Climate Goals Still Make Business Sense, Rio Tinto CEO Says February 21, 2025 By David Stringer Rio Tinto Group, the world’s second-largest mining company and a major polluter, came out in support of corporate efforts to...
Infernos Rage From Texas to Australia as Wildfire Season Kicks Off Early March 4, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan, Jessica Nix and David Stringer After a year of deadly wildfires around the globe, the world is burning again from Texas to Australia — and...
Battery Fires Make Headlines as Electric Vehicle Sales Take Off October 20, 2020 By David Stringer First, Hyundai Motor Co. made headlines about its electric cars catching fire. Five days later, it was General Motors Co....
Climate Change Heightens Risk of Fierce Australia Wildfires: Study March 5, 2020 By David Stringer Climate change is adding to the risk of fierce wildfires in Australia, according to a scientific study of this season’s...
GFG Alliance Eyes Australia Insurance, Banking for Expansion May 17, 2018 By David Stringer Tycoon Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance is planning an expansion of its financial services business outside of Europe, targeting opportunities to...
Autonomous Cargo Ships Expected to Revolutionize (Disrupt) Shipping June 8, 2017 By David Stringer BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, is studying the introduction of giant, automated cargo ships to carry everything...
Worst Cyclone in 6 Years Set to Pummel Coast of Queensland, Australia March 27, 2017 By David Stringer and Matthew Burgess The worst cyclone in six years is set to smash into the coast of Queensland on Tuesday morning, forcing thousands...
How Robots, Drones Are Transforming Mining and Mine Safety April 4, 2014 By David Stringer Mines without miners? Not quite. Still, a technology boom in robots, drones, driverless trucks and pilotless trains is beginning to...
Britain Burns: Riots Spread through UK Cities August 10, 2011 By David Stringer and Raphael G. Satter A wave of violence and looting raged across London and spread to three other major British cities on Tuesday, as...
Scientist Accuses Hackers of Climate e-mails of Attack on Conference November 24, 2009 By David Stringer A leading climate change scientist, whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and...