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Baker Hughes, Repsol to Develop Next Generation Digital Capabilities Through Leucipa™

Companies will develop new AI-powered processes and workflows to achieve further optimization in oil and gas production Knowledge sharing will enhance Leucipa’s capabilities...

FILE - Steam is seen at the Longview WestRock mill, which makes cardboard materials including container board and corrugated containers, March 14, 2024, in Longview, Wash. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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Washington state’s landmark climate law hangs in the balance in November

A landmark Washington law cutting carbon emissions may be repealed by voters just two years after taking effect.

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Meet the microbes that transform toxic carbon monoxide into valuable biofuel

Microbes can turn waste, like carbon monoxide, into biofuels, offering a green solution to industrial emissions and waste.

F1 is looking at a multitude of solutions and innovations to decarbonise, its head of ESG Ellen Jones has said (Andrew Matthews/PA)
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‘No silver bullet’ for decarbonising Formula One, ESG boss says

F1 aims for net zero by 2030, cutting 50 per cent of emissions from its 2018 baseline, and offsetting the rest through carbon...

The COP29 climate summit will take place from 11 to 22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (AFP)
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Little progress at key meet ahead of COP29 climate summit

Key pre-COP29 meeting ends with little progress on funding a new climate finance deal, as rich countries fail to commit to amounts.

Toronto city council has taken a step toward banning misleading fossil fuel advertising on city property, building on recent federal anti-greenwashing rules and a similar proposal approved by the city's transit agency.The Toronto sign in Nathan Phillips Square is shown at city hall in Toronto on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
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Toronto takes step toward ban on misleading fossil fuel ads, following TTC move

Toronto moves toward banning misleading fossil fuel ads on city property, aligning with federal anti-greenwashing regulations.

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels are seen along with a view of the neighborhood and lower Manhattan from the rooftop of Timber House in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, U.S., August 16, 2022.  REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Countries’ renewable energy plans fall short of target, says IRENA

Governments' renewable energy plans fall 34% short of the U.N. goal to triple capacity by 2030, says an IRENA report.

Paris is remove a network of obsolete power cables with new ones more resistant to extreme heat (AFP)
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Paris switches to climate-resilient power cables

Paris is modernizing its 60-year-old underground electric cables to withstand heatwaves, replacing obsolete paper-insulated cables.

A month before the UN COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan nations remain at odds over how to deliver much-needed finance to poorer countries (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)
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World can’t ‘waste time’ trading climate change blame: COP29 hosts

UN climate summit hosts urge countries to stop assigning blame for global warming and focus on finding solutions together.

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Renewables on track to replace coal in world’s richest countries: Ember

Coal generation in OECD countries has fallen to less than half of its peak in 2007, driven primarily by a significant increase in...

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