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Coal is back in AustralianSuper's portfolio. What happened to that net zero pledge?
Almost six years ago, the country's biggest superannuation fund announced a major policy update: AustralianSuper's investment portfolio would be subject to a net zero carbon emissions target in line with the Paris agreement. To make the point, the…
Illegal Mining: Coal Ministry to adopt Zero Leakage Plan
Expressing concern over worsening illegal mining and theft in Dhanbad and nearby areas, Home Minister Amit Shah asked the Coal Ministry to adopt a ‘Zero Leakage Plan' with periodic reviews. Besides, the Home Minister directed to include the…
China's latest nuclear reactor connects to grid, set to supply power to 1m
China's domestic design is fuelling a nuclear reactor-building spree in the country's largest provincial economy of Guangdong, with a new Hualong One reactor counting down to entering commercial operation this week ahead of peak demand for…
Wall Street just won't stop financing the fossil fuel industry's expansion
Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For the past two…
Global Emissions Hit A New Record As U.S. Emissions Rebounded
STONE RIDGE, VIRGINIA - JULY 17: In an aerial view, an Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near single-family homes on July 17, 2024 in Stone Ridge, Virginia. Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world, according…
PlayStation Boycotts Ramp Following Latest Official Announcement
PlayStation is lying on a hot bed of coals of its own making right now, and fans are rightfully devastated. Even with a relatively wide berth of a year and some change until it goes into effect, PlayStation getting rid of discs and physical…
Satellite images show Colorado fire as new evacuations ordered
The Aspen Acres Fire in southern Colorado has grown to more than 89,000 acres, becoming the seventh-largest wildfire in Colorado history as firefighters continue battling the blaze amid shifting weather conditions and expanding evacuation zones.
'Your Salmon Is Full Of Worms': 59 Industry Secrets Companies Do NOT Want you To Know
'I work on schools, and basically all security is driven by active shooter situations. Like, when I go onsite, it's not so much 'what if there's a fire in this hallway,' it's more 'what if the shooter is coming from that hallway.' It's been a very…
Bentley's New Electric SUV Is Named After Beautiful Spanish Mountains, But I Just Think Of A Pokémon
Naming things is hard. Especially when that thing is a product you have to try and sell to people. Naming a car is particularly difficult, as the name has to appeal to a broad range of worldwide customers who speak different languages, and it…
EL Nino to hit India's energy system harder than anywhere else in world: CREA report
This year's El Nino will hit India's energy system harder than anywhere else, according to a new analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). El Nino is the recurrent weather pattern that drives up global temperatures. India…
Five Energy Stocks Riding Texas's Data Center Power Boom
Fly into Abilene, Amarillo or Midland this year and you'll see the buildout before you land: cranes over half-finished turbine halls, miles of freshly trenched pipeline right-of-way, and fenced-off scrubland that a year ago grew nothing but…
India, Indonesia to advance local currency trade to cut dollar reliance
Indonesia and India are boosting financial ties via a local currency settlement mechanism to lessen their reliance on the US dollar, a top diplomat has told RT India. Bank Indonesia and the Reserve Bank of India have agreed on a local currency…
'It's smoke and mirrors': hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre
The promise was that a Scottish community would be transformed by massive investment and empowered to chase “the jobs of the future”. Instead, local people in Lanarkshire fear they may have to sell their properties and lose green belt…
Legendary Trader Considers Selling Bitcoin for Gold
Legendary commodities trader Peter Brandt has revealed that he is considering selling a portion of his Bitcoin holdings to reallocate the capital into gold. He has predicted that the lustrous metal is currently on track to 'gain substantially on…
Why heat waves heighten the risk of blackouts
In late June, a heat wave in France left nearly 70,000 households without power after a transformer failed under high temperatures. For about 24 hours, as the mercury hovered near 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), residents in parts of Brittany…
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