Royal Dutch Shell provoked a furious backlash from campaigners yesterday when it announced plans to scale back its renewable energy business and focus purely on oil, gas and biofuels. Jeroen van der Veer, the chief executive, said that Shell, the worldโs second-largest non-state-controlled oil company, was planning to drop all new investment in wind, solar and hydrogenย energy.
Investor call transcripts show that gas companies see the data centre build-out as their next growth sector, even as the energy transition accelerates.
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More farmed salmon will not necessarily bring better food security, say researchers.
Clare Carlile's reporting was recognized under the โNews Item of the Yearโ award for revealing how UK government staffing shortages would harm the environment during a historic drought.
