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Yusuf Khan

ARTICLES BY YUSUF KHAN

U.S.-China competition is putting offshore mining back in the spotlight. (Alex King for WSJ)

A tiny pacific paradise is gaming the US-China rivalry over minerals

7 min read . 27 Dec 2025

Hot water is pumped in from a geothermal power facility at Climeworks’ Mammoth carbon removal plant in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Climate startups are cutting staff, entering bankruptcy as Trump policies bite

5 min read . 02 Jun 2025

An F35 fighter jet. Companies that once pitched themselves as suppliers of metals and minerals for wind turbines and electric vehicles are now seen as vital for the defense sector. (AFP)

Sustainability investors eye defense stocks as geopolitical tensions rise

5 min read . 21 Apr 2025

Hafslund Celsio’s waste-to-energy facility at Klemetsrud, Oslo, Norway. (Jonas Carlsen/Hafslund Celsio)

The next big thing in carbon capture? Trash.

4 min read . 01 Apr 2025

ING joins a list of companies and other organizations that have been sued for not doing enough to tackle climate change in Europe and the U.K. (REUTERS)

In Europe, you can be sued for not taking action on climate change. Not in US.

5 min read . 28 Mar 2025

The EU’s Competitiveness Compass has laid out a plan to make the bloc’s companies more competitive globally. (AFP)

Europe is looking to roll back climate accounting rules

4 min read . 07 Feb 2025

Human-rights groups say that Azerbaijan aims to boost its international standing and give legitimacy to the country’s government by hosting the summit. (Image: Pixabay)

Welcome to Baku, a city built on oil hosting the world’s climate conference

5 min read . 10 Nov 2024

The conference hosted by the United Nations will mark the first meeting since parties in 2022 struck the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. (Image : Pixabay)

Paying for nature: What to expect from COP16 in Colombia

4 min read . 22 Oct 2024

Northvolt’s factory in Skelleftea, Sweden, was established to build state-of-the-art EV batteries using clean energy. NORTHVOLT/via REUTERS

Is Europe’s biggest battery maker about to run out of juice?

6 min read . 04 Oct 2024

Nuclear energy is touted as one of the key ways of producing carbon-free energy. (Image: Pixabay)

Shortfall in young engineers threatens nuclear renaissance

6 min read . 11 Sept 2024

The Saudi Pro League’s spending on new players fell to just over $530 million this summer. Photo: stringer/Reuters

The soccer world’s new big spender slashes budget for stars

4 min read . 04 Sept 2024

A Midwestern farmer spreads basalt over their soybean field ahead of planting their crops, which can add nutrients to soils and increase moisture management for drought-stricken fields like this, while permanently trapping CO2. Lithos

Carbon-removal firms have one very big backer. That’s a problem.

4 min read . 16 Aug 2024

LanzaTech says it can take carbon emissions and turn them into ethanol using the bacteria Clostridium autoethanogenum. (Lanzatech)

Bacteria can cut CO2 emissions, create sustainable aviation fuel & sneakers

6 min read . 01 May 2024

The University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School, where the founders of the Climate Legacy Commitment met. (Getty Images)

The pledge that is getting future business leaders to commit to climate action

5 min read . 10 Apr 2024

However, the WGC isn’t confident that a soft landing is inevitable and says a mild recession is still very much in the cards

Gold to Take Hit if U.S. Economy Has Soft Landing, But Risks Remain, WGC Says

2 min read . 07 Dec 2023

Fossil-Fuel Demand Likely to Peak Before 2030 as Renewable Uptake Rises, IEA Says

Fossil-Fuel Demand Likely to Peak Before 2030 as Renewable Uptake Rises, IEA Says

3 min read . 24 Oct 2023

Output cuts by the OPEC and its allies should continue to tighten the market later this year, as long as demand keeps rising

Saudi Oil Cuts to Lead to Significant Supply Shortfall in 2023, IEA Says

3 min read . 13 Sept 2023

White sugar is displayed in a sack as it is sold in a grocery store in Mumbai, India, on Monday, January 8, 2007. India, the world's second biggest producer of sugar and the biggest user, raised the benchmark price of sugarcane to help farmers. Photographer: Shirish Shete/Bloomberg News

Sugar Prices Bubble Up to Highest Since 2012

3 min read . 14 Apr 2023

A file photo of bastnaesite mineral containing rare earth

Why processing Sweden’s rare-earth haul won’t be easy

3 min read . 09 Feb 2023

The offices where the London Metal Exchange is headquartered are seen in the City of London. (REUTERS)

LME’s inability to identify short positions key in nickel market blowout, report says

3 min read . 10 Jan 2023