Energy

Energy

US Coal Miners Arch and Consol to Combine Into $5.2 Billion Giant

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Arch Resources and Consol Energy announced plans for a merger to create a new $5.2 billion coal giant called Core Natural Resources.

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Energy

The Carbon Credit Market Takes a Knock

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market issued some new guidelines on what types of carbon credits it can rubber-stamp.

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Markets

Energy Crisis Spurs Record Payout at Vitol Group

Vitol Group, the world’s largest independent oil trader, has paid around a record $6.4 billion in share buybacks to its employee-owners.

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Energy

Shell Backs Off Offshore Wind

Shell has started to shop around for buyers to offload its stake in an offshore wind project off the coast of Scotland.

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Big Tech

Microsoft and Occidental Agree to Massive Carbon Credit Deal

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Microsoft is is buying 500,000 carbon credits from Occidental Petroleum over the next six years to help reach its carbon-negative goal.

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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

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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