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Predictions of a season of heatwaves have sent coal stockpiles soaring. Eventually, all that carbon will be burned. → Read More
There may be a natural antagonism between the two bodies, but they’ll need to suffer the decline of crude together. → Read More
Technology used to produce bad old fossil fuels is now being turned to clean renewable purposes. What matters is how companies manage the risks. → Read More
Carbon capture and storage has never really gotten off the ground. Now it’s found some backers, which is not a bad thing. → Read More
The pressure to bulletproof coal supplies is pricing it out of the market. → Read More
The petro giant protests too much. Rather than blaming environmentalists and ESG policies, it should open its checkbook and lift production if the future really is that bright. → Read More
Far from being a prophecy of doom, predictions of catastrophic shortfalls forced the market to behave exactly as it should. → Read More
Beijing’s formidable solar supply chain may help decarbonize the world, but it’s falling short at home. → Read More
The green credentials of bioplastics are making consumers complacent. But the way they break down is a risk to the environment. → Read More
Rather than focusing on hard-fought culture wars, the nation should abandon the idea of attaching political meaning to official days off. → Read More
It’s a good start, but it’s not the holy grail of decarbonization. That would entail plugging the industry into the emerging hydrogen economy. → Read More
That would require an improvement in global growth, as well as a change in Chinese domestic conditions. Neither will happen any time soon. → Read More
Now that its much-trumpeted potential in the financial universe has been debunked, blockchain may find a place as a source of eccentric pursuit much like the made-up language. → Read More
The UK’s flip-flop with onshore wind demonstrates how contradictory regulations are stalling the green transition. → Read More
Batteries as heavy as an elephant are not ideal for long-haul trucking, but non-diesel eighteen-wheelers may have found a niche. → Read More
There’s a new divide in climate talks. It’s no longer the gap between rich and poor that matters, but the one between fossil fuel importers and exporters. → Read More
Suppliers are happy to sign up new customers at reasonable prices — if they agree to keep buying 15 years from now. → Read More
At a time when the government is touting the potential of the domestic market, all the evidence is that local consumption is moribund. → Read More
Governments in developing economies are building up their bullion holdings as trust breaks down. → Read More
That won’t change until the rich world treats poorer nations as allies rather than debtors. → Read More