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FILE PHOTO: Magda Chambriard, director of the ANP oil agency, attends a news conference in Rio de Janeiro May 23, 2013.    REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo
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Magda Chambriard, new Petrobras CEO, tasked with firing up job creation in Brazil

The next chief executive of Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, arrives with the résumé and mandate to make Brazil's state-run oil firm what it was...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of American multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil is seen during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Exxon: proxy advisor Glass Lewis should recuse itself from making recommendations

(Reuters) – U.S. oil giant Exxon said on Wednesday proxy advisor Glass Lewis should recuse itself from making recommendations on its upcoming shareholder...

Smoke from the McDougall Creek wildfire fills the air and nearly blocks out the sun as people take in the view of Okanagan Lake from Tugboat Beach, in Kelowna, B.C., on August 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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‘The whole country is not on fire’: Canadian tourism industry struggles as wildfires rage

Beth Potter, president of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, says many international visitors see a headline about wildfires in one part of...

The research found a carbon transport and storage sector could be worth £300 million annually by 2042 (PA)
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Scotland could see significant economic gains from carbon capture: study

Carbon capture and storage could create thousands of jobs in Scotland and provide an economic boost worth hundreds of millions of pounds –...

FILE PHOTO: Chief Executive of Gazprom Alexei Miller attends a news conference following the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Sochi, Russia December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/Pool/File Photo
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Gazprom CEO Miller is in Iran as Putin prepares to visit China

Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller is on a working visit to Iran, the company said on Wednesday, just as President Vladimir Putin prepares to...

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McGeever column: China tariffs could boost Fed rate cut case

Opinion: If the blows to employment and economic growth from rising tariffs land harder than the hit to import prices, a new phase...

Student ambassador Marilyn Chavez, in foreground, talks with a faculty member at the California Center for Climate Change Education on the West Los Angeles College campus in Culver City, Calif., Tuesday, March 12, 2024. As students consider jobs that play a role in solving the climate crisis, they’re looking for meaningful climate training and community colleges are responding. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Clean energy training boom as climate-related jobs expand in US

Community colleges across America give courses in EV repair and wind turbines as green industry hopes to hire homegrown talent.

FILE PHOTO: A logo of Nio is pictured on its car at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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China’s Nio launches Onvo brand to challenge Tesla’s bestseller

Nio's Onvo SUV launched as a rival to Tesla's Model Y by the Chinese electric vehicle maker.

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X looks on during the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024.  REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
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The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff

How the Tesla Supercharger division lost its staff, why it matters – and what will happen to the expanding EV network now?

FILE PHOTO: An Aiways U5 electric car is displayed at a company store in Shanghai, China September 22, 2020. Picture taken September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
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Chinese EV maker Aiways to go public in US via merger deal

Aiways merger with Hudson Acquisition Corp should value company at $400m as company plans to target European market.

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