Importers argue the shipments aren’t covered by EU sanctions, yet the trade runs counter to the EU’s efforts to deprive Russia of fossil-fuel revenues.
A vast shadow fleet of tankers with unknown owners is being amassed to service Moscow’s interests, despite the harshest sanctions on Russian exports in history.
In the U.S., Tesla grabs most of the headlines about electric vehicle sales, followed by the major American automakers. But it’s China that’s racking up dominance in EV production globally.
The Biden administration declared Oct. 6 that batteries from China may be tainted by child labor, a move that could upend the electric vehicle industry.
A key lithium producer in Australia is urging electric car manufacturers and battery makers to partner in new refinery projects, to avoid shortfalls of the material that’s crucial to the clean energy transition.
The plan includes a levy on fossil fuel firms' surplus profits and a levy on excess revenues made from surging electricity costs. The cash raised is expected to go to families and businesses.
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