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For farmers, watching and waiting is a spring planting ritual. Climate change is adding to anxiety

Waiting on the weather is an old story in agriculture, but as climate change drives an increase in spring rains across the Midwest,...

EU changes could affect 2035 target to phase out sales of internal combustion engine cars, despite EV transition progress (LEHTIKUVA)
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EU election could force sharp turn in electric car policy

EU changes could affect 2035 target to phase out sales of internal combustion engine cars, despite EV transition progress

The EU plans to outlaw the sale of new fossil fuel-powered cars from 2035, meaning some jobs will inevitably become redundant (AFP)
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Europe’s auto suppliers reach the end of the road

Facing the double shock of the end of combustion engines and rising competition from China, European auto suppliers are announcing cuts

The EU's Green Deal is a key project of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (AFP)
AnalysisClimateElectionsEmissionsEnvironmentIn-DepthPoliticsRegulations

EU’s Green Deal target of disinfo ahead of June vote

The EU's Green Deal has been the target of virulent online disinformation ahead of European parliament elections in June

People scavenge recyclable materials for a living, at Dandora, the largest garbage dump in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, April 22, 2024. Students at a school next to Kenya's largest dumpsite are on a mission to try to purify the air with bamboo. They have planted more than 100 seedlings along the wall that separates the school from the trash dump that was declared full 23 years ago. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
ClimateEmissionsIn-Depth

Students turn to bamboo to ease effect of African trash dump

Fast-growing bamboo's CO2 capture potential could help Kenyan teenagers struggling to cope with the filthy air of dumpsite next to school.

AnalysisBuildingsClimateEfficiencyElectricityEmissionsHydrogenIn-DepthNatural GasPolitics

Public backs move to green home heating but more government support is needed, research shows

Members of the public are open to using alternative green heating, and are willing to tolerate the inconvenience of having it installed. But...

Afforestation after industrial use (Alamy/PA)
AnalysisClimateEnvironmentIn-Depth

Carbon removal plans not enough for 1.5C warming limit, study warns

A study has found a gap of up to 3.2bn tonnes of CO2 between what is planned for removing carbon and what is...

Refinery workers walk inside the LyondellBasell oil refinery in Houston, Texas March 6, 2013. REUTERS/Donna Carson/File photo
AnalysisIn-DepthIndustryOil

Analysis: Heavy oil shortage spells higher cost for industry

Mexican export cuts and a rerouting of Canadian output are shrinking limited supplies of heavy crude in the Atlantic basin

FILE PHOTO: Scott Sheffield, CEO of Pioneer Resources, speaks during the IHS CERAWeek 2015 energy conference in Houston, Texas April 21, 2015.  REUTERS/Daniel Kramer/File Photo
AnalysisBusinessEconomyIn-DepthOilPolitics

U.S. oil executive censure puts spotlight on shale-OPEC meetings

A U.S. regulator's censure of a top U.S. oil executive over private meetings with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) group...

FILE PHOTO: China's President Xi Jinping speaks at the "Senior Chinese Leader Event" held by the National Committee on US-China Relations and the US-China Business Council on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., November 15, 2023.  REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Pool/File Photo
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Xi’s trip to Europe may lay bare West’s divisions over China strategy

Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Europe at a time when the EU is threatening to hammer China's EV and green energy industries...

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