When is a Cargo of Oil Certified "Carbon Neutral"? Ask Lundin Energy
Sweden's Lundin Energy has sold to Italian refiner Saras what it said is the world's first oil cargo certified as carbon neutral at the point of production, the two companies said on Monday.Oil companies are increasingly trying…
Norway's $1 Trillion Fund Curbs Holdings in Biggest CO2 Emitters
Norway's sovereign wealth fund has trimmed the proportion of its $1 trillion fortune that is invested in companies that emit the most greenhouse gas, a Reuters survey has shown. Environmental campaigners hope the move by the…
MMI Engineering Successfully Delivers Contract for BOC
One of the UK’s leading providers of technical consulting and engineering services has been awarded – and has already delivered – a contract to undertake pipework integrity checks at the Port of Tyne & Lynemouth Power Station…
DNV GL & “The Future of Spaceship Earth”
At a presentation this morning at the United Nations in New York, Remi Eriksen, CEO, DNV GL led a presentation on “The Future of Spaceship Earth,” a global forecast on the outlook for the world to 2050. The skinny: The world needs to move further…
German Chem Industry Cuts 2016 Sales OutlookAgain
German chemicals trade group VCI on Friday cut its forecast for industry revenue in 2016 for the third time, citing slower demand for plastics and chemicals used for making long-lasting plants and equipment. VCI, which represents Germany's third-largest industrial sector…
For big business seeking CO2 emissions price, a ray of hope from Paris
For the most part, big business wanted one thing from the climate accord in Paris on Saturday: a price on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. While on the surface their hopes were dashed, looking deeper may give them cause for hope.
Big Firms Say EU Carbon Reforms Do Not Go Far Enough
Proposed reforms to the EU carbon market do not go far enough and need to be supplemented by a phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies, a group of major companies said in an open letter to European Union environment ministers meeting on Monday.
CEOs Demand Zero Emissions
A group of high-profile CEOs on Thursday called on world leaders to agree to bring the balance of greenhouse gas emissions to zero by mid-century in a global climate change deal to be finalized in Paris in December. The leaders of B Team…
EU Leaders Seek Climate Deal, But Divided Over Costs
European leaders aim to agree a new decade of energy policy to cut climate-warming gas emissions to 2030 at an EU summit on Thursday, but sharp differences over sharing the costs mean that securing a deal is likely to prove difficult.
EU Nations Threaten to Block Green Energy Rules
EU leaders face a long day on Thursday as they seek to agree on a new decade of climate and energy policy at a summit in Brussels, with nations from Poland to Portugal threatening to block a deal. If the European Union can manage an accord…
EU Nations Threaten to Block Green Energy Rules at Summit Talks
EU leaders face hours of haggling as they seek to agree on a new decade of climate and energy policy at talks beginning on Thursday, with nations from Poland to Portugal threatening to block a deal. If the European Union can manage an accord…
