Climate
Why the first autonomous vehicles winners won’t be parked in your driveway
An Apollo Robotaxi runs at Shougang Park as Baidu launches China’s first driverless taxi service in the city on May 2, 2021 in Beijing, China. He Luqi | Qianlong.com | Visual China Group | Getty Images For years, Alphabet’s Waymo and others leaders have promised autonomous vehicles are just around the bend. But that future […]
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Automakers are jacking up prices on electric vehicles to bake in rising materials costs
Tesla’s Model 3 at the Tesla store in Washington, D.C. Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty Images Automakers from Tesla to Rivian to Cadillac are hiking prices on their electric vehicles amid changing market conditions and rising commodity costs, specifically for key materials needed for EV batteries. Battery prices have been declining for […]
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Hyundai to invest $5.5 billion to build EVs and batteries in Georgia
The logo of Hyundai is shown at the #WeAreMobility fair at the 97th edition of the Brussels Motor Show on 18 January 2019, in Brussels. Dirk Waem | AFP via Getty Images Hyundai Motor on Friday confirmed plans to spend $5.54 billion to build its first dedicated electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facilities in the […]
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Bill Gates explains what you can do now to fight climate change
Chesnot | Getty Images News | Getty Images Climate change is such an overwhelming and systemic problem, it’s easy to feel there’s nothing one individual can do to fight it. But Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates gave some concrete suggestions in an online question and answer session on Reddit on Thursday. Buy climate-friendly products […]
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‘Who is talking about climate change now?’ What the Ukraine war means for global heating
A group of Ukrainian women demonstrate to call for further action against Russia near the headquarters of the EU Commission in Brussels, Belgium. Thierry Monasse | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — Reflecting on energy markets just over one month into Russia’s onslaught in Ukraine, Saudi Arabia’s top energy official said: “Look at […]
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Earth’s oceans have reached the hottest and most acidic levels on record, UN says
A diver inspects transplanted coral near Dibba Port in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, June 15, 2020. Christopher Pike | Reuters Oceans reached their hottest and most acidic levels on record last year, the World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday, marking a major consequence of climate change from human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. The findings were part of […]
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An energy transition loophole is allowing Big Oil to offload high-polluting assets to private buyers
An oil flare burns at Repsol’s oil refining complex in Cartagena, Spain. Repsol was one of the top sellers of assets between 2017 and 2021 in EDF’s analysis. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil and gas giants are increasingly selling off dirty assets to private firms, amplifying concerns that the fossil fuel industry’s traditional […]
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Climate change has made India’s heatwave 100 times more likely, says U.K. weather service
A farmer pours water on himself while working at a wheat farm in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, India, on Sunday, May 1, 2022. T. Narayan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The blistering heatwave in northwest India and Pakistan was made over 100 times more likely because of human-caused climate change, according to a new study published […]
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Keeping Illinois nuclear plants open is saving some customers $237 a year on average
Byron, UNITED STATES: The Exelon Byron Nuclear Generating Stations running at full capacity 14 May, 2007, in Byron, Illinois. (Photo credit should read JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images) JEFF HAYNES | AFP | Getty Images Nuclear energy pays in times of energy price fluctuations. In September, Illinois lawmakers passed a watershed clean energy law which […]
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Why Tesla was kicked out of the S&P 500’s ESG index
An aerial view of the Tesla Fremont Factory on May 13, 2020 in Fremont, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The S&P 500 booted electric vehicle maker Tesla from its ESG Index in an annual rebalancing. Meanwhile, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and even oil and gas multinational Exxon Mobil were included on the list. The S&P […]
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