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  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    Daimler rules out ‘premature’ end to combustion engine sales

    Carmaker’s chief says petrol and diesel models are a ‘cash-machine’ to help pay for future battery-powered vehicles

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    Shipping
    Maersk aims for first carbon-neutral container ship in 2 years

    Shipping line plans green methanol vessel in industry under pressure to cut emissions

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    Andy Palmer
    Electric vehicles may not be the climate answer after all

    As with Covid vaccines, governments should enable scientists to find the best solution, not dictate what it should be

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    The Big Read
    ‘Green steel’: the race to clean up one of the world’s dirtiest industries

    After the intense pressure on oil and gas, heavy industry’s role in the climate crisis is now under growing scrutiny

  • Saturday, 13 February, 2021
    Natural disasters
    Saharan dust coats the ski slopes

    Larger quantities of particles than usual deposited during annual weather phenomenon

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    Mexico
    Tampons vanish as Mexico City takes aim at single use plastics

    Ban of the sanitary products — and their applicators — has taken the capital’s female residents by surprise

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    The Commodities NoteLauren Pagel
    How Biden should meet his promise to cut fossil fuel emissions

    Full power of US Clean Air Act must be used to cut oil and gas sector’s methane output

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    Europe needs to mandate the right green fuels for aviation

    The faster the electrofuels industry can be developed, the more sustainable flights will be

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    The Big Read
    Lex in-depth: how carbon prices will transform industry Premium

    Putting a high cost on emissions will supercharge investment in greener technologies — and cripple businesses that cannot adapt

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  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    Oil & Gas industry
    Labour demands ban on North Sea gas flaring

    Greenpeace report names oil operators responsible for the most emissions

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    Royal Dutch Shell PLC
    Shell loses Dutch case over Nigeria oil spills

    Judgment against local subsidiary in parent company’s jurisdiction could set legal precedent

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    GM aims to end petrol and diesel sales by 2035

    US carmaker becomes first of big groups to go all-electric as it aims for carbon neutrality by 2040

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Climate change
    Carney task force confronts concerns over carbon credits market

    Proposals for checks meets scepticism from climate advisory and activist groups

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    Renewable energy
    China pours money into green Belt and Road projects

    Renewables account for half of Beijing’s energy investments in 2020 but coal share also grows

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Plastic makers bet on new waste recovery technologies

    Chemical recycling has potential to treat wider spectrum of synthetic rubbish

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Volkswagen AG
    VW hit with fines for missing strict EU emissions targets

    World’s biggest car manufacturer to pay more than €100m after electric ambitions fall short

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    The Commodities NoteLord Barker
    Decarbonising aluminium will require a united front

    The world’s largest industrial polluters must transform the way they do business

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Simon Edelsten
    Grey areas in the green revolution

    Copper mining and electric cars highlight just some of the difficulties

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Stellantis
    Boss of newly merged Fiat and Peugeot warns on UK investment

    Stellantis chief Carlos Tavares says electric rules and Brexit risk ‘destroying the business model’ of Vauxhall plant

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Energy sector
    US court strikes down Trump’s pro-coal power sector rules

    Decision gives Biden clean slate to deal with emissions from electricity generation

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Oil & Gas industry
    Occidental claims green push ‘does more than Tesla’

    CEO Vicki Hollub says oil group pumps more CO2 into ground than carmaker prevents being emitted on roads

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Coal
    Big miners face new front in Colombia human rights battle

    Activists seek OECD help to close vast Cerrejón coal project owned by Anglo American, BHP and Glencore

  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    FT MagazineJancis Robinson
    Rethinking the bottle: could plastic, cans and kegs be greener?

    Glass is still the material of choice for fine wine — but we must embrace the alternatives

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Renewable energy
    Hydrogen project aims to drive UK transition to a low-carbon economy

    Essar plans to supply industry and homes in north-west England after £750m investment in two plants

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    The Big Read
    Shell case puts spotlight on energy groups’ role in climate change

    If successful, the legal action in the Netherlands could force companies to accelerate the shift to cleaner fuels 

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