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FILE PHOTO: Tesla electric vehicles are parked in a storage lot outside a disused movie theatre in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S., June 11, 2024.  REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
BusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsRegulations

Tesla recalls 239,000 US vehicles over rear-view camera issue

Tesla said on Friday it is recalling about 239,000 vehicles in the United States because rear-view cameras may fail to work.

Lake Tanganyika is photographed from Karema, Tanzania, in this October 2013 handout photo. McGill researchers suggest combining 19th century missionary records with climate change models may improve their reliability in Tanzania. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Philip Gooding
AgricultureEnvironmentNewsWeather

How to improve climate predictions? McGill researchers turn to 19th century letters

McGill researchers use 19th-century records to improve African climate models and refine global warming projections.

FILE PHOTO: An electric vehicle (EV) by Mercedes-Benz moves on a street in Beijing, China October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsTransport

Mercedes-Benz 2024 car sales fall in tough year for automakers

Annual sales of battery-electric cars (BEV) dropped by 23% to 185,100 vehicles, adding pressure on the carmaker.

Smoke billows from a chimney as workers leave a factory in rural Gaoyi county, known for its ceramics production, near Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China, December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/ File Photo
ClimateEmissionsNews

China says greenhouse gas emissions hit 13 billion tons in 2021

The last official estimate covered 2017 and measured total emissions at 11.55 billion tons.

The wind whips embers in the Angeles National Forest near Mt. Wilson as the wildfires burn in the Los Angeles area, during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, U.S. January 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu/ File Photo
ClimateInfrastructureNewsUtilitiesWeather

Around 278,150 houses without power in SoCal Edison service area from wildfires

Two massive LA wildfires have consumed more than 34,000 acres and killed 10.

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
ClimateEnvironmentMaritimeNewsPoliticsTransport

Tanker hit by Yemen rebels that threatened Red Sea spill has been salvaged

The Sounion had been a disaster in waiting in the waterway, with 1 million barrels of crude oil aboard.

FILE PHOTO: Power-generating windmill turbines and power lines are seen in a rapeseed field in Nauen, Germany, April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo
ElectricityNewsOffshore WindWind

EU’s 2024 new wind capacity less than half amount needed for climate goal, industry group says

Wind power provided 20% of the electricity consumed in Europe last year.

Tajikistan has been plagued by power cuts due to a shortage of water to fuel hydro-electric plants (AFP)
ElectricityHydropowerNews

Tajikistan bets on giant dam to solve electricity crisis

Amid chronic shortages, Tajikistan has revived a Soviet-era mega-project to build the world's highest dam. 

Hyundai Motor Co. Vice President Chung Yoo Seok and Hyundai Mobility Japan CEO Toshiyuki Shimegi pose next to the company’s compact electric car Hyundai Inster at Tokyo Auto Salon 2025 in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan January 10, 2025.  REUTERS/Kantaro Komiya
BusinessEconomyElectric Vehicles (EVs)News

Hyundai launches $18,000 EV in Japan to penetrate EV-wary market

South Korea’s Hyundai aims to boost its Japan sales tenfold with the Inster, a 2.85M-yen ultra-affordable compact EV, challenging local giants.

FILE PHOTO: Greenland's flag flies in Igaliku settlement, Greenland, July 5, 2024. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo
BusinessCritical MineralsMiningNewsPolitics

US lobbied Greenland rare earths developer Tanbreez not to sell to China

U.S. officials pressured Greenland rare earths developer not to sell to China, aiding its sale to a U.S.-linked firm.

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