Bloomberg The European Union (EU) is planning to allow some natural-gas and nuclear energy projects to be classified as sustainable investments in a proposal that sparked immediate criticism from the Greens. The European Commission wants to give a temporary green label to gas projects that replace coal and emit no more than 270 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt-hour, ...

  Bloomberg Indonesia, one of the world’s top exporters of thermal coal, is pausing exports of the fuel in January to secure dwindling supplies for domestic power plants. The monthlong halt is needed to prevent shutdowns at about 20 power plants in Java, Madura, Bali and other regions, the energy and mineral resources ministry said in a statement posted on ...

  In 2021, inflation returned. After a year-long debate, nobody can any longer deny this. In 2022, we will discover whether it’s here to stay and how much bitter economic medicine will be required to quell it. On this vital issue, opinion is as divided as ever. Optimists still maintain that even if inflation has turned out to be more ...