Jeffrey Ball

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  • BOULDER CREEK, CA – August 22: A firefighter works to extinguish flames engulfing multiple residences on Brook Lane before 4 a.m. in Boulder Creek, Calif., on Friday, August 22, 2020. (Photo by Dylan Bouscher/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)Magazine

    Getting burned: Battles over the cost of climate change are scorching California homeowners

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  • Employees work on the Volkswagen e-Golf electric automobile chassis and body wedding line in the Volkswagen AG factory in Dresden, Germany, on Friday, May 29, 2020. Even before the coronavirus crisis, automakers had to contend with an extended downturn in China, the worlds biggest auto market, where about half of all passenger electric vehicles are sold.Environment

    The electrification of the auto industry is speeding up—and shaking up the energy economy

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  • A wind farm near Palm Springs. The ripple effects of the coronavirus crisis have raised the profile of renewable-energy projects, both in local power supplies and in oil giants’ investment plans.Magazine

    Why the coronavirus crisis could make Big Oil greener

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  • NetPower’s pilot plant in La Porte, Texas. The company’s technology is designed to burn natural gas without releasing pollutants into the air.

    Inside ‘Project Odessa,’ an experiment in greener fossil-fuel power

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  • CO₂ CEMETERY: The West Seminole field in Texas, where Occidental Petroleum hopes to bury many tons of captured carbon dioxide.Magazine

    Big Oil’s Hail Mary

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  • The storm surge from Hurricane Michael swamps a business district in St. Marks, Fla., on Oct. 10, 2018.Magazine

    Climate change is hitting the insurance industry hard. here’s how Swiss Re is adapting

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    Electric Car Gold Rush: The Auto Industry Charges Into China

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    From Fringe to Core: The ‘Green’ Economy Grows Up

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  • CHINA-ECONOMY-MANUFACTURING

    Why the U.S. Should Embrace ‘Green China Inc.,’ Not Fight It

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  • Renewable Energy: How batteries are madeTech

    Baking a “Jellyroll”: How Batteries Get Made

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    The Race Is on to Build a Better Battery

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  • Arkona Offshore Wind Farm

    Norway’s State-Run Oil and Gas Giant Is Backing a Battery-Research Fund

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  • China is opening the door to Western electric-car makers, creating upheaval for the nation’s homegrown companies and opportunity for foreign rivals.Magazine

    The Global Electric-Car Showdown Is Officially on in China

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  • permian basin west texas fracking oil exxon 01Magazine

    Lone Star Rising

    By Jeffrey Ball and Benjamin Lowy
  • Shell deepwater oil platform Appomattox arriving in Ingleside, Texas.

    Inside Oil Giant Shell’s Race to Remake Itself For a Low-Price World

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