“If you’re looking to make big profits in the energy sector, renewable energy stocks are the best choice.”
CEOs Increasingly See Sustainability as Path to Profitability
“CEOs increasingly are embracing the idea that a company’s environmental, social and governance practices will play a role in its future success.”
Corporations increasingly see the value of lowering emissions
“But in recent years, the ground has shifted beneath corporations. As public pressure on climate change builds, big-name investors increasingly see global warming as a threat to financial markets, and companies begin to realize their own material risks from climate change effects.”
Coronavirus Pandemic Speeds Shift to Cleaner Energy
“The world’s transition to cleaner sources of energy is gaining speed as the coronavirus pandemic accelerates a shift in investment away from fossil fuels, according to the International Energy Agency.”
Carbon Capture Technology Is Ramping Up
"Moving to renewable energy and electric vehicles can help reduce GHGs. But we can’t transition to them overnight. There are other ways to reduce GHGs. One method often discussed is carbon capture and storage (CCS). It’s also known as carbon sequestration, carbon scrubbing and clean coal technology."
How Innovation Works For the Environment
“Crucially, the very incentives that drive private sector innovation also drive ever-greater economic and environmental efficiency – serving both humanity and the planet well. Free markets are good for innovation, and innovation is good for the environment.”
The New Geopolitics of Energy
As Daniel Yergin writes on the Wall Street Journal, the global energy landscape is shifting from oil producers like Saudi Arabia and Russia, to innovators such as China and the United States.
Even Kamala Harris No Longer Can Ignore the Economic Benefits of Fracking
“Natural gas produced by fracking has been instrumental in the revitalization of the Keystone State’s economy. It has become to Pennsylvania what cheese is to Wisconsin, corn to Iowa, and oranges to Florida.”
Morgan Stanley commits to net-zero financed emissions by 2050
“‘Morgan Stanley believes we have an important role to play in facilitating the transition to a low carbon future, and we are proud to embark on this journey.’"
No better time to modernize America’s energy infrastructure
“Renewable energy has made remarkable gains over the past decade. Targeted federal investment in physical infrastructure can maintain that momentum while creating jobs, sparking economic activity, and improving environmental performance.”