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FILE PHOTO: Joe Kaeser, then CEO of German industrial conglomerate Siemens, February 3, 2021. Matthias Schrader/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Siemens Energy sees ‘massive tailwind’ from US power drive

Shares in Siemens Energy rose nearly 10% to a record high on Wednesday.

Lesotho King Letsie III says renewable energy could transform his country's economy (AFP)
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Lesotho’s king pitches green energy to Davos elites

King Letsie III of Lesotho urges global leaders in Davos to invest in his nation's green transition.

A view inside the Pilot Co. company's headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S., October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Harrison McClary/File Photo
BusinessNewsOil

Exclusive: Warren Buffett’s Pilot Co shuts oil trading business, sources say

By Shariq Khan and Georgina McCartney NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Pilot Co is shuttering its international oil trading business, ending an...

FILE PHOTO: People work during the construction of the Nestor Kirchner gas pipeline in Macachin, La Pampa, Argentina April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Martin Cossarini/File Photo
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Argentina logs largest energy trade surplus in 18 years in win for Milei

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina logged its largest energy trade surplus in nearly two decades last year, the energy secretariat said on Tuesday,...

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, waits for a news conference to begin in Vancouver, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. First Nations leader reverses stance on pipeline as Trump tariff threat looms

VANCOUVER — The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is reversing his previous opposition to the scrapped Northern Gateway pipeline project...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith addresses party members at the UCP annual meeting in Red Deer, Alta., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
CoalNewsPoliticsRegulations

Smith says taxpayers must be protected from lawsuits as Alberta lifts coal moratorium

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province had taxpayers in mind when it decided to lift a ban on new coal...

Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet speaks with reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons, Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024 in Ottawa.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
ElectricityNewsPolitics

Cutting energy to U.S. in response to Trump tariffs is ‘absurd,’ says Bloc Québécois leader

OTTAWA — The leader of the Bloc Québécois says Canada is playing with fire by suggesting it could cut oil or electricity exports...

FILE PHOTO: The logo for Orsted can be seen on the jacket worn by an employee as he talks to journalists during a visit to the offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little/File Photo
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Trump’s anti-wind policy hits European companies

European wind shares fell on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump axed support for new offshore wind power on his first day in...

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Model of LNG tanker is seen in this illustration taken May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Portugal to import more US, Nigerian LNG, aims to end Russian supply

LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal plans to increase purchases of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States and Nigeria as it aims to...

The community of Apex, Nvt., is seen from Iqaluit on August 2, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
ClimateEmissionsNewsReports

Parts of tundra releasing more carbon than they absorb: study

Parts of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb, an international study published Tuesday suggests, upending a millennia-old...

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