One year after nickel ‘alchemist’ Xiang Guangda faced huge losses on short squeeze, his empire stays intact and even expanding, as the billionaire aims to work his magic on batteries.

The FT is hiring in San Francisco! Great job - awesome colleagues boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtimes…

Deep dive on how close the LME came to Armageddon and setting off a systemic financial crisis when nickel prices exploded in March

Surge in nickel prices threatened to blow $2.6bn hole in key LME entity via Financial Times on.ft.com/3VeYsmd

Loved working with Nathalie Thomas Sam Joiner Chris Campbell Dan Clark Caroline Nevitt on this piece about interconnectors -- and why sharing electricity will be crucial to get Europe through the winter.

Britain has one of the largest offshore wind markets in the world — which means it also generates plenty of power to export. There are nerves over this winter, however. The UK has for the first time examined scenarios in which it won’t be able to import electricity from Europe

In Europe, people could face energy blackouts this winter. To understand what is at stake, the Financial Times explores how the European energy grid actually works 🧵 on.ft.com/3Fcg3p6

Latest from Vienna ahead of today’s blockbuster Opec+ meeting:

UAE poised to support Opec+ oil production cuts despite U.S. pressure

ft.com/content/ed4fcc… via @financialtimes

The head of copper trader Maike says the company is selling assets and 'breaking arms to survive' - great scoop from Cheng Leng ft.com/content/772744…

Methane in the atmosphere is growing at the fastest rate ever recorded. But where is all this gas coming from? I spoke to the scientists who are trying to find out: on.ft.com/3celw3f

The deadly heatwaves that have fuelled blazes and caused transport disruptions in Europe, the US and China this month have one thing in common: a peculiar shape in the jet stream dubbed “wavenumber 5”.
ft.com/content/bb9ecc… Leslie Hook w/ stunning graphics by Ian Bott

Friends! I'm joining Leslie Hook Camilla Hodgson and FT climate editor Emiliya to cover all things climate for the Financial Times from our DC bureau. I'm just getting started and very excited! My DMs are open if anyone wants to grab coffee or generally chat climate.

Good news alert from the Financial Times DC team ! Am thrilled to say Lauren Fedor is appointed deputy bureau chief and Aime Williams is starting a new role covering climate policy here in Washington. Congrats to both!

Global CO2 emissions from energy reached a historic high last year, says International Energy Agency ft.com/content/bfee51…

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Draw your own chart: test your climate change knowledge via Financial Times
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#COP26 should agree deal where rich countries 'mobilise' $150 billion a year in #climate $$$ (public + private) by 2025, Nicholas Stern tells Leslie Hook. Would mean $60 billion in bilateral finance & $90 billion via development banks ft.com/content/5072b2…

When I wrote this piece - less than two years ago - the legal challenges to oil companies seemed a bit like a long shot. Hard to believe how quickly that has changed. ft.com/content/d5fbea…

Boom: Energy groups must stop new oil and gas projects to reach net zero by 2050, IEA says via Financial Times ⁦Leslie Hook⁩
⁦Anjli Raval⁩ on.ft.com/3bzvk4j

Pretty alarming dry conditions on the West Coast - could be a brutal fire season ahead. From Camilla Hodgson and Steven Bernard ft.com/content/ae1297…