Green hydrogen’s time has come, say advocates eying post-pandemic world
LONDON (Reuters) – Hydrogen has long been touted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Now, as major economies prepare…
Canceled Teck oil sands project underscores global climate-energy policy tension
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Teck Resources Ltd’s surprise decision to cancel a planned C$20.6 billion ($15.6 billion) oil sands mine…
Amazon’s Bezos pledges $10 billion to climate change fight
FILE PHOTO: Founder, Chairman, CEO and President of Amazon Jeff Bezos speaks during an event about Blue Origin’s space exploration…
BlackRock, partners eye initial $500 million for climate fund
LONDON (Reuters) – A BlackRock-backed (BLK.N) group aims to raise an initial $500 million for a private equity fund that…
GM, doubling down on big SUVs, unveils longer Chevy Tahoe, Suburban
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) could expand the lineup of vehicles using its large truck and sport utility…
Warren proposes ‘corporate perjury’ law related to industry-funded research
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday proposed a new “corporate perjury” law that she would pursue if…
Mercedes-Benz offers subsidies to retrofit older diesel cars in Germany
FILE PHOTO: A Mercedes-Benz “Vision URBANETIC” concept car is seen in front of the Daimler AG logo during the company’s…
Big companies commit to slash emissions ahead of U.N. climate summit
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Almost 90 big companies in sectors from food to cement to telecommunications are pledging to slash…
Trump regrets not raising tariffs on China higher, White House says
BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) – President Donald Trump wishes he had raised tariffs on Chinese goods even higher last week, the…
Under pressure, Biden drifts leftward on abortion, climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Joe Biden Express to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination went a bit off track this week.…
Climate change could raise risk of congenital heart defects
(Reuters Health) – More babies could be born with heart defects in the future as global warming puts pregnant women…
Chevron ties executive pay to methane and flaring reduction targets
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Chevron Corp plans to set greenhouse gas emissions targets and tie executive compensation and rank-and-file bonuses to…
China echoes IMF pledges to avoid using currency as trade war tool
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – China’s top central banker on Saturday pledged to keep the yuan currency’s value “broadly stable,”…
IMF members pledge to avoid using currencies as trade weapon
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Saturday its members pledged to refrain from competitive currency…
Easy on the Nordic oysters: Bacteria flourishing in warmer fjord waters
OSLO (Reuters) – The southern Nordic fjords are heating up as Europe boils, and bacteria there are flourishing, infecting swimmers…
Michael Bloomberg to write $4.5 million check for Paris climate pact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former New York mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday he will write a $4.5 million…