Tuesday, 4 March 2025

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Introducing auctioning to China’s emissions trading system: IEA

The International Energy Agency examines how introducing auctioning to China's emissions trading system could make it more effective and accelerate progress.

FILE PHOTO: The Rio Tinto logo is displayed above the global mining group's booth at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Rio Tinto and BHP to collaborate on electric haul truck trials in Pilbara

Electric haul truck technology to be tested in Australian mining region to see if battery-operated vehicles could reduce emissions.

FILE - A flag hangs on the side of the Andeavor Mandan Refinery in Mandan, N.D., Sept. 6, 2017. Nineteen Republican state attorneys general have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to get involved in a dispute over climate-change lawsuits. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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Republican AGs ask U.S. Supreme Court to block states’ climate change lawsuits

Republican attorneys general in 19 states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block several Democratic-led states from pursuing climate change lawsuits against...

TotalEnergies won overwhelming backing for its climate strategy and a new term for its CEO (AFP)
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Defying protests, TotalEnergies says it is seeking new oil fields

The boss of TotalEnergies told shareholders Friday the French energy giant needed to develop new oil fields to meet global demand, as their...

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center and Preserve in Palo Alto, Calif., June 19, 2023. Biden talked about climate change, clean energy jobs and protecting the environment. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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‘Green blitz’: As election nears, Biden pushes rules on environment

The limits on emissions from fossil-fueled electric stations are Biden's most ambitious effort yet to roll back pollution

FILE PHOTO: The logo of commodities trader Glencore is pictured in front of the company's headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, July 18, 2017.  REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
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Glencore carbon storage project blocked over groundwater risk

Glencore said the decision, made by the Australian state of Queensland, was the result of misinformation and political opportunism

LEZs are in place in Scotland’s biggest cities (Alamy/PA)
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Support for low-emission zones in Scotland growing

The number of people who support the rollout of low-emission zones (LEZs) in Scotland has grown since last year, a poll suggests.

Vehicles travel along a lateral highway restored to allow the movement of humanitarian aid for those affected by floods caused by heavy rains, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Wesley Santos)
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Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul faces economic woes after floods, and an unclear path to rebuilding

After devastating floods in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the state will need to rebuild in a way that reduces...

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Q&A: What do India’s elections mean for coal communities and climate change?

As prime minister of India for the past decade, Narendra Modi has overseen a rapid expansion of the country’s coal-mining and coal-fired power...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a tour of the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig in Midland, Texas, U.S., July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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U.S. Senate panels launch probe into Trump ‘quid pro quo’ with energy execs

Media reports said presidential candidate Donald Trump had vowed to reverse dozens of the Biden administration's environmental rules and policies at a meeting...

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