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G7 to target sixfold expansion of electricity storage

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Renewable energy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. G7 countries are set to agree a global target this weekend to increase electricity storage capacity sixfold from 2022 to 2030, as countries grapple with how to keep the lights on while shifting to intermittent…
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26 April 2024 0

The eyes in the sky fighting climate change, one methane leak at a time

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When the Nord Stream gas pipeline between Russia and Germany was damaged by mysterious explosions in 2022, the resulting leaks of methane were so big they could be seen from space. And, for one company,…
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26 April 2024 0

Push for plastic waste credits at UN treaty talks

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Companies are lobbying for credits for the reduction of plastic pollution to be allowed in the first legally binding UN plastics treaty, despite concerns by environmental groups that it will fund solutions such as the…
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26 April 2024 0

Humza Yousaf faces knife-edge confidence vote after collapse of Scottish coalition

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf is facing a knife-edge vote of no confidence as opposition parties lined up against him after he collapsed his party’s power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens. The Scottish National party…
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25 April 2024 0

Unilever says new laxer environmental targets aim for ‘realism’

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The chief executive of consumer goods giant Unilever has admitted the company underestimated how hard it would be to meet environmental targets, saying the company’s new laxer ESG goals aimed for “realism” instead. Unilever announced…
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25 April 2024 0

New Biden climate rules target coal power plants

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Biden administration has finalised one of its key climate policies to crack down on US power plant emissions, despite being less stringent than campaigners had hoped as it faces legal challenges from Republican states.…
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25 April 2024 0

Europe’s Climate Leaders 2024: interactive listing

Nats UK Aerospace & defence 88.8 [e] 65.9% 0.1 116 99.5% Yes A Targets set, 1.5°C Tele2 Sweden Telecommunications 87.9 [a] 59.8% 0.8 2,074 98.6% Yes A Targets set, 1.5°C Inditex Spain Textiles, apparel & luxury goods 86.6 [a] 55.3% 0.3 11,232 97.7% Yes A Targets set, 1.5°C Logitech International Switzerland Technology & electronics 84.3…
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25 April 2024 0

The ambitions of China’s BYD stretch well beyond electric vehicles

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25 April 2024 0

UK imposes sustainable fuel targets on airlines

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Airlines myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Airlines in the UK will be required to progressively switch to greener but more expensive fuel sources under government plans to help the heavily polluting industry decarbonise.  Ten per cent of all jet fuel on flights taking…
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24 April 2024 0

EU votes to leave energy treaty as green rules pushed through

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. EU lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for the bloc to exit a controversial international treaty that is seen by campaigners as protecting fossil fuel investments, in a series of positive votes on green legislation. The ballots on…
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24 April 2024 0