Thursday, 24 April 2025

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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"

Workers stop for lunch at the arena, one of many amenities and infrastructure projects the community of 700 has been able to finance through relationship with industry, in Fort McKay, Alta., on Thursday April 25, 2024. Chief Raymond Powder says while Indigenous communities did not have a say in developing the oilsands in the first place, now that they are here he is doing his best to take advantage of opportunities for his community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracke
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First Nations hope for new chapter as Trans Mountain pipeline expands

As the Trans Mountain pipeline extension opens up, First Nation communities nearby are wondering if it brings mutual benefit or "an economic stranglehold"

FILE - A mural of Mexico's former President Lazaro Cardenas covers a wall alongside the words in Spanish "Pemex is not for sale," right, from the PRD political party in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Cardenas' oil expropriation was the single most popular decision by a Mexican president in the 20th century, and the nationalization remains immensely popular. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
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Mexico proudly controls its energy but climate goals are hard to reach

Mexico's energy transition is a key aim of the front-runner in a looming presidential election, but historic pride over state oil company Pemex...

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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New Mexico reaches record settlement over natural gas flaring

Ameredev agrees to $24.5 million pay-out after burning off enough gas to supply 17,000 homes for a year.

FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan dissident Leopoldo Lopez attends a joint meeting with Cuban dissident Yunior Garcia (not pictured) at the Politics Faculty at Madrid's Complutense University, in Madrid, Spain, December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo
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Experts, politicians call for scrutiny of Venezuela cryptocurrency use

Venezuela's use of digital currencies, expected to increase after the United States ordered a wind-down of oil deals with the sanctioned country, will...

FILE PHOTO: A man washes waste plastic sheets, collected for recycling, in polluted waters in Karachi, Pakistan June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo
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Plastics treaty talks gather steam amid impasse over production limits

Still divided over how ambitious its first plastics treaty should be, countries are considering launching a series of smaller meetings before a hoped-for...

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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...

The G7 follows negotiations in Canada on a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution (AFP)
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G7 to commit to reducing plastic production: French ministry

The G7 follows negotiations in Canada on a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution. Plastics producers are pushing for more recycling while environmentalists...

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Trans Mountain pipeline ushers in new era for oilsands hub

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gives hope to workers and residents that Fort McMurray's boom town days may be returning, with official opening of...

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