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A BYD YangWang U8 is displayed on media day at the 2024 Paris Auto Show in Paris, France, October 14, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
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BYD on track to top 2024 sales goal and outsell Ford, Honda

BYD gains market share in China's fast-growing auto market, poised to exceed 4M annual sales, surpassing Ford and Honda in 2024.

An image showing scorched, parched vegetation affected by wildfire or drought.
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2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record: EU monitor

Scientists say the period being lived through right now is likely the warmest the Earth has been for the last 125,000 years.

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FPT and RWE Sign 5-Year Master Service Agreement to Drive Innovation and Sustainability

ESSEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FPT has signed a five-year Master Service Agreement (MSA) with RWE, further strengthening the longstanding partnership between the two companies. The...

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced plans Sunday to put $1 billion towards growing New Brunswick's clean electricity grid. Guilbeault speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, October 2, 2024 in Ottawa.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Ottawa is set to spend more than $1 billion on growing N.B.’s clean electricity grid

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Ottawa will spend more than $1 billion on growing New Brunswick's clean electricity grid.

Red needles seen on a balsam fir are shown in this handout image from New Brunswick. During a drive down a highway in the spring of 2018, a University of New Brunswick professor's wife pointed out clumps of bright red-coloured trees. Anthony Taylor of the faculty of forestry recognized them as dead balsam firs, which launched his research into how climate change is threatening the tree’s survival. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Dr. Anthony R. Taylor *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Drought, heat threaten future of balsam firs popular as Christmas trees

The balsam fir accounts for about 20% of all trees in New Brunswick and is commonly associated with Christmas.

FILE PHOTO: The production line of VinFast's factory is pictured in Hai Phong City, Vietnam, April 22, 2021. Picture taken April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Thanh Hue/File Photo
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EV maker VinFast to build second production plant in Vietnam

VinFast said the new facility is expected to produce 300,000 units annually in its initial phase.

Although gasoline vehicles do not call for graphite, electric vehicles (EVs) require an average of 136 pounds (61.7 kilograms) of the material, CSIS said (AFP)
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US clean energy, defense to be impacted by China export curbs

Beijing announced this week it would ban exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the US, targeting materials used in climate tech.

FILE PHOTO: QatarEnergy CEO and Qatar's Minister of Energy Saad al-Kaabi sits during a private interview with Reuters, in Doha, Qatar, November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Imad Creidi/File Photo
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No concerns over Trump vow to lift LNG exports cap, Qatar energy minister says

Trump has said he will ease restrictions on the U.S. energy industry when he comes into power.

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BW LPG Limited – BW LPG Takes Delivery of Vessel BW Pampero from Avance Gas

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With reference to the stock exchange announcement on 15 August 2024 for the acquisition of 12 modern Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGCs)...

A person takes shelter under an umbrella as they cross the Sean O’Casey Bridge in Dublin’s city centre (Brian Lawless/PA)
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Thousands without power and trains cancelled as Storm Darragh hits Britain

Gusts of up to 92mph have been recorded overnight in Capel Curig in North Wales.

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