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Wind turbines are silhouetted against the setting sun at the Spearville Wind Farm, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, near Spearville, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Trump likely to target climate measures that are making the most difference

Trump’s second term may rollback climate policies and emissions cuts as states and cities push forward with clean energy.

FILE PHOTO: An offshore wind project in the German North Sea, owned by EnBW and Enbridge is seen in this handout image taken August 2021. Enbridge/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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European clean energy stocks tumble as Trump wins presidency

European clean energy shares fell as Trump's election raised investor fears over U.S. renewable support and climate policy.

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Vestas V-47 660 kilowatt wind turbines, part of the Indian Mesa Wind Farm owned by NextEra Energy Resources, near Fort Stockton, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
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Trump return will slow, not stop, US clean energy boom

Trump’s White House return shifts energy policy to oil and gas. Still, it’s unlikely to dramatically slow U.S. renewables.

Then-president Donald Trump attends the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in New York (AFP)
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Trump’s climate denial and green rollbacks poised to fuel warming

Trump’s victory returns a climate denier to the White House, threatening green policies and global warming efforts.

FILE PHOTO: A view of the turbines at Orsted's offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little/File Photo
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US green power demand expected to grow regardless of election outcome

Demand for green power in the U.S. will rise regardless of the next president, say wind energy leaders Vestas and Orsted.

FILE PHOTO: Apartments and buildings are partially lit as Cuba makes fast progress restoring power to swaths of the Caribbean island nation, both in Havana and outlying provinces, after the entire national electrical grid crashed last Friday, in Havana, Cuba October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo
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Chinese company bullish on Cuban solar drive, executive says

Cuba is desperate to generate electricity on an island where demand is rising but generation by antiquated oil-fired power plants has plummeted.

A general view of the Chinese solar panel manufacturer Trina Solar's facility in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam,  August 30, 2024. REUTERS/Khanh Vu/File Photo
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Chinese solar firms, ever-nimble, go further afield where US tariffs don’t reach

Some of the biggest Chinese-owned solar factories in Vietnam are cutting production and laying off workers, spurred on by the expansion of U.S....

Despite a historic pledge made at the COP28 climate summit, countries are still planning to expand fossil fuel production (AFP)
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‘Waiting in vain’: year on from pledge, world clings to fossil fuels

One year after COP28's fossil fuel pledge, nations push oil and gas expansions, drawing criticism ahead of COP29 climate talks.

FILE PHOTO: Tiehm's buckwheat plant is seen in this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.   Courtesy of USFWS/Sarah Kulpa/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Environmentalists sue over US approval of ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine

Environmental and Indigenous groups sued to block the Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine, citing risks to Nevada's rare Tiehm’s buckwheat.

A Jubilee line Underground train in Bond Street station in central London (Jonathan Brady/PA)
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Transport for London plans to set up dedicated solar farms to power Tube network

The transport body said it is looking for a delivery partner to invest in the project as it launched a competitive tender process...

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