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FILE PHOTO: A drone view of three berths able to load vessels with oil is seen after their construction at Westridge Marine Terminal, the terminus of the Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Canada’s Trans Mountain bets on last-minute oil shippers on high-cost pipeline

Canada's Trans Mountain oil pipeline will rely heavily on last-minute shippers to turn a profit, the corporation's financial projections show

A person works at rare earths plant owned by Neo Performance Materials, which processes the minerals needed to make permanent magnets used in electric vehicles and wind turbines, in Sillamae, Estonia in this handout image dated to 2024. Neo Performance Materials/Handout via REUTERS
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In race to regain rare earth glory, Europe falls short on mineral goals

Missing its rare earths target may impact EU's zero carbon goals while opening the prospect of further dependence on China.

Aerial view of a fire outbreak in a rural area of Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil, taken on June 25, 2024 (AFP)
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‘Breathing smoke’: Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands hit by record fires

The blaze is one of hundreds burning in the vast, wildlife-rich Pantanal region, which is experiencing record fires for this time of year.

FILE PHOTO: A sign adorns the building where mining company Rio Tinto has their office in Perth, Western Australia, November 19, 2015.   REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
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Top four iron ore miners’ carbon emissions reduction promises

Factobx: The carbon emissions reduction targets and goals set out by the world's biggest four iron ore miners

Volunteers toss sandbags into the bucket of a loader that will take them to be used to reinforce a berm on the northeast side of Jefferson, South Dakota, Sunday, June 23, 2024. The sandbag effort is an attempt to keep floodwaters from the Big Sioux River from inundating the town. (Tim Hynds/Sioux City Journal via AP)
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What’s causing the devastating flooding in the Midwest?

Flooding is a big change for a part of the country that has endured drought in recent years.

Extinction Rebellion demonstrators march in Westminster, London, last year (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
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Scientist warns of ‘very scary’ nature decline as green groups unite to protest

The rate of nature decline is “very scary”, a conservation scientist has warned as green groups prepare to unite for a major protest...

The personal belongings of migrants abandoned on the banks of the Rio Bravo, a natural border with the United States (AFP)
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Extreme heat is new danger stalking US-bound migrants

Migrants from Latin America already face many risks while attempting to make their way to to the United States. The heat is proving...

Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File photo
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From construction to crude oil, how do U.S. industries deal with extreme heat?

Extreme heat has companies in the United States changing the way they work. One frequent response: work less. Here is how heat affects...

FILE - A man pours cold water onto his head to cool off on a sweltering hot day in the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon, July 16, 2023. As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what's happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
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How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart.

With much of the United States, Mexico, India and the Middle East suffering through blistering heat waves, worsened by human-caused climate change, several...

FILE PHOTO: Muslim pilgrims walk with umbrellas on the third day of the Satan stoning ritual, amid extremely hot weather, during the annual haj pilgrimage, in Mina, Saudi Arabia, June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Saleh Salem/File Photo
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Explainer: How climate change fuels extreme heat worldwide

Climate change is driving dangerous heat waves across the Northern Hemisphere this week and will continue to deliver dangerous weather for decades to...

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