Thursday, 23 January 2025

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FILE PHOTO: A tree decorates the lounge of Houston-based liquefied natural gas company Cheniere during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Cheniere produces first LNG at Corpus Christi Stage 3 project

Cheniere has played a key role in helping the U.S. become the world's largest exporter of LNG.

FILE PHOTO: Turkey's Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek speaks during a meeting of Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD) in Istanbul, Turkey, July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File photo
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Turkey’s fuel, tobacco tax moves will not harm inflation goal, Simsek says

Turkey plans fuel and tobacco tax hikes next year without risking its 2025 inflation goals.

The Government is set to introduce stringent rules limiting the number of new incinerators that are built (Andrew Matthews/PA)
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UK government to block incinerators that do not contribute to green plans

The government will block new incinerators unless they reduce landfill waste or replace older facilities, aiming to boost recycling rates.

Piles of coal at the Westshore coal export terminal at Roberts Bank and gantry cranes used to load and unload containers onto and from cargo ships are seen at Deltaport, in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Monday, September 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Machinery fire extinguished at Delta, B.C., coal port terminal: Port authority

A coal stacker fire at Westshore Terminals in Delta, B.C., has been extinguished; no injuries reported, operations paused.

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy looks on as he attends a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 19, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy hits back at Slovak PM Fico as gas transit dispute deepens

Zelenskiy accused Slovakia's PM Fico of opening a "second energy front" against Ukraine amid a deepening gas transit dispute.

FILE - A worker does checks on battery storage pods at Orsted's Eleven Mile Solar Center lithium-ion battery storage energy facility, Feb. 29, 2024, in Coolidge, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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Climate-friendly electricity sees big battery projects soar again for 2024

In 2024, U.S. battery storage surged 71 per cent, reaching 24 GWh, offering cleaner energy and reducing reliance on polluting plants.

FILE PHOTO: A view of Shell's Pulau Bukom refinery in Singapore, July 18, 2024. REUTERS/Caroline Chia/File Photo
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Shell shuts down oil processing unit to investigate leak, Singapore’s port authority says

Shell estimates that a few tonnes of refined oil products, along with cooling water discharge used in the refining process, have leaked.

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows an oil factory of Idemitsu Kosan Co. in Ichihara, east of Tokyo, Japan November 12, 2021. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS/File Photo
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Big Oil backtracks on renewables push as climate agenda falters

Major European energy companies are slowing and sometimes reversing their renewables investments.

FILE PHOTO: Traffic is pictured at twilight along 42nd St. in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., March 27, 2019.   REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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New York to fine fossil fuel companies $75 billion under new climate law

The law is intended to shift some of the costs of climate change from individual taxpayers to fossil fuel firms.

FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of Petroleos del Peru (Petroperu), a state company dedicated to the refining, distribution and marketing of fuels, is seen at the district of San Isidro in Lima, Peru, May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo/File Photo
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Peru declares environmental emergency after oil spill

State oil firm Petroperu spilled a crude oil shipment into surrounding waters of the Pacific Ocean last weekend.

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