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Chinese refiner Rongsheng buys its first Canadian TMX crude oil cargo

Chinese refiner Rongsheng Petrochemical has bought its first Canadian crude cargo via the recently expanded Trans Mountain pipeline (TMX) from TotalEnergies through a...

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a stars and stripes visor dips her foot into the cool fountain at the World War II Memorial on a possible record setting heat day in Washington, U.S., April 29, 2024.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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US summer home power bills to jump by nearly 8%, energy policy organizations say

Rising summer home power bills due to extreme temperatures and growing electricity demand disproportionably affect low income families, who are at higher risk...

Nigerians are facing the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation, with double-digit inflation leaving many struggling to afford food (AFP)
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Nigeria union strike shuts power grid, schools, disrupts flights

Unions in Nigeria are also protesting an electricity tariff hike and there have been widespread blackouts after the Transmission Company of Nigeria said...

FILE - Groundwater squirts up during drilling for a geothermal heating and cooling system at a home in White Plains, N.Y., May 8, 2023. A community in Framingham, Mass., will soon become one of the first in the U.S. to be heated with geothermal connected to each other. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
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Climate solution: US town experiments with community heating and cooling

A pilot climate solution that uses a highly-efficient heating and cooling system could see electric bills drop by 20%, is being trialled in...

FILE PHOTO: A security member walks as he patrols at Bank Indonesia headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo
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Indonesia cenbank says no outright RRR cut as it expands loan incentive scheme

Bank Indonesia is set to expand a scheme offering relief for lending to sectors including automotive, electricity, gas, and water utilities

Lionel Mora, co-founder of French startup Neoplants, poses for a portrait inside the greenhouse where they grow the Marble Queen pothos plants in Lodi, California (AFP)
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Meet Neo Px: the super plant that attacks air pollution

A bioengineered plant, called Neo Px, is capable of purifying polluted air inside buildings.

FILE - Chairs stand at the Gates post office in the aftermath of a fire in Gates, Ore., Sept 9, 2020. Oregon utility regulators have rejected a request from PacifiCorp that sought to limit its liability in wildfire lawsuits. KGW reports that the proposal would have limited the company's wildfire liability to just economic damages. (Mark Ylen/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP, File)
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Oregon regulator rejects PacifiCorp bid to limit wildfire liability

Oregon utility regulators say no to request from PacifiCorp to limit its liability over 2020 wildfires.

Labour leader Keir Starmer detailed plans for a publicly-owned investment vehicle, called Great British Energy, to spearhead funding for green energy projects. (AFP)
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UK Labour pitches new energy policy in election battle

Labour leader Keir Starmer has detailed plans for a publicly-owned "investment vehicle" to spearhead funding for green energy projects.

FILE - A man views flood damage in Bridgewater, Vt., that submerged vehicles and threatened homes Monday, July 10, 2023. Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change, Thursday, May 30, 2024 after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
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Vermont becomes 1st state to require oil companies pay for damage from climate change

Vermont has enacted a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change.

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

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