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Analysis: What is changing under the new EU methane regulation?

What is changing under the new EU methane regulation, for whom and when? A new insight published by the Oxford Institute for Energy...

French President Emmanuel Macron appears on a screen as he delivers a speech following results after the polls closed in the European Parliament elections, in Paris, France, June 9, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
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What’s next for markets after far-right EU election surge triggers shock France vote?

Will Europe's climate policies suffer over far-right election surge? The shift to the right is unlikely to undo existing climate policies, but could...

FILE PHOTO: People are pictured at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii August 25, 2015. REUTERS/Marco Garcia
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Supreme Court seeks US government views on Honolulu climate suit against oil companies

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden's administration to offer its views on a bid by Sunoco and other oil...

Like their allies elsewhere in Europe, Germany's Greens saw their support slide (AFP)
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Green parties suffer EU poll drubbing

Green parties suffered major losses in the EU elections, hit by discontent at the bloc's environmental push and voters' shifting priorities.

Parties urged to seize economic opportunities of speeding up net zero transition (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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UK must seize ‘economic opportunity’ of net zero, political parties urged

Speeding up the shift to “net zero” could boost the UK economy by billions – while slowing it down will hit families, political...

Bas Eickhout, lead candidate for the European Greens, reacts to the announcement of the first provisional results for the European Parliament elections, at the European Parliament building, in Brussels, Belgium, June 10, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
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Rightward shift after election could limit future EU climate policies

A more rightward-leaning European Parliament will make it harder to pass ambitious EU climate policies, but the majority of Europe's current world-leading green...

FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese smiles at the end of a press conference in Sydney, July 4, 2023. Albanese said on Monday, June 10, 2024, the opposition would renege on the nation's ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 if the conservative party wins elections due within a year. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
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Australia’s leader says opposition will renege on emissions target

Anthony Albanese said the opposition Liberal Party would renege on the nation’s ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Since Lomiko Metals Inc., a mining company based in Surrey, B.C., announced plans to build a graphite mine in Laurentians, some residents living nearby have protested the project, ass shown in this undated handout image, fearing the potential harm to the environment.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Christian Hobden **MANDATORY CREDIT **
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Residents against graphite mine fear powering Pentagon, environmental ruin

Residents protest Lomiko Metals Inc. plans to build a graphite mine in Laurentians, B.C. fearing potential harm to the environment

The Swiss government wants to use a new climate bill to boost wind and solar power's current miniscule contribution to Switzerland's energy mix (AFP)
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Swiss vote on renewable energy plan for 2050 carbon neutrality

Swiss voters were expected to approve in a referendum Sunday a law aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy

While the southwestern United States is accustomed to sweltering heat, the current heat wave has been historically early and extreme (AFP)
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Early heat wave breaks records in western US

While the region is accustomed to sweltering heat, climate change worsened by human activity has led to more extreme weather and the current...

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