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People walk in front of a Zeekr 009 model electric vehicle (EV) being showcased at SXSW Sydney, in Sydney, Australia October 14, 2024. REUTERS/Stella Qiu
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China’s Zeekr launches its EV in Australia, eyes New Zealand next

Zeekr launches its first EV in Australia, with two models slated for 2024, and plans to expand to New Zealand this year.

FILE PHOTO: Attendees view a Wisk autonomous electric air taxi at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, Britain, July 22, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
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Wisk Aero partners with Airservices Australia as it readies air taxi launch

Wisk Aero partners with Airservices Australia to study how air taxis can be integrated into the country's airspace.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to reporters on the sidelines of the Canada Strong and Free Network event in Ottawa, on Friday, April 12, 2024. Alberta's government has launched a national ad campaign targeting the federal government's incoming emissions cap for the oil and gas sector. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Alberta govt launches $7M ad campaign against incoming federal emissions cap

The province's $7-million campaign claims federal regulations would make "groceries, gas and all of life’s necessities even more expensive."

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pushed back at arguments that tariffs would hike costs for consumers (AFP)
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Trump says ‘obnoxious’ tariffs will bring factories to US

Donald Trump says companies will drop plans to build factories overseas when faced with the threat of high tariffs on shipping goods to...

FILE PHOTO: A sign of Citgo Petroleum is seen at its headquarters in Houston, Texas, U.S., January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
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ConocoPhillips seeks to keep priority as creditor in Citgo auction

ConocoPhillips seeks to preserve top priority among Citgo creditors in share auction to recover $21.3B for Venezuela's debts.

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Novatek Registers its First Climate Project with Russian Carbon Units Registry

Moscow, 15 October 2024. PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company”) announced today that its subsidiary, NOVATEK-YURKHAROVNEFTEGAS, has registered a technology-based climate project located at...

FILE PHOTO: Police vehicles are parked, as a protest against the expansion of the Tesla Gigafactory takes place in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, May 11, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Mang/File Photo
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Tesla gets green light from German authorities for first stage of plant expansion

Tesla moves closer to doubling capacity at its Berlin plant after receiving local approval to build a new hall for expansion.

FILE PHOTO: A view of a deforested area in the middle of the Amazon forest, near the BR-230 highway, known as Transamazonica, in the municipality of Uruara, Para, Brazil, July 14, 2021.  REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
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Brazil state to consult Indigenous people on carbon credits sale

Para will consult Indigenous communities on how they’ll benefit from the sale of carbon offset credits to U.S. firms protecting the Amazon.

Electric power transmission pylon miniatures and EDP Renovaveis logo are seen in this illustration taken, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Britain’s SSE rebuffed EDP proposal to merge, sources say

Portugal's main power utility EDP initiated merger discussions with London-listed peer SSE earlier this year, but talks did not progress.

FILE PHOTO: The Eve Air Mobility logo is seen on the full-scale prototype of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as it is presented for the first time in Gaviao Peixoto, Brazil July 3, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo
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Embraer’s Eve gets $88 million BNDES loan to build first plant

Eve is among the startups creating electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to ferry travelers on short city trips, bypassing traffic.

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