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New wave of online climate denial on the rise

21 January 2024

A wave of “New Denial” of climate change is rising online, with potentially dire consequences, according to a study.

Oil shipments from Saudi Arabia and Iraq to Europe delayed amid Red Sea tensions

20 January 2024

Oil shipments from Saudi Arabia and Iraq to Europe, totalling nearly nine million barrels, are facing delays as tankers are forced to reroute due to escalating tensions in the Red Sea

ING: What the Red Sea crisis could mean for commodity markets

19 January 2024

Attacks by Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen on commercial vessels passing through the Red Sea have made some shipowners reluctant to sail via the Suez Canal and Red Sea.

QatarEnergy pauses sending LNG vessels via the Red Sea amid Houthi attacks

19 January 2024

QatarEnergy will pause sending LNG tankers through the Red Sea amid growing security concerns as Yemen’s Iran-back Houthi militia ramp up attacks in the busy shipping lane in support of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas’ war with Israel.

Houthi rebels vow not to target Russian ships despite two accidental attacks on tankers

19 January 2024

Houthi rebels have vowed not to target Russian ships passing through the Red Sea, potentially shielding both countries from some of the fallout on international trade caused by the crisis.

CEZ and CVC to compete for Czech gas network GasNet

19 January 2024

The majority state-owned Czech energy utility CEZ and private equity group CVC Capital Partners are to place competing bids for the Czech gas distribution network.

NewsBase: Climate-fuelled shipping bottleneck in Panama compounds impact of Red Sea troubles

17 January 2024

The climate-fuelled shipping bottleneck at the Panama Canal is compounding the impact of security problems in the Red Sea.

Prague Stock Exchange head warns of 'end of the Czech capital market' if CEZ is nationalised

16 January 2024

Prague Stock Exchange could be downgraded to a frontier market if the Czech government goes ahead with its plans to split up the majority state-owned power group, warns CEO Petr Koblic.

Climate Crisis to be become greatest global risk

15 January 2024

Over the next ten years, climate change and its consequences will pose the greatest risk to the world. That’s according to roughly 1,500 global experts.