge, the Trump administration officially revoked California's authority to set its own greenhouse gas standards for vehicles, a key pillar of the state's strategy to curb its largest source of planet-warming emissions.
As clean energy booms, US lawmakers struggle to craft minerals policy
The recent attack on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure was a stark reminder to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, of the risks lurking in another corner of the energy market: mineral supplies for clean energy technology.
MISO sees changes in generation mix requiring new 'guiding principles'
The Markets Committee of the Midcontinent ISO reported that it is expecting coal-fired generation will decline to 29% of its fuel mix by 2030 from the current 48%, while also anticipating a rise in solar and wind power generation to 30%, also by 2030, from the 2018 level of 7%.
NRG aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
NRG Energy Inc. announced plans to accelerate its greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Wheeler: US EPA to revise science transparency rule proposal in early 2020
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intends to issue a revised version of its proposed "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science" rule in early 2020 instead of finalizing the original proposal by the end of the year as originally planned, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told a congressional oversight hearing.
Green group finds some 'climate-friendly' ETFs hold coal-related shares
A pair of exchange-traded funds that are labeled as fossil-fuel-free actually hold shares in mining and energy companies with coal operations, British environmental research group InfluenceMap said in a report.
Leading private equity firm in oil, gas looking to start investing in renewables
One of the biggest and most well known private equity firms in the U.S. oil and gas business sees big potential for rapid growth in the renewable energy space and formed a team to invest in lower-carbon energy systems.
BP remains committed to oil businesses despite low-carbon transition, CEO says
BP PLC plans to continue investing in lower-return renewable fuels and technologies while also using its oil businesses to maintain solid cash flow and a healthy dividend to shareholders, CEO Bob Dudley said.
Accelerated Ariz. coal exit, solar-battery boom can save billions, study says
Arizona Public Service Co., the state's largest electric utility, plans to phase out coal-fired generation in the 2030s as it moves toward a lower-carbon power portfolio with a large new fleet of solar-plus-storage arrays.
San Diego to join regional energy agency to reach 100% renewables by 2035
San Diego is poised to join a regional community choice aggregator to take over power procurement responsibilities from Sempra Energy subsidiary San Diego Gas & Electric Co. after the City Council voted 7-2 in favor of forming a local government-run energy agency with several nearby cities.
Report finds power plant emissions in RGGI states declined 47% over last decade
New England and mid-Atlantic states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative have experienced a steep decline in carbon dioxide emissions from power plants over the past decade, and the cap-and-trade program has been a key driver of those cuts, according to a new report.
