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Semafor Net Zero: Climate activists need a new strategy
In today’s issue, we see how energy market turmoil and anti-ESG fervor have sapped investor support for corporate climate initiatives.
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Climate activists need a new strategy
Energy market turmoil and anti-ESG fervor have sapped investor support for corporate climate initiatives.
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Electric vehicles dominate gas-powered cars in Norway
Norwegians are embracing the transition to clean vehicles as the country pushes ahead with a break from internal combustion engines by 2025.
Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz/Wikimedia Commons
‘We can break out of this stranglehold’: A top energy strategist on what gives him hope
Jeremy Bentham, the co-chair of world energy scenarios at the World Energy Council, worries the energy transition is too often seen as a cost, rather than an investment or an opportunity.
Carbon removal is finally finding customers
As carbon offsets continue to draw greenwashing accusations, removals offer a more credible, if expensive, alternative.
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Renewable energy is providing a lifeline for countries facing instability
Both South Africa and Ukraine have turned to renewables in recent months as the countries grapple with energy insecurity.
REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier
Semafor Net Zero: Algae's climate comeback
In today's issue, we see how algae may not work as a replacement for gasoline, but entrepreneurs are finding new ways to weaponize it against emissions.
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‘A historic opportunity’: What’s needed for a just transition over climate change
Rajiv Shah, the President of the Rockefeller Foundation, has a particular focus on ensuring the energy transition is “just”. What does that mean? And what are the risks if it isn’t? He explains.
A UK farm tests curbing greenhouse gases — by making sheep burp less
The farm hopes to show that the livestock sector can be part of the solution to the pressing problem of livestock emissions.
We can’t mine our way out of a minerals shortage
The top source of lithium in the U.S. could soon be recycling facilities, not mines.
How a debt-ceiling default would derail the energy transition
The Inflation Reduction Act goes a long way to recession-proofing the clean energy industry
Big Oil’s halcyon days are over for now
A possible global recession imperils both Big Oil and Big Renewables.
The era of public renewables has arrived
New York is the first state to take advantage of tax law tweaks that make renewable energy affordable for publicly-owned power utilities.
Heat waves, wildfires, and drought: How countries are grappling with rising temperatures in three charts
Vietnam and Laos saw an all-time temperature record over the weekend while Spain is dealing with the fallout of an ongoing drought.
India’s plan to stay cool without A/C
Inside India’s innovative plan to beat heat waves without breaking the bank.
Investors are facing a meat bubble
Rising costs from climate impacts and climate policy are set to roast livestock companies’ profits.
Three charts that show China's 'war on pollution' is working
The country is still experiencing levels of air pollution higher than the WHO’s recommendation, but the air is improving.
Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX explosion
Five environmental groups allege the FAA authorized last month's Starship launch without conducting a thorough environmental impact review.
The energy economy is becoming privatized
The world's biggest private investors are changing the nature of the energy economy.