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FILE PHOTO: A view of the MP Materials rare earth open-pit mine in Mountain Pass, California, U.S. January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
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US Supreme Court gives miners, farmers new shot at overturning regulations

Proponents expect the ruling to bolster challenges to various regulations, including the ESG investing rule.

FILE PHOTO: The front entrance of the Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant is pictured in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 30, 2017.   REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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Constellation Energy talking to Pennsylvania on Three Mile Island restart: sources

This plan, driven by rising power demand and the push for carbon-free energy, faces high costs and logistical challenges.

FILE - A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. Google fell far short of its ambitious goals to address climate change by cleaning up its operations, according to the company’s annual Environmental Report released on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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Google falling short of key climate target, cites AI’s electricity needs

Google cited AI and the demand it puts on data centers, which require massive amounts of electricity, as the cause for missing the...

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows an embankment of the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan June 14, 2021.  Picture taken through the window. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
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Azerbaijan, this year’s host of COP29, to upgrade climate target before summit

All countries face a U.N. deadline next year to toughen their national climate targets.

The Olympic village was intended to be a showcase of environmentally friendly technology (AFP)
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‘No AC’ ambition for Paris Olympic village melts away

Organisers have offered a compromise after some teams expressed concerns.

FILE PHOTO: People stand in Santa Luzia viewpoint, while a cruise ship prepares to leave from the Cruise Port of Lisbon, Portugal, June 26, 2024. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
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Port dwellers hope a switch to power will ease their pleasure cruise pain

The EU wants a move from marine fuel to electricity, to help reduce carbon emissions.

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels of Germany's largest solar park Weesow-Willmersdorf by energy supplier EnBW AG are seen in Werneuchen, Germany September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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German industry turns to solar in race to cut energy costs

Berlin has introduced laws to accelerate solar power expansion.

FILE PHOTO: A tanker waits to dock at Western Europe's largest liquefied natural gas plant Hammerfest LNG, in Hammerfest, Norway, March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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New shipping fuel requirements in Arctic risk worse oil spills, report says

The Arctic could face more severe environmental impacts from oil spills if shippers switch to very-low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO)

FILE PHOTO: A truck engine is tested for pollution exiting its exhaust pipe as California Air Resources field representatives (unseen) work a checkpoint set up to inspect heavy-duty trucks traveling near the Mexican-U.S. border in Otay Mesa, California September 10, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake
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Biden tailpipe emission rules on shakier ground after Supreme Court ruling

FILE PHOTO: A truck engine is tested for pollution exiting its exhaust pipe. REUTERS/Mike Blake

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