Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US commodities trader Archer Daniels Midland has pledged to stick with its climate commitments, despite looser regulations under Donald Trump that make it easier for companies to scale back environmental goals. Ismael Roig, … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK energy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Britain’s steel industry has warned that it faces more than £150mn in annual costs under government plans to phase out allowances that allow manufacturers to emit greenhouse gases for free. Ministers plan to wind down … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Renewable energy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Asset manager Brookfield is buying National Grid’s onshore renewables business in the US for $1.7bn, highlighting its confidence in the sector despite President Donald Trump’s anti-green agenda. London-listed National Grid put the business up for … Read more
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Inspired by an excellent video from the European Space Agency, I wanted to show where the world’s glacial regions are and how much ice loss has occurred in each of them since 2000. To make the animation, I downloaded the geographic information system data for the glaciers from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. … Read more
The US and Europe battled in the UN and G7 over whether to blame Russia for its war against Ukraine, German election winner Friedrich Merz faces serious hurdles to boosting defence spending, and Apple said it planned to hire an additional 20,000 staff in the US over the next four years. Plus, US commodities trader … Read more
A third of the greenhouse gas emissions cuts needed by 2040 must come from consumers, according to the UK government’s climate advisers, who called for an overhaul of home heating systems and warned of higher airfares. The report from the Climate Change Committee outlined sweeping changes needed across the economy from 2038 to 2042, saying … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Indian business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. India’s renewables sector must boost investments and access foreign financing if the world’s most populous country is to meet its target to more than double non-fossil fuel sources of power by the end … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Friday’s blistering spat in the White House produced one winner. On Monday morning, European defence stocks including Germany’s Rheinmetall, France’s Thales and BAE Systems shot through the roof. Expectations of government spending have pumped up … Read more
