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Shell Sells Offshore Wind Assets for $1 Billion, Accelerating Retreat from Renewables
Shell is preparing to sell its offshore wind power portfolio for approximately $1 billion, effectively marking its exit from the renewable energy development business. The sale process could begin as early as the end of this year, with the transaction…
Western Plastic Exports End Up in Open Fires Across Indonesia
Half of Indonesia’s plastic waste is simply burned in the open air — and a significant share of that plastic arrived from Europe, Australia, and North America under the guise of recyclable material. After China banned imports of plastic waste…
Sport And Its Carbon Footprint
While football fans focus on the performances of teams such as Curaçao, the environmental impact of the 2026 FIFA World Cup may go largely unnoticed. According to Greenly, the tournament could generate a record 7.8 million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent emissions—roughly…
Temasek Admits Its 2030 Emissions Target Is Out of Reach
The 2030 emissions target has effectively been missed — a fact publicly acknowledged by Temasek, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, which manages a portfolio worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Portfolio emissions in fiscal year 2025 totaled 21 million tonnes of…
Elopak Cuts Packaging Carbon Footprint with Low-Carbon Aluminum
The company reports that this aluminum is now being used in the production of carton packaging, and the switch has immediately reduced its carbon footprint by 8%. Elopak also emphasizes that it works exclusively with members of the Aluminium Stewardship…
Subaru’s Real-World Vehicle Emissions Are Three Times Higher Than Reported
New analysis by the financial research group Carbon Tracker has revealed a major gap between automakers’ reported emissions and the emissions generated by their vehicles in real-world use. The discrepancy concerns Category 11 under Scope 3, which accounts for emissions…
Major Investor Exits Nestlé Over Climate Strategy Concerns
The investor is Railpen, one of the largest corporate pension funds in the United Kingdom. Railpen began to suspect that the company was not fully disclosing information about the actual methane emissions from dairy farms. Nestlé is the world’s largest…
China Activates Subsea AI Data Center Powered by Offshore Wind
China has brought what it calls the world’s first offshore wind-powered underwater data center into full commercial operation off the coast of Shanghai. The $226 million project, launched in 2025, was developed through a partnership involving government agencies, HiCloud Technology,…
A new international symbol has been created for reusable packaging.
It was developed by the PR3 coalition (Global Alliance to Advance Reuse), supported by companies including Nestlé, Unilever, Mars, Starbucks, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and others. Out of 236 designs submitted to the “Rebrand Reuse” competition, one was chosen from the…
A Norwegian T-Shirt as a Case Study in Fibre Material Flows
Nearly half of the fabric used to make a standard cotton T-shirt is discarded before the garment even reaches a store. That is the conclusion of a new study by researchers from SINTEF and the Norwegian University of Science and…