September 9th, 2020 | by Sponsored Content
In a recent CleanTechnica article by Director Zachary Shahan, he wrote that some of the main challenges that face EV manufacturers are specifically around securing a supply chain for their EV battery manufacturing. While it is clear that EVs need efficient batteries, it is not as well known that it also takes one or two years to get a battery production plant up and running, just ask industry leader Tesla, Inc
June 16th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Tesla will buy more cobalt from Swiss mining company Glencore to use in both Giga Berlin and Giga Shanghai, according to fresh reporting. This provides a boost to Glencore, which faced a bit of a slide over the past two years as the price of cobalt has dropped
May 14th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages Norway's sovereign wealth fund, has made a powerful stance in favor of climate action
December 23rd, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted announced last week that it has signed an agreement with leading global natural resources company Glencore to divest itself of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) business
February 22nd, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
One of the world's largest coal miners, Glencore, announced on Wednesday that it plans to cap its coal production capacity to current levels and is developing long-term targets in line with the Paris Climate Agreement.
November 28th, 2017 | by Sponsored Content
Electric vehicles are widely expected to become the dominant form of personal transportation as cities and countries around the world look to complete bans of new internal combustion vehicle sales in the coming years.
Shifting the world to this new technology is disrupting the entire automotive industry and gives hope that the world just might have a chance when it comes to combatting climate change and shifting to new, zero-emission technologies like electric cars
September 13th, 2017 | by Zachary Shahan
More or less, this story could be about Daimler, BMW, Ford, GM, Toyota, Honda, or any other major automaker. In fact, while this article was in the works, a couple of Daimler execs came out and admitted a couple of the core challenges in a rather direct way. Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne did the same a year and a half ago in his own dramatic style. But the complexity of the story means that it's not a black and white issue and it also goes far beyond the statements referenced above
July 24th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
The world's major publicly-listed mining companies are generating up to $16 billion in emissions costs by passing the climate risk down their value chain, and are exposed to up to 30 times more emissions by passing down the buck
February 20th, 2017 | by Susan Kraemer
The idea of the president of any normal country also owning one of its largest assets and using his office to protect it seems outrageous. Putin used his position to gain wealth for himself and a small group of cronies, and is trying to prevent sanctions from reducing the value of that wealth
July 28th, 2016 | by Joshua S Hill
The world’s 47 largest investor-owned fossil fuel and cement producers have found themselves accused this week of human rights abuses. [&hellip
May 22nd, 2015 | by Sandy Dechert
Over 2,000 global business leaders, political leaders, and senior climate negotiators at the Business & Climate Summit pledged this week [&hellip
