Liam Denning
Washington Post
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Tesla Sales Surge, But at What Cost?
Markets will have to wait to learn what role price cuts played in the carmaker’s big second-quarter delivery numbers. → Read More
New York’s Choice Can’t Be a Congestion Toll or Subway Angst
Back in 2003, London paired its special charge for drivers during peak hours with visible improvements in public transportation. Manhattan needs the same approach and better marketing. → Read More
New York’s Big Smoke Should Give Stovetop Warriors Pause
Methane in the atmosphere is more potent than carbon dioxide. The gas industry can buttress its bridge-fuel claim by doing more to plug leaks that hurt us all. → Read More
Ford and Tesla Are Now Frenemies In the EV Battle
Both companies know that the key to faster adoption of electric vehicles isn’t overbuilding cleantech hardware but using what’s available more effectively. → Read More
What Exxon Won’t Tell You About Climate Costs
Society might be willing to make sacrifices if it meant avoiding even worse damage from global warming. → Read More
What Exxon Won’t Tell You About Climate Costs
Society might be willing to make sacrifices if it meant avoiding even worse damage from global warming. → Read More
Keeping the Lights On Is About to Get Less Deadly
Carbon emissions from the global electricity sector may have peaked last year, but complacency can easily derail that progress. → Read More
Tesla Wanted a Price War. Ford Showed Up.
The legacy automaker is paring back the cost of its Mustang Mach-E model after Tesla discounted its competing EVs, portending tighter margins for both companies this year. → Read More
Texas Has a Bill to Kill Booming Renewables Sector
The state’s senators are trying to hobble a thriving wind and solar industry that already employs almost 39,000 Texans. → Read More
Electrifying Homes Is the Biggest Reno Ever. But It’s Worth It.
Ridding households of fossil fuels will raise electricity bills, but there’s savings to be had at the pump and through greater efficiency. Plus there’s helping save the planet. → Read More
Musk's Secret, Secret Master Plan for Tesla Is So Obvious
Deliver on his 17-year-old promise of a mass-market car and sell more of today’s lineup. → Read More
Goldbugs Owe Much to Central-Bank Buying
Bullion has rallied back above $1,900 an ounce. Yet despite cooling inflation, the Fed doesn’t look done. → Read More
All You Need to Know About Musk’s Tesla Fire Sale
The company’s technoking sold some stock right at the top and then kept selling, accelerating a steep slide through 2022. → Read More
Kentucky’s Anti-ESG Attack Is Anti-Reality
The Republican state’s efforts to purportedly protect its “signature industries” ignores the facts on the ground but is politically on point. → Read More
2022 Has Not Been Kind to Musk's Tesla. Exxon Is Catching Up.
The EV company could use an activist investor to revive its stock fortunes and get its CEO back on track. → Read More
It’s Time for Biden to Unleash His Mega Oil Trade
The President has promised to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at around $70, putting a floor under the price. Buying now will give oil producers the confidence to drill. → Read More
Cheaper Oil and Costlier Batteries: 2022’s Energy Surprise
Few would have predicted that the year would end with oil prices down and battery prices higher — but there are reasons to think it won’t last. → Read More
Musk Loans Put Twitter in Tesla's Driving Seat
For investors in the electric vehicle behemoth, a troubling distraction could become a real overhang for the stock. → Read More
Anti-Woke Republicans Aren’t Making Business Sense on Climate
The GOP’s opposition to meaningful climate policy is increasingly at odds with corporate pragmatism. → Read More
Uranium Primed for a Renaissance If West Bans Russian Supplies
Prices stagnating at $50 a pound could surge with the US debating a move away from Moscow’s exports. → Read More