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An ‘ambitious’ global plastic treaty demands limits on production: Canada’s environment minister
A global treaty to end plastic waste will not be ambitious enough if it does not include some limits on plastic production: Canada's...
Factbox: Biden races to safeguard environmental rules from axe
Environmental Protection Agency expected to launch key Biden environmental measures in the coming days.
Colombian court recognizes environmental refugees
A Colombian court has ruled that environmental calamities, sudden or gradual, can legally be considered a cause of forced displacement, placing obligations on...
Canada’s finance minister: $5B just a start for Indigenous loan guarantee program
The $5-billion announced for an Indigenous loan guarantee program in Canada's 2024 budget is just a start: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
‘Five Eyes’ working to fight critical minerals dumping: Canada’s finance minister
Canada and its Five Eyes Alliance partners are working on put forward a response to tackle the price manipulation of critical metals: Finance...
Talks on global plastic treaty begin in Canada
During talks in Kenya in November, a draft agreement leapt from 30 to 70 pages, with oil-producing nations such as Saudi Arabia recording...
Russia cuts crude oil export price forecast to $65 per barrel in 2024-27
The Russian economy ministry has downgraded its forecasts for the country's crude oil export prices for the next three years to $65 per...
German climate activists sentenced for spraying paint on Brandenburg Gate
The activists were supporters of the "Last Generation" climate activists group, which had made headlines in Germany with hundreds of road blocks by...
Europe’s ability to survive a cold winter hasn’t been tested, energy execs say
AMSTERDAM – Europe has successfully survived the worst energy crisis in decades thanks to demand reduction and a couple of mild winters, but...
Gazprom says more work underway to link Russia’s eastern, western gas grids
Kremlin-controlled energy giant Gazprom says work is underway on further links between its east and western pipeline networks.
