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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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Big Oil has frequently been chided for merely trying to burnish its green credentials, and so far, it has done little to convince us that it is truly moving forward to greenness. Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects. by Alex Kimani for Oilprice.com.

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EGEB: Oil and gas lobbyists are trying to stop clean energy with Facebook ads

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GM says it will source 100% clean energy for its US sites by 2025. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. SolarReviews launches a new solar calculator that doesn’t require you to sign up.

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How Does Tesla Get A Worse ESG Score Than 2 Oil Companies?

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Isn’t it odd that Tesla has a bad Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) score yet oil companies have good ones? When you look at what Tesla is doing for the environment and compare those actions with how oil companies are profiting off of poisoning our environment, it just doesn’t make sense.

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 Comic Relief Department: Shell CEO Says The Best Way To Finance Clean Energy Is To Consume More Oil

CleanTechnica EVs

Now that Tesla has grown to become a trillion-dollar company (larger than any of the legacy automakers, and larger than most of the “oil giants”), the petroleum crowd has […]. By Charles Morris A few years ago, when electric vehicles were considered an R&D project, the fossil fuel interests had little to say about them.

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Will Higher Oil Prices Spark a Tesla Stock Surge?

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Tesla stock surge? As Ukraine weathers a continued Russian invasion, sanctions are causing high oil prices, resulting in high gas costs at the pump for consumers. Brent Crude oil […]. Brent Crude oil […].

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EGEB: Oil kingdom Saudi Arabia launches its first wind farm, the Middle East’s largest

Electrek

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Saudi Arabia’s first wind farm is now connected and producing clean energy. Arizona may get its very first electricity provider that offers 100% clean energy. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Peak Oil Demand — Will It Be Hastened By Electric Semis?

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While Tesla fans and logistics companies anxiously await deliveries of the first electric Semis, China leads the world in low-emissions trucking. Bloomberg reports that light commercial electric vehicle sales have gone from 1% of market share to 10% in the last two years, and may be a big factor in early onset peak oil demand. […].

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