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How to create jobs for First Nations Australians in the clean energy transition

The Conversation: Done well, the renewable energy transition should improve the lives of First Nations Australians.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington, D.C., U.S.,  June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Douglas/File Photo
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US to start buying up to $2.7 billion in domestic nuclear reactor fuel

The U.S. is bidding to buy domestically-supplied enriched uranium, in an effort to steer the country away from buying it from Russia.

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Electric vehicle tariffs: What’s next for the future of EVs in Canada?

The Conversation: As the Canadian federal government considers a tariff on Chinese electric vehicles — intended to offset some of China’s intentional market...

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Analyzing the Policy Landscape for Supporting the Clean Energy Transition in Small and Medium Enterprises in India

If small and medium enterprises in India see that a shift to clean energy technology raises their company’s profitability ... then they will...

FILE PHOTO: A general view of electric lines as demand for power surges during a period of hot weather in Houston, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare/File Photo
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Texas power demand to break June, July records in heat wave, grid operator says

The Texas power grid is expected to shatter peak demand records this week due to a severe heat wave, with temperatures in Houston...

The power grids of the future will rely on better batteries to store excess renewable energy for when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)
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‘Not a lab experiment’: climate tech CEO on green innovation

Bill Gates has hosted executives in London this week to boost investment in technologies promising breakthroughs in tackling climate change.

A person works at rare earths plant owned by Neo Performance Materials, which processes the minerals needed to make permanent magnets used in electric vehicles and wind turbines, in Sillamae, Estonia in this handout image dated to 2024. Neo Performance Materials/Handout via REUTERS
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In race to regain rare earth glory, Europe falls short on mineral goals

Missing its rare earths target may impact EU's zero carbon goals while opening the prospect of further dependence on China.

FILE PHOTO: Wind generators are seen on a farm in the countryside near the Sicilian town of Trapani, southern Italy September 29, 2009.    REUTERS/Giuseppe Piazza/File Photo
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EU drafts plan to avoid disputes over green energy mega-projects

Brussels is concerned that disputes over who should pay could hamper the build-out of these major new green energy hubs.

FILE - A view of the antennas of the Vatican Radio, which beams the Pope's words around the world, is seen in Santa Maria di Galeria, on the outskirts of Rome, on April 11, 2001. Pope Francis decreed Wednesday that an area of northern Rome, long the source of controversy because of electromagnetic waves emitted by Vatican Radio towers there, will now house solar panels to fuel Vatican City. (AP Photo/ Gregorio Borgia, File)
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A Vatican Radio territory in north Rome once blamed for electro-smog will become a solar farm

In a decree, Pope Francis said the solar energy generated would be sufficient to fuel the Vatican City State itself.

Majority support rapid moves to overturn onshore wind ban (Tom Leese/PA)
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74% back rapid overturning of de facto ban for new onshore wind after UK election

Nearly 3/4 of people support lifting the de facto ban on new onshore wind farms within weeks of the UK election, polling has...

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