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Palm oil -- the sworn enemy of environmental defenders -- is 'an insanely productive plant' that generates far more oil per hectare of land than alternatives like soybean and coconut, says Hannah Ritchie (AFP)
ClimateEnvironment

‘Not the end of the world’, says data scientist on the big issues

Scientists have admitted that there is good news on the climate change front

FILE PHOTO: A man tests Cognac in a cellar at the Remy Martin factory in Cognac, France, November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo
BusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPoliticsTrade

China cognac probe is a reaction to EU car tariffs, says Hennessy owner LVMH

China announced plans for a hearing on European brandy imports on the same day the European Commission's provisional tariffs on Chinese-made EVs took...

FILE PHOTO: A protester sits in front of an aircraft as members of the Just Stop Oil spray paints planes at the Stansted airport, Britain June 20, 2024.    JUST STOP OIL/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo
AviationClimateEmissionsNewsOilPolitics

Three UK airports get injunction to stop climate protesters disrupting flights

The East Midlands, Manchester and Stansted airports were granted a court order on Friday to stop climate protesters from potentially disrupting flights over...

Ed Miliband takes up the climate mantle for a Labour government once more (Jacob King/PA)
ClimateEmissionsIn-DepthPoliticsRegulations

Miliband takes up the mantle of delivering UK’s climate-tackling mission – again

As Ed Miliband finally returns to government in essentially the role he held 14 years ago, he is tasked with delivering one of...

FILE PHOTO: Workers install 320 square metres of solar panels on the roof of a farmstead barn in Binsham near Landshut March 21, 2012. German government plans cuts in the solar funding.     REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo
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Germany gives apartment-dwellers legal right to solar power

Germany has passed legal amendments allowing apartment owners and tenants to install solar systems on their balconies.

FILE PHOTO: The Shell logo is seen on a pump at a Shell petrol station in London January 30, 2014.REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett /File Photo
BiofuelsBusinessFuelNews

Shell to take up to $2 billion writedown on Singapore and Rotterdam plants

Shell will take an impairment charge of up to $2bn after the sale of its Singapore refinery and pausing construction of its biofuel...

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows BYD electric vehicles (EV) before being loaded onto the "BYD Explorer No.1" roll-on, roll-off vehicle carrier for export to Brazil, at the port of Lianyungang in Jiangsu province, China April 25, 2024. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo
AutomotiveElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPoliticsRegulationsTradeTransport

Four-month window for EU-China talks before EV tariffs become permanent

There is a four-month window during which the tariffs are provisional and intensive talks are expected to continue between the two sides.

FILE PHOTO: A poster for an MG-4 EV, a brand of Chinese state-owned carmaker SAIC, is displayed at a car showroom in Santander, Spain, June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent West/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)In-DepthPoliticsRegulationsTradeTransport

What happens next in the EU investigation into Chinese EVs?

EU regulators will impose provisional duties on Chinese-made EVs imported into the European Union from Friday

Brussels launched an investigation last year into Chinese manufacturers to probe whether state subsidies unfairly undercut European automakers (AFP)
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPoliticsRegulationsTradeTransport

EU slaps Chinese electric cars with tariffs of up to 38%

The EU on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38% on Chinese electric car imports because of "unfair" state subsidies

Cars for export wait to be loaded onto cargo vessels at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
AutomotiveElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPoliticsRegulationsTradeTransport

China and EU held technical talks on EV tariffs

China and Europe held several rounds of technical talks over tariffs on Chinese EVs that the European Commission confirmed on Thursday

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