June 23, 2019

RWE reviews mine protest damage, says power plants not at risk

German utility RWE AG is reviewing damage done by environmental campaigners who accessed the company’s Garzweiler open-pit mine in Germany’s Rhineland on Saturday.

June 21, 2019

Visualizing US energy use in one giant chart

U.S. energy use has been generally increasing, eventually topping 100 quads per year by 2018.

June 21, 2019

Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline work greenlighted for fall

Oil should be flowing through a new pipeline by the second or third quarter of 2022, Trans Mountain Corporation CEO said.

June 20, 2019

Australian resource companies are becoming renewable energy believers — opinion

Major corporations tend to be slow-moving beasts and it takes time to shift thinking, develop plans and get approval from company boards.

June 20, 2019

Brazil’s President hands indigenous land decisions back to farm sector

The temporary decree effectively removes any involvement of the National Indigenous Affairs agency (FUNAI) in reserves demarcation.

June 18, 2019

Trump’s biggest move to end the ‘war on coal’ won’t rescue the industry

The U.S. is experiencing “a wave of coal retirements -- and we don’t think we’re near the end of it.”

June 18, 2019

Canada’s Trans Mountain expansion gets green light, again

Approval of expansion comes with eight new accommodation measures to address First Nations concerns.

June 17, 2019

Virginia uranium-mining ban upheld by US Supreme Court

The property, about 30 miles north of the North Carolina border in Pittsylvania County, was once owned by Thomas Jefferson.

June 14, 2019

Utility-scale batteries give renewables a big lift in the US

Momentum is gaining around an industry shift toward utility-scale battery storage systems nationally.

June 13, 2019

Australia clears Adani to mine one of the world’s largest coal reserves

Carmichael coal project's supporters say it will boost the economy, but environmental groups say it will damage marine ecosystems.