One of the saddest stories of the year has gone largely unreported: the slowdown of political and economic progress in sub-Saharan Africa. There is no longer a clear path to be seen, or a simple story to be told, about how the world’s poorest continent might claw its way up to middle-income status. Africa has amazing human talent and brilliant ...

Bloomberg China continues to announce new steel mills and coal-fired power plants even as the country maps out a path to zeroing out heat-trapping emissions. State-owned firms proposed 43 new coal-fired generators and 18 new blast furnaces in the first half of 2021, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said in a report. If all approved and ...

Bloomberg The global gas rally left a bitter aftertaste for one US shale driller that posted negative revenue after it had to write down the value of its output hedges. Vine Energy Inc reported negative revenue of $64.5 million in the second quarter, leading to a $360 million loss for the period, according to a filing with the US Securities ...