China orders more coal & energy funding to ease power crisis
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3151269/china-orders-coal-and-energy-funding-ease-power-crisis-warns China has seen a widening power crunch since last month that has resulted in power rationing in most regions. The electricity shortage contributed to the first contraction in factory activity since the coronavirus pandemic began and prompted analysts from Goldman Sachs to Nomura to cut the country’s growth outlook. … China’s power shortage is […]
Will the Energy Crisis Be ESG’s Great Reset? Climate policy could ‘politically unpopular’ very quickly
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/10/will-the-energy-crisis-be-esgs-great-reset/ By RICHARD MORRISON When it comes to the world of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, we’ve become used to Panglossian headlines about how every new development only strengthens the case for groups such as Michael Bloomberg’s Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum. Institutional messaging is suffused with assumptions that corporate regulation will inevitably march […]
All the Metals We Mined Globally in One Visualization
https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-metals-we-mined-in-one-visualization/ View the full-size infographic All the Metals We Mined in One Visualization Metals are all around us, from our phones and cars to our homes and office buildings. While we often overlook the presence of these raw materials, they are an essential part of the modern economy. But obtaining these materials can be a […]
‘They just talk’: Prince Charles understands Thunberg’s frustrations on UN climate summits – Warns this is world’s ‘last chance saloon’ to act or face climate ‘disaster’
https://www.aol.com/just-talk-prince-charles-understands-095514149-171609696.html LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles says he shares the concerns of Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists that world leaders “just talk” about climate change and were not doing enough to prevent its catastrophic impact. Speaking ahead of the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP26, the heir-to-the British throne, 72, who has spent most […]