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FILE PHOTO: A firefighter battles the fire in the Angeles National Forest near Mt. Wilson as the wildfires burn in the Los Angeles area, during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, U.S. January 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu/File Photo
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Analysis: Politics, not climate, to drive sustainable finance trends in 2025

Turbulent sustainable finance looms in 2025 as Trump's return fuels US–Europe regulatory split amid slow climate action.

Lake Tanganyika is photographed from Karema, Tanzania, in this October 2013 handout photo. McGill researchers suggest combining 19th century missionary records with climate change models may improve their reliability in Tanzania. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Philip Gooding
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How to improve climate predictions? McGill researchers turn to 19th century letters

McGill researchers use 19th-century records to improve African climate models and refine global warming projections.

Smoke billows from a chimney as workers leave a factory in rural Gaoyi county, known for its ceramics production, near Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China, December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/ File Photo
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China says greenhouse gas emissions hit 13 billion tons in 2021

The last official estimate covered 2017 and measured total emissions at 11.55 billion tons.

The wind whips embers in the Angeles National Forest near Mt. Wilson as the wildfires burn in the Los Angeles area, during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, U.S. January 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu/ File Photo
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Around 278,150 houses without power in SoCal Edison service area from wildfires

Two massive LA wildfires have consumed more than 34,000 acres and killed 10.

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
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Tanker hit by Yemen rebels that threatened Red Sea spill has been salvaged

The Sounion had been a disaster in waiting in the waterway, with 1 million barrels of crude oil aboard.

FILE PHOTO: A Nissan logo is seen during the New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 5, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
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Nissan open to pooling on CO2 to avoid fines in Europe

Nissan considers pooling with carmakers to meet EU CO2 targets, exploring short-term options amid regulatory shifts.

FILE PHOTO: The BlackRock logo is pictured outside their headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., May 25, 2021.  REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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BlackRock quits climate group as Wall Street lowers environmental profile

BlackRock exits Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, citing legal scrutiny and confusion over its climate policies.

A dump truck works near the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta on Sunday June 1, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Political uncertainty could derail major carbon capture project: experts

The $16.5-billion project would capture carbon dioxide emissions from the oilsands, Canada's heaviest-emitting sector.

FILE PHOTO: An environmental activist holds a sign reading 'Not to Dominga' before Chile's committee of ministers denied permits for Andes Iron?s Dominga copper and iron mining project, in Santiago, Chile, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
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Chile rejects environmental permit for Dominga copper and iron mine

Chile rejected an environmental permit for Andes Iron's controversial $2.5 billion Dominga iron and copper mining project on Wednesday.

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Opinion: Mark Carney has given us a sensible next step after the carbon tax. We need to take it.

If the “polluter should pay,” the rich should be paying more. Make the carbon tax progressive and pair it with regulations supported by...

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