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The consumer tech giant is the latest entrant to China's cut-throat EV market, with its new SU7 model the star of the show (AFP)
BusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)News

Five things we learned at the Beijing auto show

From tech giants to car-making juggernauts and AI-assisted driving, the Beijing auto show has been showing off the latest EV innovations

NewsPolitics

Scottish leader hails ‘new beginning’ after ending deal with Greens

Scottish Green Party's power-sharing arrangement ends after upset over abandonment of a key climate change target.

FILE PHOTO: Chairman and CEO, BlackRock, Larry Fink speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 19, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
BusinessFinanceNews

BlackRock-backed Decarbonization Partners raises $1.4 billion for first fund

Climate investing venture gathers over a billion from 30 institutional investors across 18 countries to aid transition to lower-carbon energy.

FILE PHOTO: United Parcel Service's (UPS) newly launched electric delivery truck is seen in Compton, California, U.S., September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Lisa Baertlein/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessNews

Low supply slows UPS and FedEx transition to electric vans

Battery shortages that limit EV supplies and electric van startups that run out of money hamper delivery giants' clean energy transition efforts.

FILE PHOTO: The logotype of Iberdrola is illuminated atop the 165-metre (541 feet) Cesar Pelli designed Iberdrola Tower, in Bilbao, Spain, February 29, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent West/File Photo
BusinessFinanceNews

Spain’s Iberdrola, Norway wealth fund expand renewables partnership

MADRID/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Europe’s largest utility Iberdrola and Norway’s $1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund are building up on their existing partnership in renewables...

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
CoalElectricityEmissionsNewsRegulations

Tough rules force US power plants to capture emissions or shut down

New EPA rules on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration's most ambitious effort yet to roll back...

FILE PHOTO: The Toyota logo is pictured at the 43rd Bangkok International Motor Show, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
Electric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPublic TransitTransport

Toyota pilots EV pickup trucks in key Thai market

Fully electric Hilux trucks to be used for public transportation as Japanese carmakers struggle to retain dominance in Thailand.

Plastic bottles lie stranded on a beach as volunteers collect rubbish during a beach cleanup campaign organised in conjunction with the Earth Day celebration in George Town, Malaysia April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
BusinessClimateNewsRegulationsUnited Nations

Oil, chemical industry lobbyists pile in to UN plastics treaty talks

Plastics treaty being attended by 37% more lobbyists from key industries than previous round of negotiations, nonprofit's analysis reveals.

NGOs allege the loan is financing the Suralaya coal plant, which is being expanded to ten units (AFP)
BusinessCoalFinanceNews

NGOs accuse ADB of funding coal plants despite clean energy vows

Indonesia coal projects are not excluded from being funded Asian Development Bank, four NGOs allege.

Australian mining giant BHP in takeover bid for British rival Anglo American, a colossal deal with the potential to fundamentally reshape the sector (AFP)
BusinessCritical MineralsNews

BHP launches $38.8 billion takeover bid for rival Anglo American

BHP and Anglo American have both been wrestling with the transition away from gas and coal, eyeing opportunities to mine critical minerals

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