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Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming ‘normalised’ as nearly half of consumers know an owner, a new study found (Danny Lawson/PA)
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EVs becoming ‘normalised’ as almost half of UK consumers know an owner – survey

Some 49% of 4,000 people surveyed in Britain either own an EV or know someone who does, according to new research.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of energy services firm Baker Hughes is displayed during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Baker Hughes enters supply agreement with Venture Global

As Big Tech pours billions of dollars into AI technology, the demand for electricity to feed power-hungry data centers has grown.

FILE PHOTO: View of entrance to Norway's central bank in Oslo, April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Victoria Klesty/File Photo
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Norway’s wealth fund sticks to investments in renewables despite market setbacks

The fund sees offshore wind as still the best strategic target, as it is Europe-based and offers a large series of partners.

FILE PHOTO: Wind turbines are surrounded by fog at a wind farm in the mountains of Galicia region, near Vilalba, Spain March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo
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Global energy transition investment exceeded $2 trln last year, report shows

Global investment in low-carbon energy transition exceeded $2 trillion for the first time last year, a report by BloombergNEF showed.

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during the Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, January 29, 2025. ©House of Commons/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Britain submits plans to hit emissions-cutting target

Starmer raised Britain's climate targets at COP29, pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035.

Shell Canada Ltd. is exiting the oilsands in a deal with Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. in an agreement that will see it increase its stake in the Scotford upgrader and Quest Carbon Capture and Storage facility. A Shell logo is seen at a gas station in London, on March 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Frank Augste
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Shell exits oilsands, boosts stake in Scotford upgrader and Quest carbon facility

The deal will boost Shell's interest in the upgrader and carbon capture facility to 20 per cent.

FILE PHOTO: Tesla electric vehicles use a Tesla supercharging station in Union City, New Jersey, U.S., July 23, 2024.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
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Tesla expects capital expenditure to exceed $11 billion in 2026, 2027

The company had said in October it expected spending to be between $8 billion and $10 billion in 2026.

FILE PHOTO: Workers walk along a tunnel at Codelco El Teniente copper mine, the world's largest underground copper mine, near Rancagua, Chile July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Fabian Cambero/File Photo
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Chilean miner Codelco to use recycled material for ball milling at El Teniente mine

The move is part of efforts by the world's largest copper producer to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030.

The two North Sea oil and gas fields were originally approved by the previous Conservative government (AFP)
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Scottish court rules against two new North Sea oil and gas fields

Environmental campaigners called the court's decision a "historic win".

Shell's net profit reached $16.1 billion last year (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)
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Shell annual profit drops to $16 bn as oil prices fall

In late 2024, Shell announced it was cutting hundreds of jobs from its oil and gas exploration division to reduce costs.

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