Posts tagged 'Environment'

The pollution constraint on China’s future growth

Kate is FT AV’s Asia Correspondent. She joined FT Alphaville in mid-2011 after carrying out various roles in the FT’s London office since 2005: interactive editor, companies reporter, and founding editor of the FT’s Energy Source blog.

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| Mar 04 11:15 | Comment |

The 12th National People’s Congress convenes tomorrow in Beijing and, by the time it ends, Xi Jinping will be named head of state and Li Keqiang will be appointed premier.

There’s naturally much speculation around the signals for policy direction that might emerge. Although the events are more akin to formalities than actual decision-making fora, they are being watched closely for clues about the new leadership’s appetite for reforms — which may be revealed through bureaucratic reshuffles, as the FT’s Jamil Anderlini explains. Read more

The 21st century is when everything changes

| Jul 26 2011 10:55 | Comment |

With government finances still dealing with the aftershocks that are rippling out of the epicentre of the financial credit crunch, the world economy could do with a period of calm in which to heal.

Unfortunately, it is not going to get it. Read more

Cancún hears call for ‘tapestry of compromise’

| Nov 30 2010 09:26 | Comment |

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BP: not good enough for FTSE4Good

| Sep 10 2010 18:46 | Comment |

A slap on the wrist for BP on Friday,  from index compiler FTSE:

(Reuters) – BP is to be evicted from the FTSE4Good ethical investment index due to its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, index compiler FTSE said on Friday, as BP said it would delay its third-quarter results due to the challenges of accounting for spill costs. Read more

Fresh warning on climate change

| Jul 28 2010 20:48 | Comment |

International scientists have presented fresh evidence into the debate over global warming, saying that climate change is “undeniable”, in the first major piece of research since the “Climategate” controversy,  the FT says. The research, headed by the US National Oceans and Atmospheric Administration, is based on new data not available for the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report of 2007, which has been attacked by critics.
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Obama steps up BP oil spill fight

Tracy Alloway used to be deputy editor of FT Alphaville. Here she learned the details of derivatives, the absurdities of accounting and the various structures of ... erm ... structured finance. She now covers big US banks for the FT paper, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. She pops up on FT Alphaville every once in a while.

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| Apr 30 2010 03:11 | Comment |

The Obama administration yesterday stepped up its response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, designating it an event “of national significance” as rescue workers struggled to stop the oil from washing ashore on the Louisiana coast today, the FT reports.

Even so, the incident has already cast a shadow over the President’s plans to increase offshore drilling, Bloomberg says. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the administration will reserve judgement on moving the strategy forward for now. Read more

BP warning over Mexico oil spill

Tracy Alloway used to be deputy editor of FT Alphaville. Here she learned the details of derivatives, the absurdities of accounting and the various structures of ... erm ... structured finance. She now covers big US banks for the FT paper, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. She pops up on FT Alphaville every once in a while.

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| Apr 27 2010 03:20 | Comment |

BP was on Monday fighting to shut off oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from broken pipes following the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster, which is believed to have killed 11 men, reports the FT . The UK company said it could take several months to stop the oil leaking into US waters, but stressed this was a worst-case scenario. However, CEO Tony Hayward said on Monday night that improved weather and the fact that the spilt oil was light and thin “is increasing our confidence that we can tackle this spill offshore”. Read more

RBS’s sticky situation

Tracy Alloway used to be deputy editor of FT Alphaville. Here she learned the details of derivatives, the absurdities of accounting and the various structures of ... erm ... structured finance. She now covers big US banks for the FT paper, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. She pops up on FT Alphaville every once in a while.

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| Sep 01 2009 10:10 | Comment |

Poor RBS.

In addition to superglueing their hands to the trading floor of the bank’s London HQ, environmental protesters are making fun of the company’s M&A history. Read more

Of con men, spivs and ‘gangreenous’ stocks

| Jun 29 2009 10:26 | Comment |

The headline on a recent Bloomberg stock market report out of Japan said it all: “Japan Stocks Rise on Green Technology Optimism”.

We’re seeing a growing number of headlines in that vein. Indeed, the rising wave of investor optimism on everything and anything related to so-called “green technology” has seen some lucrative deals and surging stock prices in sectors ranging from alternative energy sources to hybrid cars, anti-air pollution systems and environmental technology of every description. Read more