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FILE PHOTO: People are pictured at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii August 25, 2015. REUTERS/Marco Garcia

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Supreme Court seeks US government views on Honolulu climate suit against oil companies

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden's administration to offer its views on a bid by Sunoco and other oil...

By John Kruzel10 Jun 2024Reuters

Parties urged to seize economic opportunities of speeding up net zero transition (Gareth Fuller/PA)

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UK must seize ‘economic opportunity’ of net zero, political parties urged

Speeding up the shift to “net zero” could boost the UK economy by billions – while slowing it down will hit families, political...

By Emily Beament10 Jun 2024UK PA Media

Bas Eickhout, lead candidate for the European Greens, reacts to the announcement of the first provisional results for the European Parliament elections, at the European Parliament building, in Brussels, Belgium, June 10, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

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Rightward shift after election could limit future EU climate policies

A more rightward-leaning European Parliament will make it harder to pass ambitious EU climate policies, but the majority of Europe's current world-leading green...

By Kate Abnett10 Jun 2024Reuters

FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese smiles at the end of a press conference in Sydney, July 4, 2023. Albanese said on Monday, June 10, 2024, the opposition would renege on the nation's ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 if the conservative party wins elections due within a year. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

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Australia’s leader says opposition will renege on emissions target

Anthony Albanese said the opposition Liberal Party would renege on the nation’s ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

By Rod Mcguirk10 Jun 2024The Associated Press

FILE - Oregon resident Patrick Coffin fills up his car at a gas station in Portland, Ore., Aug. 4, 2023. New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday, June 7, 2024, by the Biden administration. President Joe Biden has set a goal that half all of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2030 are electric. (AP Photo/Claire Rush, File)

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Real-world mileage standard for new vehicles in U.S. rising to 38 mpg in 2031 under new Biden rule

President Joe Biden has set a goal that half all of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2030 are electric, part of...

By Matthew Daly7 Jun 2024The Associated Press

Newly manufactured Ford Motor Co. 2021 F-150 pick-up trucks are seen waiting for missing parts in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo

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US raises truck, SUV fuel economy rules, much less than first proposed

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the proposed new rules will result in much lower compliance penalties than originally proposed, a...

By David Shepardson7 Jun 2024Reuters

COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels

The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan says his country will keep increasing fossil fuel production "in parallel" with...

By Nick Perry7 Jun 2024Agence France-Presse