Eco-Business: News, Opinion, Jobs, Events, Press Releases and Research for topic Energy

• Dirty money: What is the environmental cost of bitcoin?
  Many are growing more critical of bitcoin mining — a process that uses vast amounts of energy from fossil fuels. So just how dirty is the virtual currency, and can it clean up its act?
• State violence suppresses opposition to Chinese coal plant in Bangladesh
  Thousands of workers and displaced residents face criminal charges after police fire kills seven at the SS Power One plant.
• Coal phase-out scheme gets pushback in power-hungry Indonesia
  Officials and industry in Indonesia have questioned a plan by the national utility to phase out all coal-fired power plants, while clean energy advocates have welcomed the proposal.
• Filipino campaigners slam G7’s failure to deliver promised US$100 billion annual funding in climate finance
  Civil society groups called out the G7 Leaders summit’s inability to mobilise its climate finance pledge to developing countries, as they continue to spend billions of dollars on fossil fuels.
• A game-changer? G7 climate pledge could shift Asia's coal policy
  Asia consumes about three-quarters of the world's coal, but will an end to new funding for the dirty fuel from G7 nations be enough to catalyse a shift to clean power in the region?
• Climatech Corp and Inovues win the inaugural CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge
  Climatech Corp and Inovues were awarded the Most Innovative Award and High Impact Award at the first global built environment-focused innovation challenge.
• Philippines to convert coal power stations into renewable energy plants in Mindanao
  The Philippine government aims to phase out coal plants in its most coal-dependent island group and substitute them with renewable energy facilities.
• Indigenous peoples urge Harvard to scrap solar geoengineering project
  Saami reindeer herders and others say the technology to block a share of sunlight reaching Earth, in a bid to cool the planet, is too risky and does not respect nature.
• Call to halt sale of synthetic refrigerants
  Newly identified long-term environmental and health risks have prompted calls to immediately stop synthetic refrigerants being phased in to tackle global heating, and replace them with natural refrigerants only.
• Why should the Asian Development Bank care about sustainable cooling?
  As the world warms, heat stress will harm economic productivity and worsen inequality across Asia. ADB should play a more active role in stimulating green cooling innovation, writes Sindra Sharma-Khushal of climate change think tank E3G.
• Waste less, earn more
  While some advocate economic degrowth as an option to achieve climate targets and other environmental goals, adopting efficient clean technologies can promote both economic growth and environmental goals.
• Principles for Responsible Investment CEO Fiona Reynolds steps down
  The chief executive of the Principle of Responsible Investment (PRI), Fiona Reynolds, has stepped down from the role after nine years.
• New investor club pushes Asian electric utilities to slash emissions
  The initiative will back firms in their emissions reduction efforts, nudge them towards improved disclosure, and pressure them to support policies consistent with the Paris Agreement.
• Google's moonshot quest for carbon free energy
  With governments and companies racing towards net zero, Google has set a target to use clean energy for every location and every hour of its operations by 2030. Is this possible?
• Sustainability Exchange throws up fresh ideas for sustainability
  EB Impact's inaugural mentorship programme, which harnesses the voice of youths to drive sustainability innovation in Singapore, wrapped up with a virtual showcase of ideas tackling issues such as food waste and healthcare emissions.
• Nuclear industry’s propaganda war rages on
  With renewable energy expanding fast, the nuclear industry’s propaganda war still claims it helps to combat climate change.
• The foreign money in China’s booming coal industry
  Analysis of data from a list of coal companies worldwide has exposed the extent of international finance for Chinese coal companies.
• Pandemic lessons for India’s electric mobility
  Travel restrictions and the economic downturn have slammed the brakes on the sector’s growth, but industry leaders say the mobility transition is on pause only until the pandemic is over.
• Questions linger about Indonesia’s move away from coal
  Indonesia’s latest climate ambitions have been welcomed by experts. But work lies ahead to clean up the country’s murky renewables policy environment and remedy shortcomings in its energy plans.
• A day of superlatives for climate advocates and big oil
  Rebel share holders won breakthrough victories over Exxon and Chevron, showing the increasing power of investment managers to force businesses and CEOs to pursue environmental and social goals.