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Buried deep in Australia new emissions data release is this nugget, in the ‘revisions’ section: “Fugitive sector emissions decreased 2.2% over the year to March 2025, mainly driven by reductions in natural gas venting emissions from new carbon capture and storage activities and a decline in production across both surface and underground coal mining. Estimates in this report include emission reductions from the Moomba Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project, which commenced operation in September 2024.” One of my most unusual hobbies is collecting every single release of Australia’s emissions data in a file where I can compare each ‘version’…

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By Amelia Heymann and Drew Thompson “Typically, when students graduate high school, they either enter the workforce or go on to a higher education institution. This forces them to focus on finances, likely for the first time, as they typically have not had to pay for bills or other expenses while they were still living at home,” Pridemore said. “Young adults should first set a budget and determine spending limits so they do not go into debt or overdraw their accounts. While they may have other things on their plates, there is nothing more important than focusing on finances…

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Image source: Getty Images Leading housebuilder Persimmon (LSE: PSN) is one FTSE 100 stock that’s come across my radar. At face value, the company looks to be trading at a relatively cheap price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio and has a chunky dividend. After several turbulent years for UK builders, it got me wondering if it’s time for value investors to reconsider investing in the beaten-down company. What’s happening to the Persimmon share price? The stock is trading at £10.88 as I write on 28 August, having fallen over 35% in the last 12 months. That gives the company a P/E ratio of…

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Image source: Getty Images The BP (LSE: BP.) share price is finally showing signs of life, climbing 20% in the last three months. Let’s not get carried away though. At today’s (28 August) price of 428.4p it’s simply back to where it stood 12 months ago. Although given the tormented year it’s endured, investors might be happy with that. FTSE 100 dividend opportunity The FTSE 100 oil giant embarrassed itself by doing a sharp public U-turn on its green strategy, drawing fire from both sides of the climate change debate. Activist investors have circled and they’re not happy (when are they?). CEO…

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Image source: Getty Images The Drax Group (LSE:DRX) share price was sharply lower today (28 August) after news emerged that it was being investigated for possible breaches of the UK’s Listing Rules and Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. By early afternoon, its shares were down 8%. At one point during the morning, they had been 10.9% lower. Drax describes itself as a “renewable energy company engaged in renewable power generation, the production of sustainable biomass and the sale of renewable electricity to businesses“. It’s the largest renewable electricity generator in the UK and supplies 5% of the country’s energy needs.…

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Image source: Getty Images It may be one of the UK’s best known-banks, but Lloyds (LSE: LLOY) has seen its shares sell for pennies for a long time. That has been the case for 17 years. The Lloyds share price fell below £1 during the financial crisis in 2008 – and never regained its former heights. Still, after a 41% increase over the past year, the share clearly has strong positive momentum. Could it keep going and hit £1? What moves bank shares As a general rule, bank shares tend to do well when the bank is performing strongly and…

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