Climate
Wealthy countries’ $300 billion offer seeks to end COP29 stalemate
People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024. Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty Images The European Union, U.S. and other wealthy countries at the COP29 summit have agreed to raise their offer to $300 billion per year by 2035 […]
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Stellantis delays Ram electric pickup trucks until 2025
Stellantis’ Ram 1500 Revolution battery-electric concept pickup truck is introduced during a keynote address by Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavaras during CES 2023 at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on January 05, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images DETROIT — Stellantis is delaying the launch of its Ram electric pickup trucks from […]
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Latest typhoon lashes the Philippines, causing tidal surges and displacing massive numbers of people
Trees and a building are damaged in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Man-Yi, in Catanduanes province, Philippines, on Nov. 17, 2024. Philippine Red Cross | Via Reuters A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines […]
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Democratic senators call for probe into Musk’s Russia calls: Reuters
Elon Musk wears a black “Make America Great Again” cap while attending a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024 (L), and Russian President and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin visits his campaign headquarters in Moscow on March 18, […]
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‘Political malpractice’ if Trump undoes climate-geared Biden projects, outgoing U.S. energy secretary says
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks to the media on day five at the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 15, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images A potential decision by Donald Trump to walk back the Biden administration’s climate-geared projects would impact jobs in areas governed […]
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World’s largest olive oil producer says ‘liquid gold’ prices on track to halve from record levels
Jure Susac, a Bosnian olive farmer from the western-Herzegovinian town of Ljubuski, delivers his pickings to an oil-mill in Capljina, during harvest season, on October 29, 2022. Elvis Barukcic | Afp | Getty Images Spain’s Deoleo, the world’s largest olive oil producer, says one of the most challenging moments in the industry’s history appears to […]
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Business leaders weigh the U.S.’ role in climate policy as Trump transitions to White House
Participants walk by the entrance of the U.N. COP29 climate conference at the Baku Olympic Stadium. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images BAKU, Azerbaijan — Dubbed the “climate financing COP,” the 29th iteration of the U.N.’s annual climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, has hosted talks focused on unlocking crucial funds to combat environmental change […]
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This climate startup is challenging Tesla in the race to electrify big rigs
On the road to electrifying vehicles, cars and small trucks are getting there. Big rigs, however, pose bigger hurdles. The trouble with electrifying tractor-trailer trucks is that the tractor component needs more power than the current charging infrastructure can handle and the necessary charging time is long. Major truck manufacturers like Volvo, Freightliner and Tesla […]
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UK’s Starmer sets out new 2035 climate goal
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at a press conference, during his visit to the European Commission headquarters on October 2, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035 as he committed the country to a […]
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Oil giant Shell wins appeal against landmark Dutch climate ruling to slash emissions
Oil storage silos beyond waterlogged land at the Shell Plc Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Dutch court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark climate ruling against Shell, after the oil giant was ordered to drastically reduce its global carbon emissions back in 2021. The […]
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