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The Stratos Direct Air Capture Facility (DAC), a joint venture between Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and asset manager BlackRock, is seen in Ector County, Texas, U.S., July 28, 2024.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif/ File Photo
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Earthquakes and blowouts undermine case for carbon storage in Texas

Carbon sequestration is vital to U.S. government goals to reduce emissions that cause global warming.

FILE PHOTO: An extension of Denbury Inc's Greencore carbon pipeline is ready to be lowered into its trench, in Montana, U.S., 2021. Picture taken in 2021. Denbury/File Photo
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Summit carbon project would be reassessed if US tax credits repealed, attorney says

Summit Carbon Solutions' CO2 pipeline project may be reassessed if U.S. tax credits for carbon capture are repealed.

People walk at the entrance of the venue of the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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COP29: US-UAE climate-friendly farming partnership grows to $29 billion

Launched in 2021, 'AIM for Climate' has secured $29.2 billion in funding for agricultural innovation.

FILE PHOTO: Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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ADM violates US water laws, permit after leak at carbon capture project

EPA finds ADM violated safe drinking water rules with a carbon leak at its Illinois CCS site, raising safety concerns.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
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US clean fuels tax credit likely by end of Biden administration, Agriculture Secretary says

Program would provide credits for the production of lower-emission fuels, including sustainable aviation fuel, and should be finalized by the end of Biden's...

FILE PHOTO: Solar installers from Baker Electric place solar panels on the roof of a residential home in Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California, U.S. October 14, 2016. Picture taken October 14, 2016.       REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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US to spend $7.3 billion on rural clean energy projects

Rural electric cooperatives get a boost from the Inflation Reduction Act as 16 projects funded to bring down costs and increase reliability.

Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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US EPA says it is auditing biofuel producers’ used cooking oil supply

Investigations underway into biofuel cooking oil supply chains over concerns of fraudulent feedstocks.

FILE PHOTO: A farmer harvests corn in this aerial photograph taken over Woodburn, Indiana, U.S., October 16, 2020. Picture taken with a drone October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
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US to fund lower-emission fertilizer with eye to greener ethanol

Department of Energy will spend $36m on lowering emissions from using synthetic nitrogen fertilizer on corn used to make ethanol.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm delivers a speech ahead of a conversation with Daniel Yergin, the vice chairman of S&P Global, during the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., March 8, 2023.  REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo
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Power-hungry data centers spur US talks with Big Tech, energy chief Granholm says

By Timothy Gardner, Valerie Volcovici and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration is asking big technology companies to invest in new...

FILE PHOTO: Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 arrives to complete the first 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel transatlantic flight from London's Heathrow airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York City, U.S., November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Little to no ethanol will qualify for US aviation fuel credit

Little to no ethanol will qualify for US sustainable aviation fuel subsidies under a new pilot program by President Biden's administration.

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