Top news of the week: 13.12.2022.
Manchin spat with energy regulator could be self-sabotage, experts say
Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has declined to schedule a confirmation hearing for Richard Glick, the Democratic chairman of FERC, in the lame-duck ...
Oil companies ‘could doom global efforts’ around climate change, House committee finds
A report issued Friday by the House Oversight Committee said oil companies had “greenwashed” their public image while continuing to invest in fossil fuels.
How Green Banks Are Financing the Fight Against Climate Change
Investing is risky business, but these institutions know that failing to fund clean energy is even riskier.
Finally, Some Good Climate News: The Biggest Wins in Clean Energy in 2022
You can forgive people who work on U.S. energy policy for being tired this month. They have just sprinted, and sometimes slogged, through an extraordinary year of action and progress at the ...
Renewable energy jobs growing four times faster than rest of UK market
Data shows 2.2% of all new UK jobs are classified as ‘green’ – but one-third are in London and south-east
Canada’s Critical Minerals Strategy Gets $3.8 Billion In Federal Funding
This article highlights Canada's new focus on critical minerals as it anticipates a low- and zero-emissions future.
NSW ‘almost ready to sign up’ to coal price cap to provide energy price relief
State’s energy minister, Matt Kean, says ‘It’s not about royalties, it’s all about consumers’, putting pressure on Queensland counterpart
Twitter Could Massively Accelerate The Transition To Renewable Energy
To understand the positive effect Twitter could have on global climate, it's important to think not in terms of Twitter's carbon footprint, but the wider effects it could have.