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Microsoft to get carbon removal credits from biochar project

Producing biological charcoal and burying it in soils is a way of storing carbon for centuries.

Staff Writer | September 27, 2023 | 5:05 am

Climate targets threatened by lack of mining investment: McKinsey

Report reveals looming shortages of minerals key to the energy…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2023 | 3:50 am

Short sellers mount attack on ESG stocks bloated from green hype

Hedge fund managers are piling into short positions in ESG…

Bloomberg News | September 26, 2023 | 3:02 pm

CarbonScape gets $18 million cash injection to deliver biographite to Europe, US

New Zealand-based CarbonScape produces biographite, a carbon-negative alternative to the…

Staff Writer | September 26, 2023 | 6:25 am

Sprott announces closing of largest resource fund to date

With the close of Fund III, total assets under management…

Staff Writer | September 25, 2023 | 10:51 am

Sprott launches four new ETFs focused on critical minerals

Sprott has now launched six ETFs under its energy transition fund suite.

Staff Writer | February 2, 2023 | 9:34 am

Seriti to build South Africa’s largest wind farm to power coal mines

The 155-megawatt, $236 million wind farm will generate about 75% of the electricity Seriti needs to run its coal mines in South Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 2, 2023 | 5:34 am

VRIC 2023: Canada’s resource economy at a critical crossroads, former premiers say

Concern is growing over the federal government’s seeming inability to leverage Canada’s vast natural resource endowment as it navigates the uncertain global geopolitical and economic landscape.

Henry Lazenby | February 1, 2023 | 7:22 am

New tech may help lithium-ion batteries last for nine years

Sound waves and a 2D material may be the key to longer-lasting batteries.

Staff Writer | February 1, 2023 | 6:06 am

Uranium price expected to rise in 2023 on nuclear power revival

Greenfield supply could come from Kazakhstan, but with a new incentive price close to $70 a pound, said Rick Rule.

Bruno Venditti | January 31, 2023 | 9:52 am

New tool reveals best places for clean energy developments in the US

A new online mapping tool helps identify areas across the United States that are suitable for clean energy infrastructure projects.

Staff Writer | January 30, 2023 | 5:05 am

Zinc8 gets $9 million grant to establish zinc-air battery production facility in New York State

The Canadian company has been approved for a grant from Empire State Development of up to $9 million as an incentive to establish its first US-based production facility in New York State.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 29, 2023 | 12:49 pm

UK’s power switch-off shows future for cleaner energy grid

The UK had a preview of the choices that will have to become commonplace as the world transitions to clean energy sources.

Bloomberg News | January 29, 2023 | 10:35 am

Scholz visits South America in race with China for lithium

Olaf Scholz hopes his trip to Latin America will help secure the lithium supplies that Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen need.

Bloomberg News | January 29, 2023 | 10:11 am

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