AIA Group Ltd. has sold off almost $10 billion of investments in coal mining and coal-fired power businesses as pressure grows on financial firms to cut ties with the sector.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg defended the Biden administration’s support for electric vehicles that Tesla Inc.chief executive officer Elon Musk dismissed as “unnecessary.”

The Biden administration sought to thread the needle between oil and agriculture interests by proposing modest quotas for the use of biofuels while seeking to block exemptions for dozens of refineries.

The hunt for metals critical to the clean-energy transition has seen spending on minerals exploration in Australia surge by nearly a third in the September quarter to a seven-year high.

U.S. policymakers are intensifying their scrutiny of digital assets. The environmental impacts of crypto activities, particularly mining, are an area of increasing focus.

A Louisiana federal judge seemed unsure Tuesday whether President Joe Biden had the authority for an executive order directing agencies to use interim estimates on the social costs of greenhouse gas emissions.

Citigroup Inc. will eventually expect borrowers to have a credible plan for measuring and reducing their carbon footprint as part of the bank’s pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions.

The U.S. will push Germany to agree to stop the contested Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline if Russian President Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine, according to documents seen by Bloomberg and people familiar with the plans.

Members of a House panel pressed a group of experts Tuesday on the best way for Congress to tackle pollution from “forever chemicals” that have been linked to health problems but remain in firefighting foam, food packaging, and thousands of other consumer products.

Dealership sales staff can’t pursue claims against Volkswagen AG and its U.S. affiliate over lower commissions after diesel-emissions “cheating” came to light because they weren’t “employees” of VW, the Ninth Circuit affirmed Monday.