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A drone view shows solar panels as they stand on Dave Duttlinger's farmland that he leased to Dunns Bridge Solar LLC in Wheatfield, Indiana, U.S., April 5, 2024.  REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
ElectricityIndustryManufacturingNewsPoliticsSolarTrade

Solar projects could boom amid deadline to use tax-exempt glut

A two-year U.S. tariff holiday on solar panels from Southeast Asia expires on Thursday, starting the clock ticking for US project developers.

FILE PHOTO: NIO electric cars logo is seen in this illustration taken Jan. 16, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)IndustryManufacturingNewsTransport

EV maker Nio gets regulatory nod for third factory in China, sources say

EV maker Nio has won approval to build a third factory in China that would boost its total approved production capacity to 1...

A head of wheat amongst a crop near Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
AgricultureClimateIndustryNewsResiliency

Scientists on a quest for drought-resistant wheat – the ‘Holy Grail’

University of Calgary scientists are working to improve the climate resilience of wheat crops.

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference on innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
BusinessFinanceIndustryManufacturingNews

Tesla shareholder sues Musk for alleged $7.5 billion insider trading

Shareholder accuses Tesla CEO Elon Musk of insider trading in 2022.

A wetter-than-expected spring has Western Canadian farmers breathing a sigh of relief, but the threat of drought remains. A farmer drives a seeding rig as he plants a canola crop on their family's farm near Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, May 16, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
AgricultureNewsWeather

Spring rains welcome, but drought risk lingers in Western Canada

A wetter-than-expected spring has Western Canadian farmers breathing a sigh of relief, but the threat of drought remains.

The control room at Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station (Chris Radburn/PA)
ElectricityIndustryNewsNuclear PowerPoliticsUtilities

Call for next government to make ‘big decisions’ on nuclear power projects

The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has published its manifesto, saying it was important to ensure continued momentum.

Pakistan is the world's fourth-largest mango producer but recent weather changes have upended the industry (AFP)
AgricultureAnalysisClimateIndustryReportsWeather

Pakistan farmers pin poor mango crop on climate change

Pakistan mango farmers are blaming climate change for the parasites and extreme weather ruining much of this season's crop.

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on April 12, 2024, in Washington. A temporary fix allowing President Biden to appear on this fall's ballot cleared the Ohio House during a rare special session Thursday, May 30, along with a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns that representatives said was demanded in exchange by the Ohio Senate. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FuelIndustryNewsOilPolitics

Justice Department called to prosecute alleged oil price-fixing

The Democrats said a Federal Trade Commission investigation into a high-profile merger uncovered evidence of price-fixing by oil executives.

FILE - The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, back, in Reserve, La., Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Denka Performance Elastomer in Louisiana threatened to shut down if the Biden administration doesn’t give it more time to reduce its emissions. The company makes the synthetic rubber neoprene — and federal officials have accused the plant of increasing cancer risk to the nearby, majority-Black community. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
CourtsEmissionsEnvironmentIndustryManufacturingNewsPoliticsRegulations

Louisiana chemical plant threatens shutdown if EPA emissions deadline stays

A synthetic rubber manufacturer accused of increasing the cancer risk for the nearby majority-Black community in Louisiana told a federal appeals court it...

FILE - In this April 28, 2004, file photo Mearl McCartney plants soybeans using a no-till drill near Bowling Green, Ohio. In the world of greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide gets most of the blame. But tiny organisms that flourish in the world's farm fields emit a far more potent gas, nitrous oxide, and scientists have long sought a way to address it. (AP Photo/J.D. Pooley, File)
AgricultureAnalysisEmissionsNewsResiliency

Researchers find a tiny organism has the power to reduce a persistent greenhouse gas in farm fields

In the world of greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide gets most of the blame. But tiny organisms that flourish in the world's farm...

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