By Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton YICHUN, China (Reuters) – Down a steep dirt road from the Baishi Huashan lithium mine in southern China, trucks laden with silvery grey ore rumble towards a clus[...]
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Environment
Upside Foods secures USDA approval for its cultivated meat
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -California’s Upside Foods said on Wednesday it received regulatory approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the label on its cell-cultivated chicken, makin[...]
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US Treasury unveils clean energy subsidy payments for non-taxpayers
(Reuters) – U.S. Treasury officials on Wednesday unveiled rules for how non-profits, tribes and governments can take advantage of subsidies in President Joe Biden’s new climate change law,[...]
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Exclusive-Investors may exit consumer goods firms over EU deforestation law
By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – As a new European Union zero-tolerance deforestation law looms, several major investors told Reuters they are concerned about their exposure to the issue, with[...]
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German activists target Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan on carbon policies
By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Climate activists on Wednesday targeted two of the globe’s biggest banks – Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan – for their fossil fuel investment polic[...]
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World Bank’s new chief Banga to sharpen focus on projects with measurable impact
By David Lawder LIMA (Reuters) – World Bank President Ajay Banga wants the lender to focus on more “scalable, replicable” projects across Latin America and elsewhere for transport an[...]
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Fossil fuel company net zero plans “largely meaningless” – report
(Adds link to report, fixes typographical error) By Gloria Dickie and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – The number of fossil fuel companies setting net-zero emissions targets has risen sharply ove[...]
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BlackRock fund targets greening of materials sector
By Clara Denina and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – BlackRock on Tuesday launched the “Brown to Green Materials Fund” targeting undervalued carbon-intensive companies that produce th[...]
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Rich US subsidies may hobble Canada’s clean-fuel efforts
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canadian biofuels producers are threatening to build their next projects in the United States to cash in on rich subsidies for clean fuel and stay co[...]
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