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BlackRock is writing a playbook for navigating the ESG backlash

The world’s biggest asset manager read the writing on the wall before many of its peers.
Larry FinkBen Whitley/PA Images via Getty

Cheap oil will come at a cost for the US

A prolonged stretch of sub-$60 oil will hurt Russia but give Gulf countries more leverage.
A gas flame is seen in the desert near the Khurais oilfield, about 160 km (99 miles) from Riyadh, June 23, 2008.Ali Jarekji/Reuters

Tax credit cuts could spoil an even more important clean energy goal

A bipartisan push for permitting reform will be on the docket in Congress after budget talks.
The US Capitol.Nathan Howard/File Photo/Reuters

Biodiversity credits are slowly finding a market

Ecosystem conservation is a harder sell than carbon abatement.
US Country Manager Cory Pruett on Qarlbo Biodiversity’s property in Merryville, Louisiana.Courtesy of Qarlbo

China maintains global critical minerals dominance: Report

The average market share of critical minerals by the world’s top three producers reached 86% in 2024, up from 82% in 2020.
A worker is loading materials into a calcination furnace at the production workshop of Zhonghai Graphite Co.CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

Energy lobbyists, bruised in House, hope for kinder reception in Senate

The budget talks are a high-stakes test of how effective K Street’s new energy teams can be on Capitol Hill.
The US Capitol. Nathan Howard/File Photo/Reuters

US plans to cancel 7 conditional commitments for green projects

The projects, which had been conditionally approved by the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, are mostly battery factories.

China’s emissions fall despite surging demand for energy: Report

The new analysis suggests that China’s carbon dioxide emissions may have peaked.

Democrats focus on energy costs in US tax credit fight

GOP plan could cut US household incomes by more than $300 annually.

China’s energy investing is getting greener

As it navigates foreign tradewars, China is turning more cash toward local clean energy projects.

House GOP cuts, but not kills, wind and solar tax credits

The consensus forming among Republican lawmakers on renewable energy subsidies is less extreme than the industry’s worst fears.

Big gas turbine manufacturers aren’t ready to bet on the AI boom

Demand for gas power-generation hardware is surging, but the few companies that make it are reluctant to scale up.

Power companies get creative to compete for tech deals

After winning a $20 billion contract with Google, Intersect Power wants to “create a whole new class of real estate.”

Cheaper borrowing can help prevent another Spain-style blackout

Europe’s electric grid is sorely underinvested in. Forthcoming interest rate cuts should help.

Nearly 400,000 US clean energy jobs on the line, Climate Power analysis finds

The bulk are in GOP-controlled districts, and could be on the chopping block if congressional Republicans follow through on repealing or gutting Biden-era tax credits.

Trump’s trade war threatens cash bonuses for oil investors

Dividend payments and share buybacks are at risk if oil prices continue to slide.

The US can’t win the AI race without renewables

The Trump administration wants to push the power sector more into coal and gas, but utility execs have a different plan.

US wants to launch a nuclear ‘renaissance,’ Energy Sec. Chris Wright says

The Trump administration is hoping to spur development of nuclear power to keep up with surging demand for electricity.