Harvard, America’s richest university, will divest from fossil fuels
Harvard University said this week that it will end all of its investments in fossil fuels, a landmark victory for climate activists who have lobbied...
Global Climate Change and the University of Michigan’s Path Forward
Last month, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its most daunting report to date, detailing how precarious the situation is for humanity as...
Battery Makers Tied to Power Grid Attract Big Investors
Big investors are charging into startups touting experimental new battery technologies that would make it possible for renewable energy sources to produce most of the...
IPCC Findings Illustrate Need for Banks and Insurers to Divest From Fossil Fuels
Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report, identifying a rapidly closing window to avoid the direst impacts of the climate...
Energy Traders See Big Money in Carbon-Emissions Markets
Big energy trading houses, long focused on deep, volatile markets such as oil and natural gas, are now bulking up their carbon-trading operations as governments...
Now Will Infrastructure Investors Finally View Microgrids As Resiliency?
As the damage from Hurricane Ida on the Gulf Coast is still being surveyed, it’s already clear that this is going to be a major...
As battery storage booms, investors spend big on startups
Chevron Technology Ventures, the oil giant's venture capital arm, is investing in long-duration energy storage firm Malta Inc. as part of a Series B financing round.
New York’s pension fund to review oil holdings, axes more coal investments
The third-largest U.S. public pension fund on Thursday said it is launching reviews over climate concerns on $640 million invested in 42 shale oil and...