IEEFA in the Media
How Red States Are Trying to Snuff Out Green Investing
Soon after Riley Moore took office last year as the state treasurer of West Virginia, he started to hear disturbing things from the fossil-fuel industry in his state.
New York Magazine
EU plan to boost renewable energy to get off Russian fossil fuels will help climate change fight, experts say
In an effort to end its importation of Russian fossil fuels by 2027, the European Commission will boost renewable energy production and efficiency, according to a Bloomberg News report, a move that experts say could benefit the fight to control climate cha...
Yahoo News
Could solar power solve Puerto Rico's energy nightmare?
Miguelina Ramos at home One small town in the mountains of Puerto Rico is charting a path to a greener, cheaper future - it could be a template for others.
BBC
Spain, Portugal sign off on plans to temper energy prices
MADRID (AP) - Spain and Portugal on Friday signed off on a temporary cap on natural gas prices, in a coordinated move described by Portugal’s environment minister as an “unprecedented” bid to temper soaring energy prices and inflation.
Associated Press News
Does a crackdown on Russian gas help or hurt the climate?
President Joe Biden’s efforts to ramp up U.S.
E&E News
Explained: How India’s Ethanol Blending Plan Could Undermine Its Food Security
Hardeep Singh Puri, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, stated that OMCs have attained 9.99 per cent ethanol blending in gasoline, well ahead of the year-end aim.
Indiatimes
What we do and don’t know about Chrystia Freeland’s Trans Mountain claims
Finance Canada has helped Trans Mountain secure $10 billion in new financing to complete construction of the controversial pipeline by promising investors that if the Crown corporation can’t pay back the loans, the public will.
National Observer
Govt eases norms for coal extraction, experts see red | Nagpur News - Times of India
Nagpur: In a policy easing norms for easier and quicker availability of coal, the Union environment ministry has provided exemption of environmental clearance and public consultation for 50% expansion in coal mining projects.As per a May 7 notification by...
The Times of India
Finance Canada defends $10 billion loan guarantee for Trans Mountain
Finance Canada is defending its $10 billion loan guarantee for Trans Mountain to help the company finish its pipeline expansion after opposition parties and environmental groups called it a fossil fuel subsidy.
CBC.ca
This Is How We Quit Big Oil
At the end of the first quarter of 2021, as the CEOs of the three biggest U.S.
TIME
Renewables Supply 83.8% of Grid Power on Sunday Afternoon in Australia
Renewable energy delivered a record 83.8% of electricity demand in the Australian state of Victoria in the early afternoon of Easter Sunday, April 17, according to the NEMLog data collection site.Wind was the biggest contributor to the total, followed by r...
theenergymix.com
Encore: The U.S. may soon export more gas to the EU, complicating climate goals
A MARTINEZ: Because of Russia's war in Ukraine, Europe wants to stop buying Russian natural gas.
NPR
Parkland’s B.C. refinery plans $600-million expansion of renewable fuel production - The Globe and Mail
Parkland Corp.
The Globe and Mail
Australia looks to fill Asia’s energy gap amid Ukraine crisis
Australia is seeing increased demand for its LNG and coal as war and sanctions upend energy supplies.
Al Jazeera
Wind and solar beat nuclear and coal in US for first time in April
April was a milestone month for utility-scale wind and solar generation in the U.S.
Renew Economy
A 115-degree heat wave is making India’s power crisis worse
Even with a temporary reprieve from a blistering heat wave that’s delivered temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit), households and businesses face ongoing disruptions as coal stockpiles shrink at power plants and fuel imports...
The Economic Times
The Enduring Myth of America’s “Molecules of Freedom”
More than six weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and an unprecedented scramble to reduce the West’s reliance on Russian oil, a narrative about America’s newfound position as a leading fossil fuel producer (and provider) has taken firmer hold of the c...
Slate
How the war in Ukraine could speed up Europe's climate plans
The war in Ukraine has made getting more fossil fuels to Europe a top priority of the Biden Administration, in order to wean European Union members off Russian energy.
NPR
Climate spending under Australia’s federal budget shrinks: IEEFA Australia
Australia’s budget earmarked for climate-related measures is set to decline over the next four years, whilst spending on high-emitting energy projects will increase, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) reported.
MSN
Indonesia’s gasification plans could be costly for budget and environment
Indonesia has broken ground on a $2.1 billion coal gasification plant, and plans to build 10 more.
Mongabay