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Energy

The UK’s New Government Opens the Door to Renewables Investment

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The United Kingdom’s newly empowered Labour has promised big shifts in the UK’s energy policy. But will it deliver?

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Energy

Shell Pulls Back on Big Biofuel Plant

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Shell is hitting pause on a major biofuel project in the Netherlands, one of the biggest in Europe, to consider market conditions.

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Energy

Greenwashing Is Becoming a Bigger Legal Risk

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A report from the London School of Economics shows climate litigation is on the rise, although the cases filed each year may be stabilizing.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Could Upend Electricity Demand

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AI’s energy needs are enormous, and could have a once-in-a-generation impact on the electricity market.

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Energy

Oil Executives Predict US Production Dip If Acquisition Spree Continues

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A quarterly survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas polls around 140 energy firm executives in Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico.

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Energy

After Oil, the UAE Wants to be a Renewables Giant

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With oil in decline, Masdar, the United Arab Emirates state-backed renewables company, is on an acquisition shopping spree.

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Regulation

Oil and Corn Companies Team Up to Challenge EPA

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Dozens of oil and plant-based fuel companies are joining forces to mount a legal war against the EPA’s new emissions standards.

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Energy

The AI Boom Is No Friend of the Green Energy Transition

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As juice-sucking tech firms battle for artificial intelligence supremacy, the coal industry has been cleaning up.

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