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Nepal's EV revolution pays off as oil crisis causes pain at pumps
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1005+ words) Editing: Joe Lo and Helen Popper Faced with long queues and eye-watering prices, filling up has been a painful experience for South Asia's many self-employed drivers since the Iran war unleashed turmoil in global energy markets. But in Nepal, above-average…...
Rust-powered batteries could help crack Europe’s energy storage gap
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1096+ words) Editing: Helen Popper and Chlo" Farand A Dutch startup thinks it has the answer to two of Europe's biggest energy transition conundrums " long-duration storage batteries that are free from critical minerals and powered by rust." In a pilot project in…...
Top green jet fuel producer linked to suspect waste-oil supply chain
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1742+ words) Editing and fact-checking: Megan Rowling In partnership with SVT and Yle The world's largest producer of renewable fuel for planes, Neste, is sourcing key ingredients for its "green" fuel from an opaque supply chain that enables fresh palm oil to…...
Middle East war is another wake-up call for fossil fuel-reliant food systems
2+ week, 1+ day ago (384+ words) Lena Luig is the head of the International Agricultural Policy Division at the Heinrich B'll Foundation, a member of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food.Anna Lapp" is the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future…...
Doubts over European SAF rules threaten cleaner aviation hopes
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (201+ words) Doubts over whether governments will maintain ambitious targets on boosting the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) are a threat to the industry's growth and play into the hands of fossil fuel companies, investors warned this week. Several executives from…...
Pacific vows to push for more ambition if shipping deal reopens
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (791+ words) Seven Pacific island nations say they will demand heftier levies on global shipping emissions if opponents of a green deal for the industry succeed in reopening negotiations on the stalled accord. The United States and Saudi Arabia persuaded countries not…...
China maximises battery recycling to shore up critical mineral supplies
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1118+ words) Even the busiest streets of Shanghai have become noticeably quieter as sales of electric vehicles (EVs) skyrocketed in China, with charging points mushrooming in residential compounds, car parks and service stations across the megacity." Many Chinese drivers have upgraded their…...
IMO head: Shipping clean up "has started" despite green deal delay
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (537+ words) The head of the UN body that governs global shipping has said that greenhouse gases from the industry will fall, whether or not its "Net Zero Framework" to cut emissions is adopted in October. "I reiterate my call to industry…...
"Biofuels COP" stirs debate on how to clean up cars where EVs are tricky
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1018+ words) It has been dubbed the "Amazon COP, the "COP of Implementation and "the COP of Truth " but the UN climate summit in the Brazilian city of Bel'm may end up being remembered as the biofuels COP. COP30 president Brazil " a leading…...
Car-driven climate risk: Valencia floods expose need for sustainable transport
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1281+ words) As COP30 approaches, the Caribbean counts the cost of Hurricane Melissa and Spain marks one year since the flooding disaster in its eastern region of Valencia, the need for stronger climate resilience and more financing for climate adaptation has taken centre…...