On Monday, Governments are scheduled to push for an agreement to help vulnerable countries deal with global warming and compensate them for damages that have already occurred, in what is likely to be a test whether rich nations and developing… Read More ›
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Bank of China must stop funding coal power plants abroad: Alliance of 35 NGOs
On Tuesday, an alliance of 35 non-governmental organizations told Bank of China, a major global investor in coal- power plants, that it must end the financing of projects which fuel global warming and instead support clean and renewable energy. In… Read More ›
Royal Dutch Shell links executive’s bonus pay to group’s energy performance
On Monday, in a statement Royal Dutch Shell proposed that the pay of its directors should be more closely linked to group’s climate performance and cut off the link between bonuses and liquefied natural gas (LNG) production volumes. The development… Read More ›
Climate change making insurance premium unaffordable: Australia’s QBE Insurance Group
On Monday, Australia’s QBE Insurance Group stated, climate change is likely to make a group of insurance premiums unaffordable for customers who are exposed to extreme weather events. As a result, there is “material risk” for its operations across the… Read More ›
China’s import of dirty coal set to rise significantly in 2019
While China’s import of coal has already risen by 9.5% in the first 9 months of the year, traders ad analysts opine that it could reach 300-320 million tonnes by this year end. On Tuesday, traders and analysts stated, China… Read More ›
Donald Trump’s energy source mix features green energy credentials
This report is in stark contrast to expectations and believes that the Trump Administration is only pro-fossil fuels. Here is a shining example of how a self-funded U.S. goverrnment international finance body is helping to promote and fund green energy… Read More ›
New tax reform bill does not kill tax credit for electric vehicles
Although the new tax reform bill, as introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, had contained provisions to eliminate the $7,500 tax credit for EVs, the version that was introduced on Thursday in the U.S. Senate does not contain these… Read More ›
Volvo shares engine technology with its Chinese parent
With this development, the Volvo brand will get diluted even further. As per sources familiar with the matter at hand, Sweden’s Volvo Cars, which incidentally is a unit of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, has agreed to provide its engines for… Read More ›
The Australian Government continues its love affair with the fossil fuel industry
Valued at $56 billion, the Great Barrier Reef, taken off UNESCO’s danger list with the Australian government continuing its love affair with the fossil fuel industry. UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural body has voted to leave the Great Barrier Reef… Read More ›
U.S. withdrawal from 2015 Paris Agreement will hurt U.S. jobs and its economy: U.S blue chip companies
Many U.S. companies, including those from the oil industry, see the step as regressive. American companies seem to disagree with U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate accord, which can stave off an economic crisis… Read More ›