Australia risks failing on renewable energy – but two steps could help fix that

Labor’s claim that Australia’s national electricity grid would be running on 82% renewable energy by 2030 started as a projection, but at some point it effectively became a target. The Albanese government is as responsible for this as anyone, having implied it’s where the country is inevitably headed. Depending on what happens at the next … Read more

Michigan’s Proposed “Green Energy” Policy Threatens to Slam the Door on Manufacturing Renaissance

Michigan is on the rise once again. When we think manufacturing, we think Michigan. As one of America’s leading manufacturing states , it stands in the top third for economic outlook among all the United States, and it’s leading America’s industrial renaissance . Unfortunately, some Michigan lawmakers are pursuing a series of so-called green legislative … Read more

India’s Bharat Petroleum to raise $2.19 bln through rights issue

[1/2]FILE PHOTO-A private security guard stands in front of the regional head office of oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) in Kolkata, India, November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri BENGALURU, June 28 (Reuters) – State-owned oil marketing company Bharat Petroleum (BPCL.NS) said on Wednesday it approved raising up to 180 billion rupees ($2.19 billion) through … Read more

Egypt’s Updated NDC Sets Ambitious Target For Renewable Energy Capacity By 2030

The Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt (GoE) announced its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), a step that reflects the country’s commitment to accelerating the transition towards a low-carbon development pathway by increasing the development and deployment of renewable energy to reach the target of 42% installed capacity by 2030 instead of 2035. Dr … Read more

LISTEN: Brian Kemp’s green energy dilemma

At the groundbreaking of the new Anovion Technologies factory in the small town of Bainbridge, Gov. Brian Kemp took aim at the federal green energy incentives that helped bring the $800 million project to Georgia. In this episode of the Politically Georgia podcast, hosts Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy discuss the ongoing feud over what … Read more

California man Ray Brewer sentenced for duping investors into Ponzi…

What a bullsh–ter. A California man was sentenced Monday to almost seven years in prison for running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme centering around cow manure. Ray Brewer, 66, of Porterville stole nearly $9 million from investors after telling them he could turn cow dung into green energy, US Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Between … Read more

3 Takeaways From a Key Energy Report

Text size Greenhouse gas emissions rose 0.8% in 2022. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images The growth of renewable energy projects hasn’t eaten enough into global fossil fuel demand to bend the curve on carbon emissions, according to a closely watched annual report released on Tuesday . The Statistical Review of World Energy gives the clearest … Read more