Thursday, 27 February 2025

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Activists outside the Royal Courts of Justice for the hearing in July (Jonathan Salariya/Friends of the Earth/PA)
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Planning permission for UK’s first coal mine in 30 years quashed by High Court

Mr Justice Holgate said in a ruling on Friday that giving the go-ahead for the coal mine at Whitehaven in Cumbria was “legally...

Setting a roadmap for her second term, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen pledged to 'stay the course' on the bloc's environmental goals (AFP)
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Climate ambitions face headwinds as EU changes guard

What does the future hold for EU climate policies? Next week’s unveiling of the new European Commission will be watched closely for clues...

British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government would end the carbon tax on consumers if the federal government removed the legal requirement. Eby steps away from the podium after a news conference in Coquitlam, B.C., Wednesday, July 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. to scrap carbon tax if federal government drops requirement: Eby

B.C. Premier David Eby plans to scrap the provincial carbon tax for consumers and shift it to “big polluters” if Ottawa allows.

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Out of thick air: Converting carbon emissions to fuel

Opinion: Canada's federal government should increase support for the development of CO2 recycling, an innovation that could lead to new jobs and new...

A landslide triggered by climate change ’caused Earth to vibrate for nine days’, researchers say (Soren Rysgaard/Danish Army)
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Greenland landslide triggered by climate change ’caused Earth to vibrate for nine days’

A landslide in Greenland that was triggered by climate change created a mega-tsunami that caused the Earth to vibrate for nine days.

FILE PHOTO: A chimney of a steel factory emits smoke in Tangshan in China's Hebei Province November 3, 2015. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
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Factbox: What’s China’s carbon market and how does it work?

By Amy Lv and David Stanway BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China is seeking public feedback on a plan to include cement, steel and aluminium...

Members of the Native American group Apache Stronghold hold protest cards ahead of formally asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an earlier ruling allowing Rio Tinto to develop the Resolution Copper mine in Arizona, outside the court in Washington, U.S., September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
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Indigenous group asks US Supreme Court to block Rio Tinto’s Arizona copper project

Apache tribe urges Supreme Court to block copper mine on sacred Arizona land, citing religious rights over energy needs.

The Bay Street financial district of Toronto is shown on Sunday Set. 8, 2024. A new report says the proportion of Canadian business leaders who worry about climate change rose dramatically this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
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Canadian CEOs worry about climate change ‘all or most of the time’: survey

Canadian business leaders' climate concerns surge, with 85% now worried, up from 59% last year, Deloitte survey finds.

FILE PHOTO: A Volta Zero electric truck is seen during the 2023 Munich Auto Show IAA Mobility, in Munich, Germany, September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth/File Photo
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Emissions-free truck prices need to drop by 50% to compete with diesel, study says

Electric trucks should cost no more than 30% than diesel models, says McKinsey, as zero-emissions vehicles struggle to crack the freight market.

A new home under construction in the Melbourne suburb of Clyde North in Australia. Photo by Troy Mortier on Unsplash
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How low can we go? To cut the carbon that goes into buildings to net zero, we need radical change

Building operations can get to net zero through efficiency and renewable energy. It’s entirely unclear how we’ll get there for material use and...

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