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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks to reporters, alongside Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, at the sidelines of IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings at the World Bank in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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Yellen says US, Europe must respond jointly to China’s industrial overcapacity

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the US and Europe needed to respond to China's industrial policies in a "strategic and united way"

FILE PHOTO: The Foxconn logo is seen in this illustration taken, May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Apple supplier Foxconn asked to cut power use in Vietnam

Vietnamese officials have called on Foxconn to voluntarily reduce power use by 30% at its assembly plants in the north of the country.

The sun sets near pylons as an electric vehicle passes a dirt road in the rural outskirts of Weifang in eastern China's Shandong province on March 22, 2024. Chinese battery companies, EV manufacturers and utilities are all racing to develop more advanced batteries to store the electricity from solar panels. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
AnalysisIn-DepthInfrastructureSolarTransmission

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...

The report said offshore turbine installation would need to increase (Ben Birchall/PA)
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UK running out of options for offshore energy ‘just transition’

UK offshore industry needs political alignment to ensure 'just and fair' energy transition, concludes report.

Campaigners fear the impact the Batang Toru dam will have on critically-endangered orangutans (Michael Holmes/PA)
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Call for orangutan row firm to be barred from renewable leases

Opposition grows towards wind farm bid by Red Rock Power over parent company's Indonesian dam project that could threaten rare orangutan.

FILE PHOTO: White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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Saudi crown prince, US national security adviser meet on civilian Nuclear deal

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US National Security Adviser met to discuss draft deal between Washington and Riyadh

FILE PHOTO: Houston Fire Department Wildland District 14 crews assess a downed tree blocking a street after a severe storm caused widespread damage in Spring Branch, Texas, U.S., May 17, 2024. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal/File Photo
ClimateElectricityNewsWeather

Houston area grapples with heat, power cuts after major storms

Thousands of people in the Houston area faced sweltering heat without power on Saturday following severe storms

FILE PHOTO: White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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How might a US-Saudi civil nuclear deal work?

US National Security Adviser will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend for talks expected to touch on a civil nuclear cooperation agreement

herly Herpich takes a photograph of a downtown building with blown out window in the aftermath of a severe thunderstorm Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston. Thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas on Thursday killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
ClimateElectricityNewsResiliencyWeather

Widespread power outages from deadly Houston storm raise new risk: hot weather

As the Houston area works to restore power to thousands after deadly storms, it will do so as all of southern Texas starts...

The skyline is shown at sunset in Austin, Texas, U.S., October 25, 2021.  Picture taken with a drone.  REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
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Texas power demand to hit record high for month of May next week

Power use in Texas will likely break records for the month of May as homes and businesses crank up the air conditioning to...

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