Norway's wealth fund ditches 33 palm oil firms over deforestation  ReutersKUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has pulled out of more than 33 palm oil ... Read more https://w …

Brazil's Petrobras suspends oil and refined products trading with Vitol  ReutersBrazil's state-controlled oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA has suspended oil and refined products trading with Vitol, the company said in a statement to Reuters. Read …

New York TimesTo Fight Climate Change, New York City Takes On Oil CompaniesNew York TimesSeeking to position himself as a national leader against climate change, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a two-pronged attack against the fossil-fuel indus …

The Globe and MailCaisse, PSP buy stakes in French engineering group FivesThe Globe and MailCanadian pension funds Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and PSP Investments said on Friday they have bought minority stakes in Fives, an industrial engineerin …

The Maritime ExecutiveStatoil Greenlights Arctic Offshore Oil ProjectThe Maritime ExecutiveStatoil has given the green light to this year's biggest offshore project, Johan Castberg, a $6 billion development in the Barents Sea. Castberg is believed to h …

BloombergFunds With $630 Billion React to Norway Oil 'Revolution'Bloomberg“This is a revolutionary thing,” Beslik at Nordea said. “They're setting the bar for so many other institutional investors, not just in the Nordic region but around the w …

BloombergFunds Managing $670 Billion React to Norway Oil 'Revolution'Bloomberg“This is a revolutionary thing,” Beslik at Nordea said. “They're setting the bar for so many other institutional investors, not just in the Nordic region but around t …

Globalnews.caJunior oil and gas companies not expected to recover any time soonGlobalnews.caCanada's publicly traded junior oil and gas sector has shrunk to a shadow of its former self and isn't seen recovering any time soon, hit by the combination …

Government pension scheme begins ditching oil and gas investmentsThe GuardianHowever, Nest is not describing this as a divestment strategy because it is not pulling all of its funds out of oil, gas and coal companies. Instead, it will apply a positive “til …

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology NewsGenetic Engineering and Crops: The CRISPR ConundrumGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology NewsIn the U.S., gene-editing technologies have already allowed more than 30 types of engineered crops to entirely bypass regulat …