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Landslide Victory for Climate Justice : Court Rules Shell Must Cut CO2 Emissions 45% by 2030

BP: really going beyond petroleum won t be easy

© BP plc Following one of its “worst years on record” oil giant BP is gaining confidence. It plans to boost returns to shareholders after “higher oil prices and strong trading results buoyed its first-quarter earnings”, says Sarah MacFarlane in The Wall Street Journal. It made a profit of $3.32bn in the first three months of 2021, compared with a loss of $628m a year earlier. Having sold assets to cut net debt to $33bn from $39bn in the previous quarter, BP said it would buy back $500m of shares in the second quarter. The reported profits were boosted by a $1bn gain on the sale of a stake in an Omani gas field, says Emily Gosden in The Times. However, even if you remove this gain and other “one-off factors”, underlying profits still more than tripled and were “well ahead” of analyst forecasts. BP’s CEO Bernard Looney believes that the “strong result” reflects two main factors. First, higher average oil prices of $61 a barrel, compared with $50 in the first q

The World s First Truly Carbon-Neutral Car: How is it Possible?

Image Credit: Kletr/Shutterstock.com Swedish electric performance car brand Polestar has announced its ambitious goal to have the world’s first carbon-neutral car on the roads by 2030. The company recognizes the importance of addressing emissions at every stage of automotive production and that to produce a truly carbon-neutral car, it is more than just creating an electric vehicle that produces no emissions. PoleStar is thinking past the traditional pathway of offsetting emissions by planting trees and its efforts will likely guide the future of green transport. The Automotive Industry is a Major Contributor to Climate Change Global warming is an issue that threatens human health, the health of the planet, national security, and even the accessibility to basic human needs. In short, the multitude of negative impacts of climate change jeopardizes our future. To address record high temperatures, rising sea levels, and increasingly frequent extreme weather, all industries are bei

Wednesday briefing: If that s not impeachable there is no such thing

Wednesday briefing: If that s not impeachable there is no such thing © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Erin Scott/Reuters Top story: Democrats damning, Trump team rambles © Photograph: Erin Scott/Reuters Banner reading ‘Convict or be complicit’ hung over a bridge in view of the US Capitol. Good morning, Warren Murray dropping the latest news into your lap this Wednesday morning. A divided US Senate has voted to proceed with the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. On the opening day, the prosecution argued the former president was singularly responsible for inciting the deadly assault on the US Capitol while the defence warned of further dividing the nation. The Senate voted 56 to 44 that it is constitutional to put an impeached former president on trial. Six Republicans joined with the Democrats to reach that determination.

Big boasts for small nuclear reactors on ships – but a recipe for disaster?

Big boasts for small nuclear reactors on ships – but a recipe for disaster? Floating ‘mini-nukes’ could power countries by 2025, says startup, Danish company plans to fit ships with small nuclear reactors to send energy to developing countries,  Floating barges fitted with advanced nuclear reactors could begin powering developing nations by the mid-2020s, according to a Danish startup company.Seaborg Technologies believes it can make cheap nuclear electricity a viable alternative to fossil fuels across the developing world as soon as 2025…….. Seaborg has raised about €20m (£18.3m) from private investors, including the Danish retail billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, and received the first of the necessary regulatory approvals within a four-phase process from the American Bureau of Shipping this week. ….

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