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FILE PHOTO: A logo is displayed on battery maker Northvolt's energy storage system plant in Gdansk, Poland,  October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Marie Mannes/File Photo
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Northvolt crisis may be make or break for Europe’s EV battery ambitions

Northvolt’s bankruptcy highlights Europe’s struggle to build a battery industry amid Chinese dominance and slowing EV demand.

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Gap between national targets and market realities threatens climate goals: Ember

Ember: Governments should close critical gap between the rapid growth of renewable energy markets and stagnant national climate targets.

Two scientists say a Newfoundland company's possible detour to data is a signal that Canadian hopes of supplying Germany with green hydrogen may not be anchored in reality. A hydrogen storage tank sits at Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park as Dubai, United Arab Emirates hosts the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Dec. 11, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Joshua A. Bickel
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As N.L. firm pivots, scientists say Canada’s green hydrogen dreams are far-fetched

Doubts grow over Atlantic Canada’s green hydrogen plans as experts question costs, efficiency, and Europe’s demand for wind-powered ammonia.

Some 80 percent of people displaced by climate change are women and girls, heightening risks of human trafficking and other abuses, according to a United Nations study (AFP)
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Fears rise of gender setbacks in global climate battle

COP29 faces backlash on gender, with key language stripped from drafts, sparking concern over setbacks in women’s role in climate action.

Climate finance from developed to developing countries (AFP)
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Crunch time: What still needs to be hammered out at COP29?

COP29 debates how developed nations will fund $1 trillion yearly for developing countries by 2030, including grants vs. loans and fairness.

FILE PHOTO: A car is parked at the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, during a media tour ahead of the summit beginning in Baku, Azerbaijan November 8, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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Analysis: Trade demands clash with climate agenda at COP29 talks

Developing nations at COP29 decry trade barriers like the EU's carbon border levy, warning they hinder green transitions and climate equity.

Attila Steiner, Hungarian presidency of the council of the EU, speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Trump’s against climate action. But some right-wing governments are all for it

European right-wing leaders embrace climate action as economic opportunity, contrasting U.S. fossil fuel-driven skepticism under Trump.

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Advocates make economic case for green steel production at Dearborn, Michigan plant

A recent report suggests it's time to convert Cleveland-Cliffs' Dearborn Works to green hydrogen technology ahead of the 2027 blast furnace relining.

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