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Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from a well heads as near Calgary, Alta., on Sunday, May 12, 2024. Provinces must stop natural gas expansion and invest in electrification to keep home heating reliable and cost-effective, says a new report by a leading Canadian climate policy think tank, or otherwise risk leaving ratepayers and governments on the hook for billions of dollars in underused and overbuilt gas infrastructure. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Stop gas expansion for home heating or risk leaving ratepayers on the hook: report

Provinces must stop natural gas expansion and invest in electrification to keep home heating reliable and cost-effective, says a new report from the...

China has spearheaded a targeted industrial strategy to boost its EV sector, pouring vast state funds into domestic firms as well as research and development (AFP)
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Why are Chinese electric cars in EU crosshairs?

The European Union said this week it would slap additional tariffs of up to 38 percent on Chinese electric cars from next month...

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo/
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Musk convincing Tesla investors to back his pay. Now he must persuade a judge

Musk on Wednesday evening said that shareholders were voting in favor of both the pay package and a board-sponsored move of Tesla's legal...

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows houses submerged in floodwaters following heavy rainfall, at a village in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, China April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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Explainer: The global fight over climate change funding

Nearly 200 countries will try to agree a new global goal for funding to fight climate change at this year's U.N. COP29 climate...

FILE PHOTO: A general view of installed solar panels at the Khavda Renewable Energy Park of Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), in Khavda, India, April 12, 2024. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
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Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit

Countries cannot agree on the size of a global funding bill to help the developing world fight climate change - let alone how...

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Analysis: Harnessing the power of generative AI for the energy transition

Analysis: It is critical for energy transition stakeholders to monitor, understand, and carefully apply the capabilities of generative AI to their unique decarbonization...

An experimental offshore wind turbine manufactured by Spanish company Saitec operates near the coastal town of Armintza, Spain, March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent West/ File Photo
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Spain risks missing 2030 wind energy target, think-tank says

Spain needs to add wind energy capacity at a much faster pace or it risks missing its ambitious 2030 target, the US-based Global...

The IEA warned oil companies to be 'prepared for the changes taking place' (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)
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World will amass ‘major’ oil surplus by 2030: IEA

The world is likely to have a major surplus of oil by 2030 as production is ramped up while the clean energy transition...

This photo released by the Brazilian Presidency shows destroyed houses in southern Brazil on June 6, 2024. The country has been battered by a series of extreme weather events, most recently once-in-a-century flooding in the state of Rio Grande do Sul that left more than 170 people dead. (Brazilian Presidency)
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Climate ‘cloud seeding’ misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide

Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role of global warming in historic floods that...

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‘Cleantech Revolution’: Commodities and technologies in the energy transition

RMI on the energy transition: The energy system is being transformed by the exponential forces of renewables, electrification, and efficiency.

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