August 31, 2023 Vedanta lobbied to weaken environmental regulations during pandemic – report Vedanta's oil business, Cairn India, also successfully lobbied to have public hearings scrapped, an OCCRP report says.
August 31, 2023 The biggest fossil fuel subsidies are indirect, and bigger than ever The IMF calculated that just over $7 trillion in subsidies went to fossil fuels last year.
August 25, 2023 Anil Agarwal mulls listing Vedanta businesses separately The plans stand in contrast to Agarwal's attempts in 2020 to delist Vedanta Ltd.
August 21, 2023 Ecuadorians opt to restrict oil and mining ahead of run-off vote Citizens voted to shut a major oil field in the Amazon region and ban new mining concessions near Quito.
August 20, 2023 Solar money in China drives world renewable investment to record China accounted for about half of a record $358 billion global investment in renewable energy in the first half of this year.
August 15, 2023 Ecuador’s tense vote also threatens to end mining, oil projects Ecuadorians are expected to vote in favor of referendums to order the closing of a major oil field and restrict gold and copper mining.
August 14, 2023 Free marketeer leading Argentine election seen rocking commodities Javier Milei, a libertarian outsider who’s taken a surprise lead in the race for Argentina’s presidency, would shake up the country’s powerhouse commodity industries like none of his rivals.
August 12, 2023 Solar built on trash offers solution to renewable energy’s space problem A new solar farm east of London is the size of 28 football fields and sits atop a 5 million-ton trash heap.
August 8, 2023 Bolivia eyes lithium mining investment from Brazil’s Petrobras Petrobras has signaled interest in Bolivia's lithium-rich salt flats with an eye toward industrial-scale projects.
August 2, 2023 Ecuador court halts referendums on mining, oil projects Popular referendums are a necessary step for any mining company hoping to obtain an environmental license in Ecuador.
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