The US is threatening a war against European ESG directives
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano European companies don’t like the directives on corporate sustainability (CSRD and CSDDD), a...
What will be the consequences of Trump's tariffs? Interview with Lucia Tajoli
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in Italiano In the last few days, the new President of the United States, Donald Trump, has announced th...
PFAS: Trump blocks proposal to limit industrial wastewater
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water With the administration change at t...
The Trump avalanche on the economy, energy, and climate: what will change and what will remain
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano A flurry of measures and proclamations marked Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th President of...
Climate finance: major US banks exit the Net Zero Banking Alliance
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Within just one month, from December to early January, six of America’s largest banks decide...
PFAS, European water is becoming increasingly polluted: the data from the first EEA briefing
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water On 9 December 2024, just a few week...
Bhopal, the disaster in India continues after 40 years
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Rehana Bi is a 55-year-old Indian woman. When she was 16, she tells radio station Npr, she was str...
The return of Trump, how does China feel about it?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano While Donald Trump's victory has been all too clear and straightforward, and even the reasons for ...
Bertrand Millot on decarbonizing a multi-billion dollar portfolio
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Can a portfolio worth hundreds of billions of dollars be decarbonized? And under what conditions c...
Kamala Harris seeking the Republican vote
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Ripon, Wisconsin - “Go Kamala!” sings Laura Evans. The sun shines brightly on the...
Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2024, will finance avert the apocalypse?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From New York - On 24 September 2024, the Ziegfeld Ballroom, Manhattan's mecca for gala events, be...
Ford, electric car sales down: company changes strategy
On August 21, 2024, Ford Motor Company announced updates to its electrification strategy to accelerate consumer adoption and improve profitability given evolving market dynamics as recent sales...
The alliance between Trump and the fossil fuel industry to win the US election
Mar-a-Lago Club, 11 April, 2024. The exclusive resort in Palm Beach, Florida, is hosting a very important fundraiser for Donald Trump. The final rush of the election campaign requires money an...
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), where do we stand after two years
In 2022, the United States, responsible for a 1.6 per cent increase in domestic greenhouse gas production over the previous year, remained one of the top seven global CO₂ emitters. Understand...
Climate Week New York 2024 is approaching
New York City is gearing up to host Climate Week NYC 2024, one of the world’s most important events dedicated to the fight against climate change. From September 22 to 29, Climate Week NY...
US, the Mad Crusade Against ESG
“ESG is just a load of crap.” Sitting next to me in a Starbucks at 99 Wall Street, two 30-somethings, one in a blue BrookBrothers suit, the other in black Armani, bitterly comment on Wal...
Kamala Harris is ready to push forward the Inflation Reduction Act
The American clean energy sector has a new champion, the presidential candidate, Kamala Harris. Yet the issue of electric car and solar panels divide very much the country in two distinctive fields....
Kamala Harris, a candidate for climate?
The endorsement for Vice President Kamala Harris is growing by the hour, now that she has become the de facto Democratic nominee for U.S. president in place of Joe Biden, following his announce...
Garry Cooper: From Circular Economy to Quantum Computing, Collaboration is the Key to Success
At Circularity 24, the leading circular economy conference in the United States, one of the central themes was collaboration as a tool for promoting sustainability and innovation. Among the spe...
Circularity 24: once upon a time in America there was circular economy
From Chicago – After three intense days of work, the 2024 edition of Circularity ended on Friday, the 24th of May. This year, however, the story of the premier circular economy conference in t...