Climate Policy & Regulation, Energy Management, Environment Protection, Climate Change

US sets new safety measures as deep sea oil drillers test new depths

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) rolled out new rules for U.S. offshore drillers on Tuesday, as breakthrough technology enables them to operate under extreme subsea pressures and unlock billions in untapped oil reserves

Oct 30, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Environment Protection, Climate Change, Energy Management, Technology

Net zero target needs $3.5 trillion in annual green energy investment, Wood Mackenzie says

Reuters) - Investment in the green energy transition needs to double to $3.5 trillion per year if the world is to meet the Paris Agreement's goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, a report by Wood Mackenzie said on Tuesday

Oct 30, 2024

Energy Management, Environment Protection, Climate Change, Climate Policy & Regulation

Alberta files federal court challenge to Canada carbon tax exemption

Canada's main oil-producing province Alberta has filed a federal court challenge to Ottawa's carbon tax exemption for home heating oil, arguing it is unconstitutional and unlawful, the Alberta government said on Tuesday

Oct 30, 2024

Technology, Energy Management, Environment Protection, Climate Change, Climate Policy & Regulation

Current climate pledges still fall way short on Paris goals, UN body says

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - National pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions still fall far short of what is needed to limit catastrophic global warming, the United Nations said on Monday as countries prepare for the next round of climate change negotiations in November

Oct 29, 2024

Energy Management, Technology, Climate Policy & Regulation

Dutch environmental agency warns on North Sea wind project delays

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Delays in the Netherlands' rollout of offshore wind are already leading to higher greenhouse emissions and more are expected, the country's PBL environmental assessment agency warned on Thursday

Oct 25, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Energy Management

Cuba keeps schools closed, workers home during recovery from power failure, hurricane

Cuba said on Wednesday it would keep schools closed and non-essential workers home through Sunday as the crisis-racked Caribbean island nation struggled to recover from the collapse of its power grid last Friday and Hurricane Oscar this week

Oct 24, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Energy Management

Havana, Cuban provinces see power restored; Tropical Storm Oscar leaves six dead

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba made fast progress restoring power to swaths of the Caribbean island nation on Tuesday, both in Havana and outlying provinces, even as emergency and grid workers struggled to reach areas ravaged by Tropical Storm Oscar

Oct 23, 2024

Environment Protection, Climate Change, Energy Management

US grants $428 million to clean energy projects in communities that relied on coal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. on Tuesday announced $428 million in grants to build or expand battery manufacturing and recycling plants and other clean energy manufacturing in communities that have been hit hard by recent closures of coal mines and power plants

Oct 23, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Environment Protection, Climate Change, Energy Management

Singapore to co-fund CCS studies at some power plants to aid net-zero emissions target

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) will co-fund selected carbon capture and storage (CCS) feasibility storage studies proposed by power generation companies and energy firms to help achieve the city-state's net zero emissions target by 2050

Oct 22, 2024

Climate Change, Energy Management, Environment Protection

US court grants more time for Gulf of Mexico species assessment

A federal judge granted the National Marine Fisheries Service on Monday more time to assess how endangered species should be protected in the Gulf of Mexico, an analysis that is legally necessary for oil-and-gas drilling. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Maryland gave the agency until May 21, 2025 to issue a new "biological opinion

Oct 22, 2024

US sets new safety measures as deep sea oil drillers test new depths

Oct 30, 2024

Net zero target needs $3.5 trillion in annual green energy investment, Wood Mackenzie says

Oct 30, 2024

Alberta files federal court challenge to Canada carbon tax exemption

Oct 30, 2024

Current climate pledges still fall way short on Paris goals, UN body says

Oct 29, 2024

Dutch environmental agency warns on North Sea wind project delays

Oct 25, 2024

Cuba keeps schools closed, workers home during recovery from power failure, hurricane

Oct 24, 2024

Havana, Cuban provinces see power restored; Tropical Storm Oscar leaves six dead

Oct 23, 2024

US grants $428 million to clean energy projects in communities that relied on coal

Oct 23, 2024

Singapore to co-fund CCS studies at some power plants to aid net-zero emissions target

Oct 22, 2024