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Smoke rises from the Mountain Fire as seen from a commercial flight near Ventura County, California, Wednesday Nov. 6, 2024. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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Wild winds fuel Southern California wildfire that has forced thousands to evacuate

Officials Southern California urged residents to be on watch for fast-spreading blazes, power outages and downed trees.

FILE PHOTO: Different models of Mercedes-Benz cars are parked at the company's vehicle assembly plant in Chakan, in India's Maharashtra state, June 11, 2015. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
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India says Mercedes improved pollution management at plant after failing checks

Mercedes is India's top luxury car seller — and it plans to invest $24 million in India this year.

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a sign of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference with a backdrop of the cityscape in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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COP29: What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?

COP29 in Baku aims to set new climate finance goals, address fossil fuel cuts, and define carbon market rules amid global tensions.

FILE PHOTO: A fish carcass is seen on a sandbank that emerged in the middle of the Solimoes River in the Amazon Basin, which is suffering from the worst drought on record, near Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo
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2024 will be world’s hottest on record, EU scientists say

2024 is set to become the hottest year on record, intensifying calls for stronger climate action at COP29 in Azerbaijan.

FILE - A river borders an area that has been illegally deforested by land-grabbers and cattle farmers in an extractive reserve in Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to previous year

Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6 per cent compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday.

Wind turbines are silhouetted against the setting sun at the Spearville Wind Farm, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, near Spearville, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Trump likely to target climate measures that are making the most difference

Trump’s second term may rollback climate policies and emissions cuts as states and cities push forward with clean energy.

The MEG Energy Corp. logo is seen in an undated handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, MEG Energy *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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MEG says 2024 production to come in at low end of forecast due to wildfires

MEG Energy anticipates 2024 production at the low end of its forecast due to wildfires and cold weather impacts earlier this year.

People use a pressure washer to wash orange paint off a sign outside the U.S. embassy in London, Britain, November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Mina Kim
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Climate activists spray-paint US embassy in London after Trump election win

Two Just Stop Oil climate activists were arrested for spraying orange paint on the U.S. embassy to protest Trump's election win.

Then-president Donald Trump attends the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in New York (AFP)
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Trump’s climate denial and green rollbacks poised to fuel warming

Trump’s victory returns a climate denier to the White House, threatening green policies and global warming efforts.

A woman walks past a sign of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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Deadlock over climate finance is undermining Paris agreement, Singapore minister says

Efforts to persuade more countries to contribute to a new global climate financing initiative risks undermining the Paris agreement.

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