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May 5, 2022 Jamie Dimon says the Fed only has a 33% chance to avoid a recession

With inflation rising to a four-decade high and economic growth forecasts being slashed, predictions of an impending U.S. recession are becoming widespread.

May 5, 2022 Equilibrium/Sustainability — Texas stares down the barrel of summer grid failure

Texas’s power grid may be courting collapse this weekend as temperatures soar across the state. By Saturday, the state utility regulator expects just under 70 gigawatts of demand — more than any previous May, the Houston...

May 5, 2022 Denmark wants to build two energy islands to supply more renewable energy to Europe

Thirty years after becoming a pioneer in offshore wind farming, Denmark now wants to expand the repertoire of renewables again – this time with the world’s first “energy islands.” The plans have long been discussed in the country...

May 5, 2022 Supply chain chaos and deglobalisation means the era of cheap and plenty may be ending

Economists are debating whether recent supply chain turmoil and geopolitical conflicts will result in a reversal or reconfiguration of global production, in which factories that were sent offshore move back to the United States...

May 4, 2022 Sustainable from the start: Clean power demands greater circularity

Sustainability practices in clean energy may sound redundant at first. Aren't renewable energy technologies such as wind and solar inherently sustainable? If it's green, then it's green, right? But renewable energy project ESG...

May 4, 2022 EU proposes gradual ban on Russian oil in sixth round of sanctions against Moscow

Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and evidence of war crimes, has pushed the EU to take bolder steps on energy sanctions. But imposing measures that could reduce, or fully cut, Russian energy supplies to the EU have been a...

May 3, 2022 “Elephant in the room”: Clean energy’s need for unsustainable minerals

May 3, 2022 The Environmental Price Of Clean Energy Is Still Too High: Report

In the face of that devastating IPCC report delivered in February, you might be considering taking some bare-minimum actions like buying an EV. This excellent deep dive published by Ars Technica Monday into what it really costs...

May 3, 2022 Americans are showing inflation fatigue, and some companies see a breaking point

Executives running some of the world's biggest retailers, manufacturers and consumer-products makers say they are seeing signs that people are becoming less willing to absorb price increases.

May 3, 2022 California 100 percent powered by renewables for first time

Renewable electricity met 100% of California's electricity demand for the first time ever on Saturday, environmentalists said, much of it from large amounts of solar power now produced along Interstate 10, an hour east of the...