Climate
The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund is using Anthropic’s Claude AI model to screen investments for ethical issues
Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, addresses a press conference on his company’s annual results for 2024 at Norges Bank in Oslo, Norway, on January 29, 2025. Ole Berg-rusten | Afp | Getty Images Norway’s $2 trillion oil fund, one of the world’s biggest investors, said Thursday that it is now using AI […]
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Google to build data center in Minnesota with new solar, wind power and battery storage
Signage at the Google Midlothian Data Center in Midlothian, Texas, US, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. Jonathan Johnson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet‘s Google will build its first data center in Minnesota and deploy a significant amount of new renewable energy in the state under an agreement with utility Xcel, the companies announced Tuesday. […]
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U.S. renews threat to quit the International Energy Agency over net zero agenda
The International Energy Agency (IEA) 2026 Ministerial Meeting and Energy Innovation Forum in the OCDE in Paris, France, on February 18 and 19, 2026. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Thursday that the U.S. would “pressure” the International Energy Agency to move away from net zero — and […]
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Why Greenland’s critical minerals won’t make it rich
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email In early 2026, Greenland found itself in the middle of a geopolitical battle. Strategically positioned near emerging shipping routes, the island has drawn interest from the U.S., Russia, China and Europe. But Greenland’s untapped wealth sits under the ground. With significant deposits […]
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EPA set to revoke ‘endangerment finding’ that underpins all climate regulation
The sun sets behind burning gas flares at the Dora (Daura) Oil Refinery Complex in Baghdad on December 22, 2024. Ahmad Al-rubaye | Afp | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency moved to finalize the revocation of a critical scientific finding that undergirds the U.S. government’s climate regulations and ability to regulate greenhouse gases, the […]
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Why the catastrophe bond market is so hot right now
A local resident watches on as the remaining area of the Harcourt fire burns in the background on January 12, 2026 near Harcourt, Australia. Jesse Thompson | Getty Images News | Getty Images The catastrophe bond market shattered a host of records in 2025 — and many expect another banner year as investors flock to […]
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Powerful storm threatens East Coast including parts unaccustomed to heavy snow
A powerful storm bore down on the East Coast on Saturday, with forecasters warning of howling winds, flooding and heavy snow, including in some Southeast coastal communities more accustomed to hurricanes than blizzards. Temperatures plummeted even as tens of thousands of homes and businesses remained without power. In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina — whose official […]
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Northeast gets last brunt of winter storm that brought ice, snow, cold to much of the U.S.
The U.S. work week opened with yet more snow dumping on the Northeast under the tail end of a colossal winter storm that brought ice and power outages, impassable roads, canceled flights and frigid cold to much of the southern and eastern United States. Deep snow — over a foot (30 centimeters) extending in a […]
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Ice from winter storm leaves hundreds of thousands of customers without power across the South
A plow truck clears snow on I-40 during Winter Storm Fern in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. January 24, 2026. Nick Oxford | Reuters A massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on Sunday, bringing subzero temperatures and halting air and road traffic. Tree branches and power lines snapped […]
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U.S. storm leaves 230,000 without power, forces thousands of flight cancellations
A plow truck clears snow on I-40 during Winter Storm Fern in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. January 24, 2026. Nick Oxford | Reuters More than 4,000 flights were canceled in the U.S. on Saturday ahead of a monster winter storm that had already cut power to more than 230,000 customers as far west as Texas […]
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