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Tories pledged to boost offshore wind in net zero plans that have faced criticism from campaigners (Ben Birchall/PA)
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UK Tories criticised over ‘pragmatic’ net zero plans in manifesto

The Conservatives have been accused of failing to seize the “economic opportunity of the century”.

Former Green MSP Robin Harper has now joined the Labour Party it was revealed (David Cheskin/PA)
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UK’s first ever Green parliamentarian joins Labour Party

Former Scottish Greens leader Robin Harper has joined the Labour Party

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Nippon Life Insurance Co. is displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. February 26, 2019.  REUTERS/Hideyuki Sano/File Photo
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Japan’s Nippon Life announces transition finance guidelines

Japan insurance company is promoting country's carbon-neutrality aims with transition finance guidelines

Just under half of New Zealand's emissions come from agriculture, with cattle the main culprits (AFP)
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New Zealand scraps plan to tax livestock burps, farts

New Zealand has decided to remove the agriculture sector from a new emissions pricing plan

FILE - Wind turbines are seen from Interstate-84, July 9, 2023, near Hammett, Idaho. The federal Bureau of Land Management’s preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink its size by nearly half and move it farther from a national historic site. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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Bureau of Land Management shrinks proposed size of controversial Idaho wind farm project

A proposed wind farm in Idaho may now be moved further from the Minidoka National Historic Site.

A generic view of Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant, state utility owned by Electricity of Vietnam, in Hoa Binh province, Vietnam, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Francesco Guarascio
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Analysis-Vietnam eyes greener power but banks on coal to avert blackouts

Vietnam's state-run electricity provider is trying to avoid a repetition of last year's blackuts

New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks to press after an incident at the Rainbow Bridge U.S. border crossing with Canada, in Niagara Falls, New York, U.S. November 22, 2023.  REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario
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New York transit agency looks for capital cuts after halt to congestion pricing

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Monday the agency is looking for cuts to capital projects and is concerned about the status of...

FILE PHOTO: Semi trucks drive past a giant U.S. flag displayed at Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles Refinery in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
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California seeks company profits in Big Oil climate lawsuit

California's attorney general on Monday sought to force the world's biggest oil companies to give up profits the state alleges they made while...

A lurch to the far-right in this past weekend's Europe-wide elections could have implications for Canada's trade and climate policy. The first provisional results for the European Parliament elections are projected on a large screen during an election event at the European Parliament in Brussels, Sunday, June 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Harry Nakos
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Rightward shift in European elections could impact Canada trade, climate policy

A lurch to the far-right in this past weekend's Europe-wide elections could have implications for Canada's trade and climate policy.

The Alberta Energy Regulator is telling a Calgary energy company to abandon hundreds of wells, pipeline sections and other facilities over concerns about care and maintenance of the sites. A de-commissioned pumpjack is shown at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Calgary energy company told to abandon hundreds of wells after ongoing care problems

The Alberta Energy Regulator is telling a Calgary energy company to abandon hundreds of wells, pipeline sections and other facilities over concerns about...

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