World Economic Forum Oil & Gas Publishers Note: It is nice to look at many different types of articles and opinion articles. While I agree with some of the article, however, take it with a grain (or block) of salt regarding the finance portion of the discussion. Latin America and the Caribbean is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. More
Niagra Frontier Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: Interesting. Lets watch the kWh for the consumers rise through the roof to pay for these projects. The key takeaway is :“The press release noted, “Cuomo’s nation-leading climate plan is the most aggressive climate and clean energy initiative in the nation, calling for an orderly and just transition to clean energy that
IRVINE, Calif., July 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ronald Stein and Todd Royal are published…
ESG is a huge part of the energy market from the consumer, and financial, side of the business. The Usibelli coal company is a 4th generation company and is the only coal mine in Alaska. As a private company the ownership of the company has always been very active in ESG and CSR. They are an integral part of their
Reuters LONDON – A group of the world’s top oil companies, including Saudi Aramco, China’s CNPC and Exxon Mobil, have for the first time set goals to cut their greenhouse gas emissions as a proportion of output, as pressure on the sector’s climate stance grows. But the target, set by the 12 members of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative
Reuters BOSTON – BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) released figures showing it took a tougher stance on climate matters in the springtime proxy season, though it drew criticism from environmentalists claiming the top asset manager failed to back up its recent emphasis on the area. BlackRock of New York said in a report on Tuesday that it voted against management at 53
Jacobin Oil & Gas Publishers Note: There are some key takeaways from this article from Zacharlas Szumer in Australia. The country was devastated by wildfires, then Covid, and now on to recovery. They are undergoing a typical “push-me-pullu” (Spelling from Dr. Doolittle?) The fossil fuel vs the green and renewable market place. If jobs for Australians is critical, green energy
S&P Global Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: We have been seeing that ESG is being tied to capital, investor confidence, and public opinion. We also see that if you do not have a well articulated ESG program you (as a corporation) may not survive in this current business environment. Contact Dan Genovese at dgenovese@enercominc.com for questions on an ESG
Reuters LONDON – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged countries on Thursday to stop financing coal and pledge not to build new coal-fired power plants to enable a shift to clean energy. He spoke at a virtual clean energy transition summit of 40 countries representing 80% of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. They discussed steps to buoy economies, cut
The Guardian Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: I found this as another interesting example of how strong the loyalties movement for the renewable markets can be. As an opinion piece from The Guardian, we like to post both sides to the discussion, and this has points on both sides of the fossil fuel debate I found interesting. Former reality
Forbes Last year, central bank chiefs in the US and Europe for the first time widely embraced the necessity of taking action on climate change. Christine Lagarde, the new head of the European Central Bank (ECB), vowed during her confirmation hearings in September to make climate change a “mission critical” priority. Mark Carney, the former Bank of England chief, in December called for a
Reuters FRANKFURT – Germany’s push to increase the use of hydrogen as a clean fuel to meet climate targets will require imports and a traded market to supplement home-produced supplies, a consultancy close to protagonists in the emerging industry said. “There will have to be a mix of domestic and foreign hydrogen volumes, depending on where the cheaper source is,”
