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Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul faces economic woes after floods, and an unclear path to rebuilding
After devastating floods in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the state will need to rebuild in a way that reduces...
Q&A: What do India’s elections mean for coal communities and climate change?
As prime minister of India for the past decade, Narendra Modi has overseen a rapid expansion of the country’s coal-mining and coal-fired power...
Analysis: How can Milei unlock Argentina’s copper riches? Fix the economy
Argentina copper production is under threat from high inflation and taxes, but President Javier Milei hopes a reform bill will unlock 'immense potential'.
U.S. sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks
Many sites are contaminated or warehouse decades of radioactive waste, while some perform critical energy and defense research and manufacturing that could be...
Scientists say they can make zero-emission cement
Demand for concrete — already the most widely used construction material on Earth — is soaring, but the notoriously polluting industry has struggled...
Using carbon capture for energy-from-waste: ‘Low-hanging fruit’ for the UK?
The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies has published a paper examining the business case for using carbon capture and storage to reduce emissions...
How is the violent unrest in New Caledonia hitting nickel prices?
The overseas French territory is a crucial source of nickel, but deadly riots over constitutional changes could affect the supply of the mineral...
Google data centre new source of heat for town in Finland
Google says it will use waste heat from its data centre in the Finnish port city of Hamina to heat 80 per cent...
Oil shipments at risk from rising sea levels, think tank warns
Rising sea levels could disrupt crude oil shipments and erode energy security, with the world's biggest terminals vulnerable to flooding
From corn to solar – one Chinese farm family’s newest crop
Chinese solar power push is working at industrial levels and rooftop installations as families embrace getting paid to feed electricity back to the...
