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Integrity Council announces first high-integrity CCP-labelled carbon credits, as assessments continue

News follows U.S. government recognition of role high-integrity voluntary carbon market can play in financing climate action Published 6 June 2024The Integrity Council for...

The logo of Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, is seen at their headquarters in downtown Santiago, Chile March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
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Chile’s Codelco targeting 2030 production for Maricunga lithium site: documents

Rothschild & Co has formally started to assess candidates to partner with Chile's state-run miner Codelco on a major new lithium project slated...

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack drills oil crude from the Yates Oilfield in West Texas’s Permian Basin, near Iraan, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
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Texas startup hopes 4th time’s a charm to build first big US oil refinery since 1977

Element Fuels Holdings, a Dallas-area startup proposing to build the first all-new U.S. oil refinery in nearly 50 years, says it is relaunching...

A flare stack lights the sky from an oil refinery in Edmonton on Friday December 28, 2018. Executives of some of Canada's largest oil and gas companies are expected to testify before a parliamentary committee Thursday about their efforts to reduce their sector's greenhouse gas emissions.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Frans
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Canadian oil and gas CEOs testify before Commons environment committee

Canada's federal government has proposed a legislated cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector, something the industry opposes.

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NY power grid faces shortfalls as new energy supply lags: operator

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s electric grid will face supply shortfalls if the rate of retiring old fossil fired...

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Should Nigeria expand LNG to boost its economy? IISD report weighs the risks

What should Nigeria consider when it comes to expanding liquefied natural gas to bolster its economy? A report from the International Institute for...

A homeless person refresh himself from water from a pipe line as temperatures are expected to soar above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) during the summer's first heat wave, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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US Southwest swelters under extreme temperatures as heat dome persists

Forecasters say it was difficult to link the record-breaking heat experienced by the U.S. Southwest in recent years to human-induced climate change, but...

Second-hand Fiat 500e cars, imported from California, U.S., are seen at the Buddy Electric car dealership in Oslo, Norway March 11, 2109.  REUTERS/Alister Doyle
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Fiat sees demand for new hybrid 500e small car over 100k units a year

Market demand for Fiat's new hybrid 500e small car amounts to around 10k units a year as the company offers a cheaper version...

An electric vehicle charging station at Skelton Lake Service Station in Leeds (Danny Lawson/PA)
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Paying to use roads to cut emissions is inevitable, British ex-Tory minister says

Introducing road pricing as a way to tackle air pollution, such as the ultra low emission zone (Ulez) in London, has been divisive...

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Precious metals firm turns Florida aviation hangar into silver mint in bet on US market

Precious metals company MKS PAMP Group, has repurposed an aviation hangar in Florida in a bet on strong North American investment demand

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