Energy
Myanmar’s military government denies rumors of fuel shortages
Myanmar’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy denied that there was a fuel shortage, saying unfounded rumors and inadequate infrastructure for retail sales were to blame. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Myanmar’s military government has denied the country is suffering from a shortage of fuel after rumors about low supplies of gasoline and diesel led […]
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BP deal sends Nasdaq-listed EV charging stock Tritium surging
The need for new charging infrastructure in the U.K. is likely to become increasingly pressing in the years ahead, not least because authorities want to stop the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars and vans by 2030. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tritium and BP have entered into a multi-year contract related […]
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Energy stocks lead the market, these names are outperforming as tech swoons
Energy is far and away the top-performing S&P group this year amid a surge in oil and gas prices. Source
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Market will break out of slump due to peaking inflation, Evercore ISI predicts
The market slump may be in its final innings. According to Evercore ISI’s Julian Emanuel, stocks should start grinding higher due to peaking inflation. He cites a positive trend going back to the last time stocks and bonds fell together: 1994. “The market just sort of digested it, and there was a lot of sideways […]
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Don’t blame stimulus checks for inflation, says Andrew Yang, who still supports sending free cash to most Americans
MIAMI — Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang says that Covid stimulus checks are not to blame for the recent inflation spike — and he’s still in favor of sending people free cash as a way to insulate workers from economic shocks and technological disruption. The universal basic income (UBI) evangelist told CNBC on the sidelines […]
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Natural gas surges to highest level since 2008 as Russia’s war upends energy markets
A liquid natural gas (LNG) storage silo at the LNG terminal, operated by LNG Croatia LLC, in Krk, Croatia, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Petar Santini | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. natural gas prices surged to the highest level in more than 13 years Monday as Russia’s war on Ukraine causes a global energy […]
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Sustainable recovery spending could be derailed by commodity price spikes following Ukraine war
Concerns related to both the energy transition and energy security have been thrown into sharp relief by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, recent months have also seen commodity prices jump. Marcus Brandt | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The world’s governments have pledged more than $710 billion to “sustainable recovery measures” by […]
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After buying cheap Russian oil, India is now setting sights on its coal
Even as the world shuns Russian goods, India is setting its sights on Russian coal. India’s coal imports from Russia jumped in March 2022 to highs not seen in more than two years, according to commodity intelligence firm Kpler. Ritesh Shukla | Getty Images News | Getty Images India’s hunger for coal is growing. Even […]
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We sent bitcoin from Miami to a Ukrainian in Poland who withdrew it as cash, all in less than three minutes
Alena Vorobiova hadn’t thought much about bitcoin before Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Fast forward to border closures and shelling on her hometown, cash shortages at ATMs across the country, and the central bank suspending electronic cash transfers — and she decided to give bitcoin a try. Whereas money providers often charge transfer fees of […]
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How Google plans to use 100% carbon-free energy in its data centers by 2030
Google’s data centers around the world use about twice as much electricity as the city of San Francisco. In total, Google used 15.5 terawatt hours of electricity in 2020 and the majority of that goes to its data centers. (It hasn’t made 2021 figures available.) The amount of energy Google uses is growing as overall […]
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