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New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks as people take part in Israel Day on Fifth Parade, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., June 2, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/ File Photo
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New York indefinitely halts Manhattan congestion pricing

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has ordered an indefinite halt to the planned toll on drivers entering Manhattan's central business district that had...

FILE PHOTO: The Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant is pictured from Royalton, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 30, 2017.   REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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US may revive some shut nuclear plants to help meet emissions goal energy chief

The US could revive some of its recently retired nuclear power plants to help meet rising demand for zero-emissions electricity, Energy Secretary Jennifer...

FILE PHOTO: Downtown Denver is seen in the background from the Suncor Energy refinery in Denver June 12, 2006. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo
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Environmental groups to sue Canada’s Suncor over Colorado refinery emissions

Environmental groups filed notice Weds to sue Canadian oil producer Suncor Energy under the US Clean Air Act for air pollution violations

FILE PHOTO: Climate activists protest against fossil fuels during the final stages of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 12, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo
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UN chief rebukes fossil fuel industry supporters as climate records break

UN Secretary-General said Weds countries must confront fossil-fuel industry and companies that support efforts to obstruct climate action

FILE PHOTO: A plant sprouts between the cracked ground of La Vinuela reservoir during a severe drought in La Vinuela, near Malaga, southern Spain August 8, 2022. A prolonged dry spell and extreme heat that made last July the hottest month in Spain since at least 1961, have left Spanish reservoirs at just 40% of capacity on average in early August, well below the ten-year average of around 60%, official data shows.REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo
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World hits streak of record temperatures as UN warns of ‘climate hell’

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres: "We need an exit ramp off the highway to climate hell."

FILE PHOTO: Gas flares are seen at the state-owned oil company PDVSA, in Punta de Mata, Venezuela April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
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West African nations call for firms to be able to offset carbon

A group of West African countries has weighed into a debate over whether companies should be allowed to use carbon offsets to cut...

FILE PHOTO: People cross a street in the Central Business District (CBD) on a polluted day in Beijing, China, March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
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China plans new carbon measurement standards to boost climate efforts

China aims to establish a carbon footprint management system by 2027, to create a more unified system to measure carbon emissions

FILE PHOTO: Saplings grown at the nursery of the nonprofit environmental group Rioterra, await planting to restore areas of a nearby rainforest, at the Jamari National Forest, in Itapua do Oeste, Rondonia state, Brazil, February 18, 2020.  REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo
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Researchers – Carbon removal needs to quadruple to meet climate goals

Governments need to plant more trees and deploy technologies that will quadruple the CO2 removed each year, researchers said Wednesday

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm delivers a speech ahead of a conversation with Daniel Yergin, the vice chairman of S&P Global, during the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., March 8, 2023.  REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo
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Power-hungry data centers spur US talks with Big Tech, energy chief Granholm says

By Timothy Gardner, Valerie Volcovici and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration is asking big technology companies to invest in new...

Climeworks sucks carbon dioxide from the air and stocks it underground in Iceland (AFP)
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Carbon capture must quadruple by 2050 to meet climate targets: report

By 2050, humanity must durably remove four times as much CO2 from the air as today to cap global warming below the crucial...

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