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Security guards stand at the BYD booth at the Auto Shanghai show, in Shanghai, China April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)IndustryManufacturingNews

China’s BYD ramps up hiring as Beijing prioritises employment

BYD has increased its workforce to more than 900,000 people, making the Chinese EV giant one of the largest employers in the country.

FILE PHOTO: A student carries mangrove saplings to be planted at Mangrove Park Lampulo, marking World Environment Day in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, June 5, 2024. REUTERS/ Riska Munawarah/File Photo
ClimateEmissionsEnvironmentNewsPolitics

Indonesia’s Prabowo plans $65bn green fund from selling carbon credits

A new regulator for carbon emission rules will be established to oversee efforts to reach Indonesia's emissions targets.

FILE- Boats cruise near barges fully loaded with coal on the Mahakam river in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)
AnalysisBusinessEconomyElectricitySolarWind

Are Indonesia and Vietnam’s multibillion-dollar clean energy deals stuck? Experts say not yet

Indonesia and Vietnam's energy deals to shift from coal to renewables face delays, but policy progress is underway.

AnalysisEconomyElectricityPoliticsSolarStorageWind

With a million home batteries, we could build far fewer power lines. We just need the right incentives

Australia's abundant wind and solar power needs energy storage to provide reliable supply when the sun doesn’t shine or wind doesn’t blow.

The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021.   REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File photo
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GM in talks to buy Chinese EV batteries built in the US: report

General Motors may buy EV batteries using CATL tech, assembled in a US plant funded by Japan's TDK, per Bloomberg sources.

FILE PHOTO: A chimney of a steel factory emits smoke in Tangshan in China's Hebei Province November 3, 2015. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
BusinessClimateEconomyEmissionsEmissions MarketsNewsPolitics

Factbox: What’s China’s carbon market and how does it work?

By Amy Lv and David Stanway BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China is seeking public feedback on a plan to include cement, steel and aluminium...

FILE PHOTO: General view of the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/file photo
AutomotiveBusinessEconomyElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPoliticsTransport

Thailand’s EV makers seek to renegotiate govt incentives as sales slow

Manufacturers push for an extension of deadlines to keep Thai EV incentives as sales miss expectations.

The Southern Cardamom project is intended to protect over 450,000 hectares of rainforest (AFP)
BusinessClimateEmissions MarketsIndigenousNewsPoliticsVoluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs)

Controversial Cambodia carbon credit project reinstated

Forestry scheme Southern Cardamom now certified by Verra following damning Human Rights Watch report in February.

FILE PHOTO: The BYD logos are displayed at the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsTransport

Chinese EV maker BYD sets higher annual sales target, brokerage report shows

BYD annual sales goal of 4 million vehicles for 2024 would put the EV manufacturer almost on a level with Ford Motor.

FILE PHOTO: The crop is seen in a barley field at a farm near Moree, an inland town in New South Wales, Australia October 27, 2020. Picture taken October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Barrett/File Photo
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Australian farmers protest animal, environment policies they say harm them

Regulations on renewable power construction and sheep exports spark uproar among Australian farmers.

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