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'Green' hydrogen is at a relatively early stage of development and requires substantial investment (AFP)
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Windfall tax backlash menaces Spain’s green energy sector

Spain's government has infuriated banking and energy giants by wanting to maintain a windfall tax on them, threatening crucial investments for the country's...

mmercial vehicle drivers wait to refuel at a compressed natural gas fuelling station in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Tourmaline, Clean Energy open two new natural gas fuelling stations in Alberta

The stations in Calgary and Grande Prairie join an Edmonton station that opened last year and together form the start of what is...

FILE PHOTO: New York City Comptroller Brad Lander speaks during the National Action Network National Convention in New York, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
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NYC comptroller Lander to end private market fossil fuel investments

If approved, the plan would bar future investments in pipelines and LNG terminals in the funds' private equity portfolios.

FILE PHOTO: Residents walk by power grid towers at Bair Island State Marine Park in Redwood City, California, United States, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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US grants $428 million to clean energy projects in communities that relied on coal

Many of the projects are in states that have leaned Republican in recent elections or are battleground states. 

FILE PHOTO: Volkswagen logo is illuminated on a production line for the Golf VIII and Tiguan cars at the VW headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany May 23, 2024. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
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Hybrids top petrol power for first time in EU new car sales, ACEA says

Hybrids overtook petrol-powered vehicles in EU new car sales for the first time in September, industry data showed on Tuesday.

The National Energy System Operator will outline new energy infrastructure locations in a long-term strategic plan (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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British grid operator to outline new energy infrastructure sites in long-term plan

The National Energy System Operator (NESO) will outline energy infrastructure locations in its strategic spatial energy plan.

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Analysis: Solar surge will send coal power tumbling by 2030, IEA data reveals

Carbon Brief analysis of IEA data: Global electricity generation from solar will quadruple by 2030 and help to push coal power into reverse.

A tree decorates the lounge of Houston-based liquefied natural gas company Cheniere during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/ File Photo
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Cheniere Energy expects China gas demand to rise more than 50% by 2040

Cheniere Energy expects China's gas demand to grow to more than 600 billion cubic meters (bcm) by 2040, compared to 400 bcm today.

FILE PHOTO: A screen displays the logo for WisdomTree following its debut on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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WisdomTree pays $4 million over SEC greenwashing charges

WisdomTree pays $4M to settle SEC charges over misstatements in ESG funds, which included fossil fuel and tobacco investments.

FILE PHOTO: The last section of pipeline is assembled on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project before operations are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2024, near Laidlaw, British Columbia, Canada, February 18, 2024. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Canadian Natural Resources to take over more space on the Trans Mountain pipeline: Bloomberg News

The recently expanded Trans Mountain pipeline has capacity to ship 890,000 bpd of crude from Alberta's oil sands to the Port of Vancouver.

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