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FILE PHOTO: A logo of Google is seen on its office building in Hyderabad, India, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
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Google signs deal to buy carbon removal credits from Indian farms

The deal - signed by Google and Indian supplier Varaha - is one of the biggest ever involving biochar.

FILE PHOTO: Wally Adeyemo, U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary, speaks via video link during the ReutersNEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, U.S., November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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US issues partial guidance on clean fuel subsidies, chafing ethanol makers

US releases short-term clean fuel credit guidance but leaves key details unresolved, leaving biofuels groups seeking clarity.

FILE PHOTO: A gas pump selling E15, a gasoline with 15 percent of ethanol, is seen in Mason City, Iowa, United States, May 18, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo
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US to release clean fuel tax credit model that limits ethanol producers’ credit access, sources say

US set to unveil climate model cutting biofuel tax credits, potentially angering ethanol makers as Trump steps in.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a reception for newly elected Democratic members of Congress, in Washington, U.S. January 5, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
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Biden administration to release short-term guidance on clean fuel tax credit, sources say

Biden's clean fuel tax credit guidance set for Friday, final decisions left to Trump, casting industry uncertainty.

Eighty percent of the fall in Germany's emissions for 2024 is thanks to record high production of renewable energy and the continued closure of coal-fired power stations (AFP)
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Pace of German emissions cuts slows in 2024: study

Germany’s 2024 emissions fell three per cent, a slower drop than 2023, hindered by stalled green investments in industry and households.

An aerial view of Drax Power Station, including the biomass power plant, in Yorkshire, U.K., on April 20, 2016. Credit: A.P.S. (UK)/Alamy via Reuters
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UK can have clean, stable power by 2030 — without heavy reliance on biomass

U.K. can achieve a stable, decarbonised power system by 2030 with reduced biomass reliance, driven by wind, solar and better interconnections.

FILE - Robbie Macias, Aemetis vice president of biogas, gestures while demonstrating the strength of a dairy digester with Wickstrom Jersey Farms manager Brent Wickstrom on Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Hilmar, Calif. The digester captures methane from cow manure which generates energy in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
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Environmental groups sue over California support for polluting biofuels

Environmental groups are suing California regulators over biofuel pollution impacts, claiming neglect of low-income communities.

A worker sits inside the control centre of the Digital Realty data center, in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they’re consuming too much of its energy

Dozens of data centers at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland.

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