U.S. Natural-Gas Exporter Completes First Deal With German Buyer
Venture Global LNG Inc. has struck the first binding deals by a U.S. natural-gas exporter to supply natural gas to a German company, as the European nation turns to America...
Germany Steps Up Measures to Conserve Gas as Russia Slows Supply to Europe
BERLIN—Germany will restart coal-fired power plants and offer incentives for companies to curb natural gas consumption, marking a new step in the economic war between Europe and Russia.Berlin unveiled the...
Tech Billionaire Brings Down Breakup Plan by Australia’s Biggest Polluter
SYDNEY—A tech billionaire brought down plans by Australia’s biggest polluter to spin off its coal-fired power plants into a new company, handing a big win to environmental activists who want...
Power Executives See Roadblocks to Decarbonization Efforts
Efforts to shift the U.S. electrical grid off fossil fuels have major obstacles to overcome to meet the Biden administration’s decarbonization targets, let alone some companies’ more ambitious goals, executives...
Atlassian Co-Founder Wants to Buy Australia’s Biggest Polluter to Make it Greener
SYDNEY—Mike Cannon-Brookes thought Australia’s biggest polluter wasn’t doing enough to curb its greenhouse gas emissions, so he sought to buy the company. Mr. Cannon-Brookes, the co-founder of Nasdaq-listed software company...
Buildings are a bigger contributor to climate change than cars — these start-ups are trying to help
This June was the hottest in American history. The 116-degree heat melted power cables in Portland, Oregon, and smashed previous temperature records. Seattle recorded an all-time high of 108 degrees,...
A $7 trillion climate change warning to the stock market from its biggest shareholder
An abandoned oil rig in the U.K. during Covid-19. "We've been talking about this for 20 years and some of the changes we saw this week were unlike anything we've...
