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Oladapo Adekunle, an engineer with Rensource Energy, installs solar panels on a roof of a house in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Funding for climate tech startups in Africa from the private sector is growing, but there's still a long way to go. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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More money going to African climate startups, but huge gap remains

In Africa, climate funding has raised $3.4 billion – but it's going to need $277 billion a year to meet 2030 goals. Where...

Tesla cars are seen next to the V3 supercharger equipment during the presentation of the new charge system in the EUREF campus in Berlin, Germany September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/File Photo
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Analysis: Tesla’s restructuring hits executive bench hailed by Musk

Tesla executives once proved that the car company wasn't a one-man show – as some leave in quick succession, should investors be wary?

FILE - Residents gather around the covered dead body of a woman found in a house after heavy rain in the Mathare area of Nairobi, Kenya, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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Explainer: What’s causing the catastrophic rainfall in Kenya?

The devastating rains in Kenya are a result of a mix of factors, including the country's seasonal weather patterns, human-caused climate change as...

FILE PHOTO: A Tesla Model 3 vehicle warns the driver to keep their hands on the wheel and be prepared to take over at anytime while driving using FSD (Full Self-Driving) in Encinitas, California, U.S., October 18, 2023.     REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Analysis: Tesla’s self-driving bid for China faces rivals racing ahead

Tesla could prove a fierce competitor in China's autonomous-vehicle segment, experts say, citing its early lead in developing driver-assistance systems with some autonomous...

Indian environmental activist Alok Shukla, a recipient of this year's Goldman Prize, speaks at a village meeting in Chhattisgarh state (AFP)
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Indian forest activist at the coalface of mining battle

Alok Shukla has led a decade-long grassroots campaign against some of India's conglomerates seeking to tap one of the country's richest subterranean stores...

Research suggests climate change, not habitat loss, may be the biggest threat to the survival of threatened caribou herds. A caribou moves through the Algar region of northeastern Alberta in September 2017 in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of British Columbia-Cole Burton MANDATORY CREDIT
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Climate change, not habitat loss, may be biggest threat to caribou herds: study

The lead author of the study says simply replanting and restoring damage to the boreal forest isn't going to be enough to keep...

A self-driving tractor trailer manoeuvres around a test track in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 14, 2024. the truck is owned by Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc. Late this year, Aurora plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
AnalysisAutomotiveIn-DepthTransport

The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads

PITTSBURGH (AP) — On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. ...

Dave Duttlinger stands for a portrait on his farmland, next to land he leased to Dunns Bridge Solar LLC who constructed solar farms on top of it in Wheatfield, Indiana, U.S., April 5, 2024.  REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
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As solar capacity grows, some of America’s most productive farmland is at risk

A renewable energy boom risks damaging some of America's richest soils in key farming states like Indiana, according to a Reuters analysis

Yangon's parks offer some relief from scorching temperatures during daily electricity blackouts (AFP)
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‘Everyone sits out’: Yangon parks offer heatwave relief

As the sun sets on another scorching Yangon day, the hot and bothered descend on the Myanmar city’s parks, the coolest place to...

FILE PHOTO: People visit the booth of battery manufacturer CATL, at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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Foreign automakers eager for Chinese EV partners at Beijing auto show

Global automakers including Volkswagen and Toyota came to this year's Beijing auto show looking to catch up to surging China EV makers that...

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