Nuclear Power’s Big Comeback
Nuclear power, which became unpopular after a reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979, has begun a comeback….
The World Has Too Much Oil
The world’s energy companies produce record amounts of oil, and the US leads the list. Last December, America produced…
Solar Construction Surges, Data Show
After years of disappointment, solar energy has surged as an energy source, particularly in the residential market. This increase…
Data Center Energy Used To Heat Olympic Pool
According to digital infrastructure company Equinix, the heat from its Paris data center is being used to warm the…
Big Solar Company Goes Bankrupt, Damaging Industry
The energy environment has been challenging for some green energy companies. Solar products from China are inexpensive, and capital…
Gas Prices Are Low And Could Get Much Lower
Bloomberg recently pointed out that OPEC+ has struggled to keep the price of oil above $75. The lack of…
Commercial Airlines Could Be Polluters For A Long Time
Commercial aircraft that can fuel that will cause far fewer emissions than they do now have been on the…
American Air Conditioning Costs Soar
As heat races across America, mostly from the West to the East, air conditioning use should soar in 100-degree…
Electric Bill Will Skyrocket As Service Gets Worse
People will have to pay more for electricity, and the delivery of that electricity may be interrupted primarily due…
Air Travel Jump To Trigger Higher Greenhouse Gases
Transportation accounts for 28% of greenhouse gas emissions. At least two factors could keep that number high. One is…
Massive Kuwait Oil Find Boosts Future Of Fossil Fuels
Kuwait, one of the world’s largest oil producers, announced it had made a “huge” discovery in offshore fields. The…
New Yorkers Asked To Cut Electricity Use
Due to temperatures that will push the heat index above 100 degrees F, Con Edison has asked New Yorkers…
“Drill Baby Drill” Becomes New Slogan
The new Republican Party platform, titled “2024 GOP Platform, Make American Great Again,” has provisions likely to damage the…
Will Bitcoin Crash the US Power Grid?
Bitcoin mining and AI applications consume huge amounts of energy. One estimate recently showed that AI’s energy capacity needs…
Are Vacant Office Buildings Good For The Environment?
The commercial property market is falling apart in some large US cities. Work-from-home habits have cut occupancy in some…
Wind And Solar Are In Huge Trouble
Lack of confidence in the financial future of alternative energy has hurt the valuations of companies in the sector…
Big Oil Says It Will Stay Very Big
The world will need more oil in the coming decades—at least, that is what oil executives have recently promoted…
Solar And Wind Energy In Trouble –Most Important Climate News 7.9.24
Hurricane Beryl decimated parts of Texas in the Houston area. It shut down electricity in over three million homes…
Google Becomes A Massive Polluter
Like other huge tech companies, Google’s parent Alphabet would help save the environment. It planned to become carbon neutral….
Should AI Use Up America’s Nuclear Power?
“Largest tech companies are looking to buy nuclear power directly from plants, which could sap the grid of critical…
Bill Gates’s Huge aI Problem
Bill Gates has done the math. The enormous amount of energy AI consumes, and the drain it puts on…