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FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the BHP logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo
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BHP-Anglo American deal raises alarm in Japan’s steel industry

Steelmakers' concerns about BHP's coking coal market power could derail a deal if the Australian giant comes back with a revised bid for...

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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...

da's latest greenhouse gas emissions report shows progress toward meeting its next target in 2030 but there is still a very long way to go. A man fills up his truck with gas in Toronto, on Monday, April 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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Latest national emissions report shows signs of progress toward Canada’s 2030 goal

Canada's latest greenhouse-gas emissions report shows the country making progress toward meeting its next target in 2030, but there is still a very...

The report found only about one in five of banks surveyed had significantly reduced exposure to the coal sector since 2016 (AFP)
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Banks slow to limit coal financing: NGO

Environmental group Urgewald's coal report shows banks continue to lend billions to the fossil fuel industry, jeopardising Paris Agreement goals.

Pipes and tanks snake around the inside of a carbon capture and storage facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station in Estevan, Sask., on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. The signature carbon capture and storage project continues to miss emissions reduction goals, raising questions about the cost-effectiveness of the technology, says a report. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
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Boundary Dam carbon capture project missing goals, report says

Goal of Boundary Dam carbon capture to reduce emissions by 90% has never been reached, claims analyst, as technology's economics are disputed.

A Breakthrough Institute report suggests concerns about the impacts of mining for materials needed for clean technologies are overblown. Photo by omid roshan on Unsplash
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Breakthrough Institute report: What is the true mining footprint of clean energy?

Breakthrough Institute: A rational comparison of the metal and mining footprints of clean electricity technologies — contrasted with the material requirements of fossil...

FILE PHOTO: Smoke and steam billow from Belchatow Power Station, Europe's largest coal-fired power plant powered by lignite, operated by Polish utility PGE, in Rogowiec, Poland, November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
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G7 agree deal to quit coal by 2035, but with caveat

G7 energy ministers agreed on Tuesday to end the use of coal in power generation "during the first half of (the) 2030s"

Indian environmental activist Alok Shukla, a recipient of this year's Goldman Prize, speaks at a village meeting in Chhattisgarh state (AFP)
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Indian forest activist at the coalface of mining battle

Alok Shukla has led a decade-long grassroots campaign against some of India's conglomerates seeking to tap one of the country's richest subterranean stores...

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G7 reaches deal to exit from coal by 2035

Meeting in Turin, energy ministers from G7 countries reached a deal to shut down their coal-fired power plants in the first half of...

A view of Duke Energy's Marshall Power Plant in Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, U.S. November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Keane/File Photo
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Explainer: New U.S. EPA power sector rules set up likely legal clashes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new regulations targeting pollution from power plants are expected to usher in major legal challenges. Here is what...

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