Environment

Money managers are pushing the Biden administration to scrap a rule that would curb use of ESG funds in 401(k) plans, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Chipotle Mexican Grill said executive compensation will now be linked to hitting targets tied to the company’s environmental and diversity goals.

With climate change cited as one of the major challenges, Asia-Pacific countries are among those leading the way on the issue.

The automaker committed to spend about $2 billion on environment related fines and regulatory credits through the end of 2021.

Ample has opened its first electric vehicle battery swap stations — in the San Francisco Bay Area. Uber drivers are their first customers.

The retailer said the decision will benefit the environment and the U.S. economy, too, by sourcing goods closer to customers and creating demand for jobs.

Volvo Cars becomes the latest firm to detail plans for a future centered around electric mobility.

Asia is falling behind because European governments are taking strong measures to boost growth in the electric vehicle sector, says Anna-Marie Baisden from Fitch Solutions.

Uber employee and recent Stanford grad Grace O’Brien used the free time she had due to the Covid-19 pandemic to create Peggs, a plant-based egg substitute.

The U.K. is a world leader in the offshore wind sector.

Electric vehicle stocks could climb by 50% this year, according to Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives, who thinks there’s enough room in the market for Tesla rivals.

Californian food start-up Eat Just has become the first company to receive approval for the sale of its lab-grown cultured chicken meat. And it all started with a single cell.

The project could provide power to over 2,000 homes in Kingston upon Thames.

Europe is the largest market for offshore wind, but the Asia-Pacific region is catching up.

Bill Gates says nuclear power will “absolutely” be politically palatable again. It’s safer than oil, coal, and natural gas and technology is improving.

Investing in a cleaner future “is not a cliff that will occur abruptly,” Chevron’s Mike Wirth told CNBC. “This will be an evolution more than a revolution.”

The iron and steel sector has a significant environmental footprint.

Environmental officials are investigating the death of a humpback whale what was found stranded along the Maryland coast

Climate change could lead to a significant rerating in some financial markets the moment that investors take its risks seriously, experts have told CNBC.

President Joe Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Houston, Texas, on Friday, after a deadly winter storm struck the state last week.