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ESG News regarding AI datacenters fueling U.S.-led gas power boom, Lukoil selling foreign holdings, England and Wales households paying more for water bills, and Trafigura investing $1 billion in African carbon removal projects.

Today’s ESG Updates U.S.-Led Gas Boom Threatens Climate: Global Energy Monitor reports 2026 could see record new gas plants, many ...

ESG News regarding a powerful snowstorm leaving more than 400,000 U.S. customers without power, the Doomsday Clock being set to 85 seconds to midnight, Kazakhstan losing more than 40 million barrels of crude exports, and many Europeans brands labelling their plastic as recycled when it comes from fossil fuels.

Massive Snowstorm Leaves Hundreds of Thousands Without Power Across U.S.

byAnastasiia Barmotina

January 28, 2026

Today’s ESG Updates Winter Storm Cuts Power to Over 400,000: A severe storm hit much of the U.S., causing over ...

ESG News regarding Trump backing sanctions on Russian oil buyers, Norway’s oil and gas output declining, dog food linked to UK emissions, Trump climate treaty exit facing legal scrutiny

U.S. Targets Russian Oil Buyers with New Sanctions Bill

byAnastasiia Barmotina

January 9, 2026

Today’s ESG Updates Trump Backs Sanctions on Russian Oil Buyers: A bipartisan U.S. bill would impose tariffs of up to ...

Unexpected Consequences of Investment Treaties in Times of War

byInternational Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

December 11, 2025

Russian state entities are threatening to use the 1989 Belgium-Luxembourg (BLEU)–USSR bilateral investment treaty (BIT) to sue Belgium over the ...

ESG news regarding the US-China Trade Agreement, Australia’s new environmental protection bill, Lukoil selling international assets to a Swiss firm, and truckmakers asking the European Commission to ease carbon emissions rules

The United States and China Reach Trade Agreement

bySarah Perras

October 30, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates New Trade Deal Between Trump and Xi Jinping Pauses Trade War: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese ...

Two Russian MiG31 flying in front of one another.

NATO Members Triggering Article 4: Eastern Sentry Next Steps

byImpakter Editorial Board

September 22, 2025

Recent days have seen a dramatic escalation of tensions on NATO's eastern flank, with two member states invoking Article 4 ...

ESG news regarding icebreaker ships in the Arctic, cattle fat as fuel alternative, Aston Martin’s ESG excellence, and Australia’s $6 billion climate investment

The Race for the Arctic

bySarah Perras

September 16, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates Geopolitical Tensions Rise as Icebreaker Race Accelerates: Melting Arctic ice has triggered global competition for resources and ...

Poland Was Targeted by Bigger Neighbors in 1939 and by Russia Now

byRichard Seifman - Former World Bank Senior Health Advisor and U.S. Senior Foreign Service Officer

September 12, 2025

Slightly more than 86 years ago, on September 1, 1939, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany. This was the outcome ...

ESG news regarding oil prices affected by Ukraine’s peace talks, Iraq’s new deal with Chevron, Google terms change after EU charges, Spain’s wildfires

Oil Prices Surge Following Stalled Ukraine Peace Talks

byYuxi Lim

August 20, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates Oil Prices Climb Amid Stalled Ukraine Peace Talks: Halted negotiations are raising supply fears and boosting oil ...

ESG news regarding plastic pollution treaty, Norsk Hydro job cuts, Panama Canal expansion plans, Russian aluminium giant Rusal reports loss

Plastic Pollution Talks Overrun Amid Global Uncertainty

byYuxi Lim

August 15, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates: Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Extended: Global negotiations on the world’s first legally binding plastic treaty stalled. Norsk ...