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FILE - A grain wagon supports a sign against the proposed transmission line by American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative, along Highway 18-151 near Ridgeway, Wis., Dec. 8, 2018. Utilities looking to finish building a high-voltage power line linking Iowa and Wisconsin completed a contentious land deal Thursday that allows them to build on a Mississippi River federal wildlife refuge. (Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File, File)
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Utilities complete contentious land swap to clear way for power line in Mississippi River refuge

Utilities looking to finish building a high-voltage power line linking Iowa and Wisconsin completed a contentious land deal Thursday that allows them to...

In this image taken from video, Florida Power Light employees work inside the company's command center during a hurricane storm drill in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, May 9, 2024. The company is preparing for this year's hurricane season by pretending a major storm already hit. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)
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Florida’s major power company prepares for this year’s hurricanes by dealing with a fake one

Florida's largest power company is conducting its annual mock hurricane drill this week, simulating how it would respond if a hurricane struck the...

A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit brought by children in California that claimed the US government was harming them by failing to clamp down on pollution (AFP)
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Judge tosses California children’s pollution suit against US govt

A federal lawsuit brought by a group of California children who claimed the US government was harming them by failing to clamp down...

The Argyll Hydrogen Hub is planned for Oban (GreenPower/PA)
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Green hydrogen production hub approved for Scotland

The production of green hydrogen is set to begin on the west coast of Scotland amid hopes it can decarbonise transport and power...

A one-horned rhinoceros cools down in Bardiya National Park. Conservationists have condemned new regulations in Nepal allowing hydropower and hotel projects in nature reserves (AFP)
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Nepal’s nature ‘threatened’ by new development push

Nepal hydropower facility among the infrastructure permitted in nature reserves under new regulations, to the outrage of conservationists.

FILE PHOTO: The sun sets next to a smokestack from a coal-burning power station in Beijing January 9, 2008.  REUTERS/David Gray
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Corporate climate watchdog document deems carbon offsets largely ineffective

UN-backed non-profit's findings in draft document show that carbon credit schemes fail to deliver benefits and exaggerate their effectiveness.

Side-by-side handout images, shown in infrared, taken by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellite show the Quesnel River as it meets the Fraser River in Quesnel, B.C., in May 2023, left, compared with May 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, European Union, Canadian Space Agency *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Rivers recede as British Columbia faces ‘unfamiliar territory’ drought

Satellite photos show rivers across the province running narrower and shallower than the same time in 2023, which went on to be one...

The new rules aim to make recycling simpler (Steve Parsons/PA)
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Recyclables to go in one bin under simpler UK rules, government says

Recycling rules in England to be simplified as government announces plan to reduce waste sent to landfill.

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Ember: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

For the first time, 30% of electricity produced worldwide was from clean energy sources as the number of solar and wind farms continued...

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A ‘sponge city’ may be your home in 2050

The Conversation: For people to thrive in a more dangerous world, cities will need to look very different.

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