Fossil fuels

Opinion

Are financial regulators starting to take climate change seriously?

The White House and Treasury Department say climate change is a risk to the financial system. When will they take the next step and limit bank lending to fossil fuel projects?

By Justin Guay . 25 October 2021
Carbon capture

How shrinking carbon capture could help it scale up

Startups are vying to miniaturize this potentially climate-saving technology.

By Julian Spector . 21 October 2021
Carbon capture

Can carbon-capture startups make it big with small-scale tech?

We need to remove gigatons of CO₂ from the atmosphere. These companies think they've found a way to do it more affordably.

By Jeff St. John . 20 October 2021
Hydrogen

Green growth for the Gulf

A huge clean hydrogen project leverages the region's oil and gas know-how for first-mover advantage.

By Julian Spector . 20 October 2021
Policy & regulation

The US will struggle to meet its climate goals without penalties for utilities that fail to cut emissions, report finds

New analysis shows how Sen. Manchin's demand to cut the Clean Electricity Performance Program from the reconciliation bill would kneecap climate policy.

By Jeff St. John . 18 October 2021
Emissions reduction

What to do about leaky methane

The EPA and the oil and gas industry are contemplating high-tech sensors to spot and eliminate leaks of this planet-warming gas.

By Julian Spector . 6 October 2021
Fossil fuels

Aerial and satellite imagery can find methane leaks. Will EPA bake the tech into new rules?

High-altitude detection methods are a vital tool in reducing methane emissions, experts say. Making them work in federal regulations is a trickier matter.

By Jeff St. John . 5 October 2021
Fossil fuels

Carbon capture strikes out Down Under

Should governments keep throwing finite funding at far-fetched technologies?

By Julian Spector . 5 October 2021
Carbon capture

The carbon capture project that couldn't: Chevron misses targets for its huge Australia facility

If one of the richest companies on earth can't get CCS to work as promised, what does that say about the embattled technology?

By Jason Deign . 1 October 2021
Clean energy

What's the trick to keep grids humming along on solar, wind and batteries alone?

A Department of Energy program is testing a new type of "grid-forming" inverter that could make it possible.

By Jeff St. John . 29 September 2021