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Italy, Germany, Austria sign cooperation deal on southern hydrogen link

The hydrogen link dubbed SoutH2, which last year won priority status from the European Commission, is considered important to develop a European market...

Council-owned advertising space in Edinburgh will now be strictly regulated (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Edinburgh bans high-carbon product adverts in council spaces

Edinburgh has banned the promotion of fossil fuel-powered cars and exotic holidays on council-owned advertising spaces.

Natural gas emits less carbon dioxide than most other fossil fuels, but methane leaks from the gas industry are a key component of climate change (AFP)
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Asia gas expansion threatens green transition: report

Southeast Asia has existing plans that project a doubling of gas-fired power capacity, and an 80 percent increase in LNG import capacity.

FILE - The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, back, in Reserve, La., Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Denka Performance Elastomer in Louisiana threatened to shut down if the Biden administration doesn’t give it more time to reduce its emissions. The company makes the synthetic rubber neoprene — and federal officials have accused the plant of increasing cancer risk to the nearby, majority-Black community. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Louisiana chemical plant threatens shutdown if EPA emissions deadline stays

A synthetic rubber manufacturer accused of increasing the cancer risk for the nearby majority-Black community in Louisiana told a federal appeals court it...

FILE - In this April 28, 2004, file photo Mearl McCartney plants soybeans using a no-till drill near Bowling Green, Ohio. In the world of greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide gets most of the blame. But tiny organisms that flourish in the world's farm fields emit a far more potent gas, nitrous oxide, and scientists have long sought a way to address it. (AP Photo/J.D. Pooley, File)
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Researchers find a tiny organism has the power to reduce a persistent greenhouse gas in farm fields

In the world of greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide gets most of the blame. But tiny organisms that flourish in the world's farm...

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China outlines plans to cut CO2 emissions in key areas

China aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in key industries, according to government plans, in line with President Xi Jinping's "new productive forces".

Climate campaigners have warned ministers to reject plans to extend a power plant in Aberdeenshire. (John Giles/PA)
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Campaigners urge rejection of new gas-burning power plant in Scotland

Expansion of Scottish power station includes new gas burning, but operators say carbon capture plant will slash emissions.

ExxonMobil's aggressive posture towards climate activists has drawn criticism from Norway's sovereign wealth fund and others (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)
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Exxon plays hardball against climate NGOs. Will investors care?

Exxon annual meeting presents a chance for shareholders to show support for or against the company's treatment of activist group Follow This.

Highest earners travel more than lower earners, creating far more transport emissions, the IPPR think tank has warned (Steve Parsons/PA)
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Top-earning 0.1% in UK ’cause 12 times more transport emissions than average’

Tackling emissions from transport must be done in a fair way, British think tank IPPR argues, with the most well-off needing to do...

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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US FDA approves Elanco’s feed ingredient to cut methane emissions in dairy cows

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a feed ingredient by Elanco Animal Health that can reduce methane emissions from lactating cows.

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