News – Eric Reguly

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Candu or can’t? That’s the big question as SNC-Lavalin’s CEO pushes toward a nuclear future

Ian Leslie Edwards believes the drive to net-zero emissions will trigger a nuclear revival, with old reactors everywhere being rebuilt and new ones planned...

Published on: 22 Sep 2023

The EU and China are on the verge of a retaliatory trade war over EVs. China has the upper hand

Chinese retaliation could be fierce and damaging to European automakers, who book enormous profits in China, the world’s largest auto market...

Published on: 22 Sep 2023

BP bosses have a history of strategic shifts on the environmental front. The next CEO will have no such luxury

The ousted Bernard Looney is no exception. Though widely respected for his management style and environmental awareness, he learned the hard way that rebranding is easier than rebuilding...

Published on: 16 Sep 2023

The baptism of fire of Teck’s new boss, Jonathan Price, who wants to put Canada on the critical metals map

Price’s quest to make Teck a big-name player in the global supply chain of ‘critical’ metals is in its early stages and fraught with risks...

Published on: 08 Sep 2023

Rolling SUV fatsos – including their plumper electric versions – need to pay a weight-based tax

The North American approach of stuffing batteries with the weight of small cars into monster SUVs and calling them ‘green’ because they do not produce tailpipe emissions makes no sense...

Published on: 08 Sep 2023

No quick end for sale of Teck’s coal unit as mining giant weighs more bids than expected

In an interview in London, Teck CEO Jonathan Price says the range of potential bidders includes mining companies, steelmakers and resource funds...

Published on: 05 Sep 2023

Germany is stumbling into recession. Angela Merkel’s dubious economic policies, inherited by Olaf Scholz, are to blame

Germany is on course to become the only G7 economy to shrink this year as data points to a recession in the country...

Published on: 26 Aug 2023

Record elevation zero-temperature levels are speeding up the demise of Alpine glaciers

The summer heat wave, which has broken records in parts of Europe, has been so intense that not one of Italy’s 773 glaciers was above the zero-degree line this week...

Published on: 22 Aug 2023

Olive oil prices soar as climate-related catastrophes shrink Mediterranean harvests

Shortages and rising prices are hurting families in Spain, Italy and Greece, where olive oil has been a way of life for thousands of years...

Published on: 22 Aug 2023

Russia’s economy proved resilient last year. Now the pain is setting in – the collapsing ruble says so

Rising interest rates and inflation will hurt families as the Kremlin spends heavily to keep its war machine alive. The question is whether the Russian people will turn angry and demand an end to the war...

Published on: 18 Aug 2023

China’s net-zero pledges are starting to look like a fantasy as the emissions of the world’s biggest polluter keep rising

Since methane is 20 times more powerful at trapping heat in the atmosphere than CO2, its rapid reduction is essential...

Published on: 12 Aug 2023

Italy looks likely to quit China’s Belt and Road Initiative in a blow to Beijing, far less so to Rome

Italy is the only G7 member of the infrastructure program, which delivered scant investment...

Published on: 23 Jun 2023

Your next EV could be made from metals extracted from the seabed – a potential environmental disaster

Plans by Norway and other countries to dig up the seabed are more grim evidence that automotive utopia is a myth – there is no such thing as an environmentally friendly car...

Published on: 16 Jun 2023

Greece is making a play for all the Parthenon marbles – if the British Museum will play along

Two centuries ago, pieces of an ancient Athenian monument were carried off to London. Now, repatriation has gone from a pipe dream to a potential reality...

Published on: 13 Jun 2023

Silvio Berlusconi, Italian mogul who inspired Trump, dies at 86

Mr. Berlusconi died Monday morning in the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, the city where he was born three years before the start of the Second World War...

Published on: 12 Jun 2023

Glencore offers to buy Teck’s coal business as takeover battle for Canadian mining company takes a new twist

Glencore confirmed in a statement early Monday that it had submitted a ‘proposal’ to Teck’s board, although no price was given...

Published on: 12 Jun 2023

Glencore indicates willingness to bid for Teck Resources’ coal business

Teck Resources’ substantial coal assets have been valued at US$8.2-billion...

Published on: 11 Jun 2023

Former Glencore boss in final sprint to buy Italian racing bike maker Pinarello

Purchasing the famed brand would further boost Ivan Glasenberg’s burgeoning luxury sports empire...

Published on: 09 Jun 2023

Canada’s efforts to compete with Biden’s onslaught of energy-transition funding seem misdirected

The country and the provinces are throwing money at technologies that may be obsolete in a few years...

Published on: 09 Jun 2023

How Greece got its economic groove back

The Globe and Mail’s European bureau chief explains how Greece’s economy bounced back from its financial crisis...

By The Decibel Staff, Menaka Raman-Wilms, Eric Reguly

Published on: 08 Jun 2023

Overloaded by Airbnbs and mass tourism, Rome fears its historic centre will be emptied out of locals

As more neighbourhoods are transformed to cater to travellers, many residents are leaving because of pressures on the housing market, retailers and their way of life...

Published on: 04 Jun 2023

Europe’s problem child no more: After years of misery, the Greek economy is on fire

The Greek economy remains a work in progress but there’s no doubt the worst days already feel like ancient history...

Published on: 02 Jun 2023