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Global ocean summit nets $10 bn in pledges: Greek PM
"Our ocean is literally sending us distress signals. Of course, long before we understood climate change, the ocean was already under attack from...
China’s overproduction of clean energy goods needs mitigation: U.S. treasury secretary
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that China's massive investments in advanced manufacturing of clean energy goods has resulted in an unfair playing...
US sanctions impacting Sovcomflot’s ability to trade, CEO of Russian tanker group says
The U.S. imposed sanctions on Sovcomflot as Washington seeks to reduce Russia's revenues from oil sales that it can use to support its...
Volkswagen to invest $210M in South African plant, expects slower move to EVs
While most global markets transition to EVs, Volkswagen expects African markets to keep making and selling vehicles with internal combustion engines for the...
BP starts oil production at new offshore platform in Azerbaijan
New platform is the seventh oil production platform installed in the giant Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli field in the Caspian Sea.
2023 a record year for wind power installations, report says
The increase in wind installations “shows that the world is moving in the right direction in combating climate change,” says Global Wind Energy...
China’s Chery will open first European site for EV manufacture
Joint venture with Spanish manufacturer EV Motors will help recover some of the 1,600 jobs lost at shuttered Nissan factory.
Canada’s Barrick Gold reports lower gold, copper output for Q1
By Srivastava Vallari (Reuters) -Canadian miner Barrick Gold on Tuesday reported lower-than-expected preliminary gold production for the first quarter hurt by planned maintenance...
Nissan bets on solid-state batteries, gigacasting for next-gen EVs
Japan's Nissan Motor will produce solid-state batteries for EVs at scale by early 2029 as it seeks to raise efficiency and drive down...
Russian steelmaker Severstal becomes sole owner of former JV with Spain’s Windar
Russian steelmaker Severstal has acquired a St Petersburg holding company that controls a majority stake in a joint venture previously owned by Spanish...
