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EU admin needs to be fit for green future, says top official
BRUSSELS – European Union countries’ budget cuts have eaten into layers of government that need now to be reinforced given their vital role...
France’s Atos expands debt restructuring talks after record losses
By Mathieu Rosemain and Augustin Turpin (Reuters) -Atos, the crisis-hit French IT consulting firm whose shares have plummeted over the last two years,...
Vietnamese automaker VinFast to enter Thai EV market
BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced Tuesday that it plans to sell its electric vehicles in Thailand and said it had tied...
Spraying manure and throwing beets, farmers in tractors again block Brussels to protest EU policies
BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers threw beets, sprayed manure at police and set hay alight on Tuesday as hundreds of tractors again sealed off...
With completion in sight, what’s next for the Trans Mountain pipeline project?
CALGARY — After more than four years of construction and at least $34 billion in costs, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is...
Climate pact accepted by new Tuvalu government, says Australia
SYDNEY – Australia and the Pacific Islands nation of Tuvalu will go ahead with a security and climate migration pact, after Tuvalu’s new...
Potential spikes in steel prices could endanger offshore wind projects
There is likely to be an explosion of demand for steel in the UK, and the potential price spikes that could follow could...
Here are the big hurdles in the push to increase global renewable energy
The world’s governments have agreed they want to triple renewable energy by 2030, a goal laid out at the U.N. climate summit in...
Australia softens proposed vehicle emission laws for some pick-up trucks
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia said on Tuesday it would relax proposed carbon emission rules for some popular pick-up trucks after the country’s auto...
Labour oil and gas plans could make UK ‘uninvestable’, says trade body
Labour’s plans for the oil and gas industry could see the UK “move towards being uninvestable”, the sector’s biggest trade body has said....
