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Nobel laureates sound alarm as Argentina cuts science funding
BUENOS AIRES – Sixty-eight Nobel laureates in chemistry, medicine, economics, and physics sent a letter on Wednesday to Argentine President Javier Milei voicing...
Italy’s green transition efforts held back by lack of solar projects
MILAN/ROME – Italy’s energy transition is building on myriad of solar panels mounted on roofs, but the country has installed far fewer large...
Poland keeps climate plan, isn’t breaking election pledge, official says
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland is not giving up its climate ambitions, a top official said on Wednesday, after the government submitted a climate...
Norway and the Sami people end a dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Sami people, ending a nearly three-year dispute over Europe’s largest onshore...
Government extends windfall tax on oil and gas companies
The windfall tax on oil and gas companies will be extended for another year as higher oil and gas prices look likely to...
Thailand asks Australia to slow down on car emissions standards
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY – Thailand has called on Australia to slow down a plan to introduce emissions standards that would penalise imports...
Analysis: Biden’s scaled-back power rule raises doubts over US climate target
The Biden administration’s decision to exclude the existing U.S. fleet of natural gas power plants from upcoming carbon emissions regulations raises questions over...
UN-backed bank group seeks to avoid departures with new climate guidelines
LONDON/NEW YORK – A United Nations-backed alliance of banks is proposing its members disclose more information on their commitments to tackle climate change...
