Environment

Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaking on the main stage in George Square as part of the Fridays for Future Scotland march during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. Picture date: Friday November 5, 2021. Jane Barlow | PA Images | Getty Images Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday became the latest vocal critic of the

DAVOS, Switzerland – Jan. 19, 2023: Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, during a CNBC panel session on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images U.K. opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for opting not to attend the World

A Twitter account operated by the Russian Embassy in Sweden on Wednesday posted an image of Europe which identifies Crimea—shown at the lower right—as part of Ukraine. Twitter / Russian Embassy, SWE / Forum Mapping HU. A Twitter account operated by the Russian Embassy in Sweden posted a map identifying Crimea as part of Ukraine.

Pressuring oil companies through higher taxes is counterproductive at a time when global crude demand is set to outstrip supply, the CEO of Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest and most profitable energy company, said during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Asked by CNBC’s Hadley Gamble if a windfall tax on oil profits is

The IEA’s Birol said that prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 last year, “Russia was the number one energy exporter to the world.” Natalia Kolesnikova | Afp | Getty Images International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol believes Russia will lose its energy war with the West, saying China and

Hungary’s foreign minister strongly criticized the European Union’s sanctions against Russia, arguing they have damaged its members’ economies more than their target’s as well as failing to stop the war in Ukraine. “If we make an assessment, an analysis, about the impact of sanctions, it’s obvious that they have not fulfilled expectations,” Péter Szijjártó told

In this article UL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Unilever CEO Alan Jope photographed at the World Economic Forum in May 2022. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of consumer goods giant Unilever said Tuesday that prices would likely continue to rise in the near term, adding that his firm had a playbook

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told CNBC Monday that the European Union has something to learn from Washington and its new policies to fight inflation, saying he hopes that a trade war between the two sides can be avoided.

On Friday, Russian energy supplier Gazprom said it would not resume its supply of natural gas to Germany through the key Nord Stream 1 pipeline, blaming a malfunctioning turbine. Hannibal Hanschke | Reuters The European Union’s rejection of Russian energy commodities following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine won’t last forever, Qatar’s Energy Minister said during an

We’re selling 375 shares of Halliburton (HAL) at roughly $42.62 each. Following Thursday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 2,000 shares of HAL, decreasing its weighting in the portfolio to about 2.96% from about 3.5%. Shares of North American-focused oilfield services company Halliburton are rallying — up roughly 4% to their highest levels since

Look back on the best-performing stocks in a given year and you’re likely to see a mixed bag: some mainstays, some breakouts and maybe even a meme stock or two. Not so in 2022. Each of the 10 top-performing stocks in the S&P 500 index belonged to the same sector: energy. In a year in

In this article GOEV FFIE RIDE RIVN FSR LCID TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pedestrians walk past the Tesla Motors official authorized car dealer store in Hong Kong. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Is the first electric-vehicle recession here, or coming soon? As electric-car stocks plummeted in late 2022, the rout

Natural gas prices jumped Thursday following a multiweek swoon, providing a lift to shares of Club holding Coterra Energy (CTRA), which lately has relied on the commodity for more than half its operating revenues. U.S. natural gas prices rose nearly 4% Thursday to roughly $3.81 per million British thermal units (MMBtu). Coterra shares climbed nearly

In this article INR-AU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Lithium company Ioneer said Friday that it’s secured a conditional commitment for a loan of up to $700 million from the Department of Energy as the U.S. seeks to develop new supply chains for materials that are critical to the energy transition. Ioneer is developing

The Group of Seven’s oil price cap scheme intended to limit Russian oil export revenues is working “so far so good,” according to Amos Hochstein, special presidential coordinator to President Joe Biden. “As oil prices have come down, there’s no doubt that the price cap has, so far, and there’s a long way to go,

In this article XOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Gas prices are displayed at an Exxon gas station on July 29, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Three academics from Harvard and the University of Potsdam in Germany published a study in the journal Science on Thursday providing evidence that Exxon Mobil,

Wind turbine blades photographed at a facility in China’s Hebei Province on July 15, 2022. The world’s second largest economy is a major force in technologies crucial to the planned energy transition. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images The world is moving into “a new age of clean technology manufacturing” that could be

A bagpipe player and a belly dancer on stilts, participants in the “Burning Man” festival, cross a section of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Mike Nelson | AFP | Getty Images Organizers of the art and cultural festival Burning Man and several environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

European countries have been scrambling to find alternative sources of oil and gas following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Russia’s revenue from fossil fuel exports collapsed in December, according to a new report, significantly hampering President Vladimir Putin‘s ability to finance the war in Ukraine. The

Bread displayed at the organic Racynes bakery in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, in November 2022. Bakery owners have been struggling with higher crop and energy prices. Stephane De Sakutin | Afp | Getty Images Energy suppliers in France have agreed to allow bakeries to negotiate new payment plans for 2023 to avoid going out of business.