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Analysis by Carbon Brief: Wind and solar added more to global energy than any other source in 2023

Carbon Brief analyzed the data in the Energy Institute's latest Statistical Review of World Energy. They found wind and solar combined added more...

FILE PHOTO: A survey vessel sails past wind turbines at the Burbo Bank offshore wind farm near New Brighton, Britain, January 23, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble/FILE PHOTO
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EU leaders want more green industry in Europe, draft shows

Leaders from the EU will meet on Thursday for a two-day summit to discuss policy goals.

FILE PHOTO: Organic cows are seen released to graze at the fields at Ny Lundgaard in Tjele, Jutland, Denmark April 18, 2021. Henning Bagger/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS /File Photo
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Denmark will be first to impose CO2 tax on farms, government says

Denmark is hoping to inspire others, after it announced plans to introduce a tax on livestock carbon dioxide emissions.

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Weisweiler coal power plant of German utility RWE in Weisweiler Germany, January 17, 2023 REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
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German coal power phase-out likely before 2038 due to economics: climate envoy

Leaders of the Group of Seven developed countries this month pledged to phase out existing unabated coal power generation in energy systems during...

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ISSB seeks to harmonise disclosures on corporate climate transition plans

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) said on Monday it would publish guidance to harmonise how companies...

Organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics promised to halve the Games' emissions compared with previous editions (AFP)
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Paris Olympics promise climate action, experts remain sceptical

Organisers have dropped a pledge to set a hard limit on overall carbon costs. (AFP)

Power transmission lines are seen with the Rocky Mountains in the background near Pincher Creek, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canada’s missing navigation tool in the push to lower emissions

Canada is making slow progress with its sustainability standards.

Greenpeace activists, some dressed in business suits and wearing smoke stack hats, 'greenwash' BP's Calgary headquarters with large letters spelling out 'TAR SANDS' in Calgary, Thursday, April 15, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canadian oil and gas industry making risky play over greenwashing law: experts

Experts in communications and greenwashing say Canada's oil and gas industry is making a risky play in so fully scrubbing environmental claims from...

FILE - A living room of the Olympic village is pictured, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers' plans to cut carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan

The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a...

FILE PHOTO: People drive past a coal-fired power plant in Shanghai, China October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
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Major Chinese asset managers have no plans to phase out fossil fuel investments, Greenpeace says

Major Chinese asset managers have billions of dollars invested in fossil fuels with no plans for a phase out, a new Greenpeace report...

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