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In this article TTE-FR BP.-GB CVX SHEL-GB XOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Oil companies pulled in record profits in 2022, as oil prices skyrocketed. Revenues for the biggest integrated European and American oil companies nearly doubled during 2021. Profits soared. But that has also spurred backlash from consumer advocates and political leaders. “Oil

The logo of the OPEC is pictured at the OPEC headquarters on October 4, 2022. Joe Klamar | Afp | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — International oil benchmark Brent crude dropped as much as 2.8% on Friday morning in New York on the back of a report that the United Arab Emirates is

One type of hydrogen production uses electrolysis, with an electric current splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen. If the electricity used in this process comes from a renewable source then some call it “green” hydrogen. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images In August, the White House passed a historic piece of legislation with $369

Here’s an update on our energy, industrials and materials names in Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust, the portfolio we use at the CNBC Investing Club. Jim ran through all 35 of the holdings during the Club’s inaugural Annual Meeting last Saturday, an in-person event held in New York City. A video replay of the meeting is available here

Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, arrives at court in New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images FTX ex-engineering head Nishad Singh pleaded guilty to criminal charges in New York on Tuesday, becoming the latest member of Sam Bankman-Fried’s former leadership team to agree to

BlocPower is electrifying this Brooklyn, NY building Lisa Rizzolo | CNBC BlocPower, a Brooklyn-based climate tech company, has closed on a nearly $155 million fundraising round that will be used to expand and finance community decarbonization projects like it already has undertaken in Menlo Park, California, and Ithaca, New York. The round, which includes more

LADWPs Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi Mountains on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in Kern County, CA. Irfan Khan | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide rose less than anticipated in 2022 thanks to the growth of clean energy sources like solar, wind, electric

Bill Ross | The Image Bank | Getty Images Kazakhstan’s ability to diversify its seaborne crude oil export routes away from Russian territory is critical to the country’s economy, the developer of an alternative port told CNBC. “I believe it’s less political, more existential question, and we hope that also international community is going to

The exterior of an Aston Martin store. Jeremy Moeller | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — British luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda forecasts better profitability this year, after widening its 2022 pretax losses on the back of a weakening U.K. currency. The company more than doubled year-on-year pretax losses to £495 million ($598

Then-Washington State Governor and presidental candidate Jay Inslee signs five climate change bills into law that will reduce carbon emissions, decrease pollution, boost jobs and increase public health, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at Central Park in the Rainier Vista neighborhood. Genna Martin | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images Washington state is

A mechanic working on an electric car at a garage in Carquefou, France, in November 2022. The EU is looking to increase the number of EVs on its roads in the coming years. Loic Venance | AFP | Getty Images From seatbelts to airbags and radios to parking sensors, today’s cars are packed with innovations

In this article TSLA HYU-FF TM BMWB-FF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT This image, from September 2021, shows a BMW iX5 Hydrogen in Munich, Germany. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The BMW Group on Monday launched a pilot fleet of hydrogen vehicles, with the German automotive giant’s CEO referring to hydrogen as

In this article Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Li-Cycle, at the New York Stock Exchange, August 11, 2021. Source: NYSE Battery recycling company Li-Cycle said Monday it’s secured a conditional $375 million loan from the Department of Energy to develop a recycling facility for key battery materials near Rochester, New York. For lithium-ion batteries

Service technicians work to install the foundation for a transmission tower at the CenterPoint Energy power plant on June 10, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images This story is part of CNBC’s “Transmission Troubles” series, an inside look at why the aging electrical grid in the U.S. is

An oil pumpjack operates on November 02, 2021 in Long Beach, California. The Biden administration pledged to cut methane emissions from oil and gas production today. In California, 35,000 oil and gas wells sit idle, many of which are unplugged and could leak methane gas. Scientists estimate that one-third of human-induced global warming is caused

In this article HLX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Supreme Court of the United States on Captiol Hill, photographed on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an offshore oil rig worker who earned more than $200,000 annually

The U.K.’s Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt has said that the U.S. President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is a bid to play ‘catch up’ on clean energy investment. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.K. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt said Friday that the U.S.’s Inflation Reduction Act was U.S. President Joe Biden’s attempt to play

A transmission tower is seen on July 11, 2022 in Houston, Texas. ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) is urging Texans to voluntarily conserve power today, due to extreme heat potentially causing rolling blackouts. Brandon Bell | Getty Images This story is part of CNBC’s “Transmission Troubles” series, an inside look at why the aging

A gas flare outside Williston, North Dakota. Andrew Burton | Getty Images Congressional Democrats this week urged the Environmental Projection Agency to strengthen its proposal to regulate planet-warming methane gas emissions from the country’s oil and gas sector. The letter, led by Sen. Martin Heinrich, N.M. and Rep. Diana DeGette, Colo., and signed by a total of

Club holdings Coterra Energy (CTRA) and Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) delivered fourth-quarter earnings beats Wednesday. But we’ll be watching for how the market responds to higher capital expenditure outlooks and lower quarterly dividends for both of these Texas-based oil-and-gas firms. Coterra’s total revenue increased 2.5% year-over-year, to $2.28 billion, beating analysts’ forecasts of $2.11 billion,