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    Leslie Hook

    Natural Resources Editor

    Leslie Hook leads the FT's coverage of natural resources, with a special focus on mining and the powerful trading houses that ship raw materials around the globe.

    Her prior roles at the FT include environment and clean energy correspondent, San Francisco correspondent and Beijing correspondent.

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    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      London Metal Exchange Ltd
      Metal prices rise as LME considers banning Russian supplies

      Exchange looks at eliciting views on whether to add material to sanctioned oil and coal

    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
      Gunvor Group Ltd
      Gunvor in sale talks with Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc

      Deal for all or part of trading house would boost UAE’s reach in global commodity markets

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Europe Express
      Why free traders are on the defensive in the European Commission Premium content

      Supply chain emergency powers are latest example of interventionist policy shift

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      Gold
      Gold dips to 2-year low on US rate rise fears

      Some investors move into dollar-denominated assets as currency strengthens

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
      Behind the Money podcast23 min listen
      Inside the fight to stop an oil pipeline in Africa

      The FT’s Leslie Hook explains how environmental activists are approaching their battle against the project in Uganda and Tanzania

    • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
      Energy Source24 min
      How Putin held Europe hostage over energy

      The past, present and future of the EU's energy crisis

    • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
      Coal
      Asian thermal coal hits new record on soaring European demand

      Price of fossil fuel used in power generation jumps after ban on Russian imports and heavy rains in Australia

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      Climate change
      China’s carbon emissions fall 8% as economic growth slows

      Decline in quarter to June is fourth consecutive drop for world’s biggest emitter

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      Coal
      China coal power generation nears record during heat and drought

      Use of the fossil fuel surges in August to meet electricity gap created by drought in hydropower-producing areas

    • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
      The Big Read
      Methane hunters: what explains the surge in the potent greenhouse gas?

      Levels of the gas are growing at a record rate and natural sources like wetlands are the cause, but scientists don’t know how to curb it

    • Sunday, 24 July, 2022
      Transport
      Dover delays ease but motorists warned of backlog on other channel routes

      Troubled Kent port clears backlog but AA says Folkestone is now ‘hotspot of holiday hell’

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      Climate change
      How is the jet stream connected to simultaneous heatwaves across the globe?

      Scientists are racing to understand the changing shape of the air currents

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      Natural disasters
      ‘Climate change shoved in our face’ — Europe wrestles with heatwave and forest fires

      Five countries declare states of emergency or issue red alerts as temperatures break records across northern Europe

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      News in-depthEnvironment7 min
      How do you actually rewild a property? | FT Food Revolution

      The FT’s Leslie Hook visits two properties at different stages of the rewilding process to discover more

    • Sunday, 17 July, 2022
      Met Office UK
      Met Office raises forecasts as UK prepares to swelter in record temperatures

      London and south-east under red warning with disruptions to travel, hospitals and schools expected

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Climate change
      The lure of air conditioners ignores the vicious climate cycle

      More cooling systems may seem the simplest solution to warming houses but it only aggravates the problem

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      News in-depthWildfires
      Wildfires rage across Portugal as intense heatwave grips Europe

      Dangerous blazes are becoming more common as climate change brings winter droughts and very hot summers

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      Renewable energy
      UK unveils biggest round of clean energy subsidies

      Results show offshore wind has become cheapest form of renewable power

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      Climate Capital
      Failure of US climate leadership compounds fears for COP27 summit

      Supreme Court ruling is latest setback to global climate efforts that are being undermined by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

    • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
      G7
      G7 accused of ‘backsliding’ on climate goals over energy security fears

      Pledges to halt fossil fuel investment watered down against Ukraine war backdrop

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
      Climate change
      Push to halt biodiversity loss with legally binding EU targets

      New laws come as UN shifts delayed COP15 summit from China to Canada to address extinction of species

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      News in-depthNews in-depth4 min
      Will the Ukraine war help or hinder attempts to reach net zero? | FT Rethink

      The FT’s Leslie Hook looks at whether the war could be a long-term setback when it comes to climate goals, or an incentive to create a greener world

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      Climate change
      War and climate shocks put 49mn people at risk of famine this year

      Food insecurity to worsen in 46 countries as ‘hunger hotspots’ exacerbated by conflict and extreme weather

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      News in-depthDisease control and prevention
      Preventing another Covid-19: Ugandan lab leads hunt for zoonotic diseases

      Drive to identify emerging viruses that pass from animals to humans comes amid fears over spread of monkeypox

    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
      Opec
      G7 urges Opec to boost output to cool oil market

      Energy ministers call for ‘responsible’ action after war in Ukraine fuels surging crude prices

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