David Fickling

3 days ago | bloomberg.com | David Fickling

A humdrum piece of equipment could rein in methane leaks. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- A world that was serious about cutting the quarter of the world’s emissions that come from methane, would be expecting a boom in electric valve actuators. If your response is, “a what?” you’re not alone. But this humdrum piece of equipment is one of the lowest-hanging fruit if we want to rein in leaks of methane, which warms the atmosphere 72 times as rapidly as carbon dioxide.

6 days ago | bloomberg.com | David Fickling

Leave the Chenab river where it belongs — in a treaty. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- It sounds like the opening scenes of a World War III dystopia: Deep in the Himalayas, engineers quietly shut off the sluice gates to a little-known dam. Like the assassination of an Austrian archduke, the butterfly effects from that one obscure incident could blow up into a nuclear conflict drawing in much of the planet. Right now, it seems like a remote but genuine possibility.

6 days ago | flipboard.com | David Fickling

NowThe Philippines Is Launching a Digital Nomad Visa—Here's What to KnowDigital nomads can live and work in the Philippines for up to two years on the new visa. Imagine the scene. You’re tapping away at your latest project or rearranging the expenses spreadsheet. But instead of a day spent staring at cubicles and florescent lighting, you’re peeking over your screen to …6 hours agoIndia and Pakistan don’t fight wars like other countries.

1 week ago | businesstimes.com.sg | David Fickling

IF YOU want a vision of where attempts to clean up the world’s power grids would be without the transformative effects of trade, look to the wind industry. In the areas of clean energy where international commerce is most viable, there has been breakneck growth in recent years. Solar electricity generation and the number of electric vehicles on the roads will both be about 60 per cent higher in 2025 than the International Energy Agency (IEA) expected as recently as 2020.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | David Fickling

If you want a vision of where attempts to clean up the world’s power grids would be without the transformative effects of trade, look to the wind industry. In the areas of clean energy where international commerce is most viable, there has been breakneck growth in recent years. Solar electricity generation and the number of electric vehicles on the roads will both be about 60% higher in 2025 than the International Energy Agency, or IEA, expected as recently as 2020.