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More chargers, less red tape: How to speed up electrifying Ontario’s MHDVs

Ontario must address high costs, regulatory hurdles and grid readiness to build chargers needed for electrifying road-freight vehicles.

A silhouette of the skyline is pictured at sunset in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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ADB approves $500 million loan for Philippines’ climate change efforts

The loan will boost reforms in Southeast Asia, driving agriculture, energy, and transport toward a low-carbon future.

Cwmtillery residents have had to assess the damage to their homes after a coal tip landslip on Sunday evening (George Thompson/PA)
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Landslip which caused ‘carnage’ in Welsh town was coal tip ‘wash-out’

A coal tip landslip in Cwmtillery, South Wales, forced evacuations as mud and water engulfed homes, with cleanup expected to take weeks.

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We have officially advised our university to ditch carbon offsets — and focus on cutting emissions

Carbon offsetting fails to deliver net zero; experts urge universities to focus on emissions cuts, rewilding, and decarbonization efforts.

Residents enter a polling station to cast their votes in a plebiscite on whether to support a new coal mine in Crowsnest Pass, Alta., Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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‘We need an industry’: Crowsnest Pass residents voting on new Alberta coal mine

Crowsnest Pass residents vote on reopening the Grassy Mountain coal mine, reviving a decades-old debate of economy vs. environment.

FILE PHOTO: An activist holds a balloon in the form of the globe during a protest action at the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 21, 2024.
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Contentious COP29 deal shows climate cooperation fraying at edges

Among the biggest factors clouding the negotiations at COP29 was the return of climate skeptic Donald Trump as president of the U.S.

FILE PHOTO: COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev speaks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 24, 2024.
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Business seeks details in face of mixed COP29 climate messages

If nations deliver clear climate policies next year, COP29 finance and carbon market deals could unlock billions in the business world.

Observers said COP29 in Baku made virtually no progress on tackling the source of global warming (AFP)
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Concern as climate talks stalls on fossil fuels pledge

Countries clashed at COP29 over how to build on a landmark pledge at last year's climate talks to "transition away" from fossil fuels.   

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