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FILE PHOTO: A man cycles past a chimney giving off emissions in an industrial area of Singapore January 5, 2016. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/File Photo
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Upstream electrification can cut oil and gas production emissions by more than 80%, report says

Researchers say fully electrified oil rigs and other fossil fuel assets emit 86% less carbon dioxide per barrel.

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Can natural hydrogen become a sustainable energy source for the future?

Natural hydrogen has potential as a low-cost, low-carbon energy source, but significant challenges remain.

Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from a well heads as wildfire smoke hangs in the air near Calgary, Alta., on Sunday, May 12, 2024. Oil and gas production hikes and rebounding air travel put a drag on Canada's climate progress last year, but a new report says the country was still able to make a modest cut to its planet-warming emissions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canada makes small emissions cut in 2023, but must ramp up to hit key targets: report

New estimates published by a leading climate policy institute show Canada cut emissions by about one per cent last year compared to 2022.

In the absence of public communication from the Pathways Alliance, a clean energy think-tank says the oilsands industry group is running out of time to deliver on its emissions reduction promises. An oilsands facility is reflected in a tailings pond near Fort McMurray, Alta., on July 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Pressure still on oilsands sector despite silence after greenwashing law: think tank

Proposed Pathways Alliance carbon capture project should still go ahead, say researchers, after company keeps quiet since imposition of Competition Act.

Rich animal life on the seabed of Loch Carron, a Scottish sea loch (Paul Naylor/PA)
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Nature groups call for more protection of the UK’s seas as key carbon stores

The UK’s seas and coasts store hundreds of millions of tonnes of carbon, conservationists have said, as they called for better protection of...

India plans to expand domestic coal mining to meet growing power demand (AFP)
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India coal expansion risks massive methane growth: report

India's coal expansion could double methane emissions by 2029, threatening its climate goals, warns a new report.

FILE PHOTO: An Alaska Airlines aircraft flies past the U.S. Capitol before landing at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 24, 2022.   REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
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AIR COMPANY gets Avfuel, Alaska Airlines backing in funding round

SAF manufacturer AIR COMPANY secures investment from aviation fuel supplier who will act as preferred distribution and logistics partner.

The Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, between Derby and Nottingham in central England, is due to close on September 30 (AFP)
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‘End of an era’: UK to shut last coal-fired power plant

The Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, a coal landmark in the UK, will close, marking the end of UK coal power.

'This price must be paid': Activist Daniel has been assaulted and prosecuted (AFP)
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Three activists risking their lives for the planet

Three activists face violence opposing wildcat gold mining in Ecuador, illegal shrimp farming in Indonesia, and oil in Uganda.

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