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Akshat Rathi
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- Senior climate reporter, Bloomberg News
- Newsletter http://bit.ly/bbg-zero
- Podcast http://bloomberg.com/zero-podcast
- Book https://akshatrathi.com/book
- akshat.rathi@pm.me
World's first green-fuel levy in starting in Singapore from 2026.

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November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
11th hour, but it's done. The EU's NDC should come at COP30.
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Despite Trump, green investors are seeing "glory days", say analysts at Jeffries.

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November 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Worried about electricity demand? Look where data centers are on this chart. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
October 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Apple gave up before it could build an electric car. Xiaomi built one in three years and then lapped its Chinese competitors in scaling up. Here's how Xiaomi did it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Xr...
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🚨 SCOOP: We've got our hands on India's draft plan for how to get to net zero by 2070. India needs about $7 trillion in additional financing to get there, which is less than $200 billion annually.

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October 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Translation: We know the reality, we are worried about it and we can do nothing about it.

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...
October 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
China's gasoline demand peaked in 2021. www.iea.org/commentaries...
October 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Not all technologies follow the S-curve.

www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...
October 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Thanks JFred!
October 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This book has the most interesting, surprising summary I've read. Reply with your favorite examples. www.goodreads.com/book/show/35...
October 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Um, yeah, it's happening...
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Another one bites the dust.

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October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Worth noting that my newsletter did get a rebrand. Not Trumpian though. (The angry look hasn't changed!)
October 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Who goes next with a Trumpian rebrand?

Note from Semafor's @timmcdonnell.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I do that in my story
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October 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Definitely many ways to slice the data. I went with choosing the data that respective countries say are their strategic export goals.

Sending more cars to Canada (which is the US's largest export in cars) isn't really the strategy. There are only so many Canadians who can have more than two cars.
October 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
What energy transition?
October 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
There's a growing desire for a product. It happens to be lower carbon. China is meeting it, regardless of where the demand comes from.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The US is pursuing "energy dominance" and forcing allies to buy US oil and gas. And, yet, China is beating the US on energy exports.

Surprised? Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The huge surge in their valuations mean, as one company chairman put it, gas turbine companies are now an "AI stock". That's good and bad news for climate.

Read more in our deep dive. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
What is the point of good literature? I found this compelling, from the writer Karl Ove Knausgaard.
September 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is happening now www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
September 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM