Peabody Energy Corp., the top US coal producer, shut operations at an Alabama mine following a fire Wednesday with no estimate of when it will reopen.

The UK is set to outline its strategy to speed up the deployment of renewable power and capture carbon, part of a plan to boost energy investment in Britain that lacks the financial might of endeavors in the US.

Chevron Corp., BP Plc. and other oil giants bid a combined $264 million in a Biden administration oil-drilling auction, a fresh affront to climate activists smarting from the White House’s approval of an Arctic exploration project.

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin ramped up criticism of the US Treasury Department over its upcoming interpretation of content rules for electric vehicle tax credits, which he suspects will be too broad and generous to foreign suppliers.

The US Forest Service is immune from a suit over its decisions over how and who to warn about imminent wildfire damage, the 9th Circuit ruled.

Companies that don’t provide usable data to document their climate plans face a shrinking investor pool as patience runs out with laggards, according to the head of ESG for global fixed-income research at Bank of America Corp.

The EPA’s inspector general raised concerns to House lawmakers Wednesday that his office can’t adequately track the tens of billions of dollars flowing into the agency from the infrastructure and climate laws under its current funding.

For about 40 years, car companies, startups and DIY enthusiasts have been pursuing the plug-less electric car, one that could wirelessly recharge via photons. But as logistical and economic hurdles continue to stymie those projects, the more immediate future of solar-powered vehicles is becoming clear: smaller, lighter, cheaper systems built to subtly augment electric driving, rather than power it in full.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore set a new target of 8.5 gigawatts of electricity produced from offshore wind by 2035 — more than four times its previous goal — as the industry grapples with historic inflation and political pushback.

Surveying the vast waste of the past year’s cryptocurrency collapse — trillions in notional market value evaporating in months; allegations that the founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX bribed Chinese officials; and a punishing lawsuit from US regulators against rival exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. this week — it’s tempting to believe that nothing like this has happened before.