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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
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Tesla shareholder sues Musk for alleged $7.5 billion insider trading

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

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.

The four nuclear reactors and cooling towers are seen at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Friday, May 31, 2024, in Waynesboro, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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US Energy Secretary calls for more nuclear power while celebrating $35 billion Georgia reactors

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United States and worldwide.

The Salar de Atacama, in the desert by the same name, is a salt flat holding Chile's main lithium deposits (AFP)
BusinessCritical MineralsEconomyNewsPolitics

Giant lithium partnership between Codelco and SQM created in Chile

Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco signed a deal Friday with SQM to nearly double the private mining firm’s current extraction of lithium, a...

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
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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.

Colombia's Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Susana Muhamad speaks to the media after a draft of a negotiation deal was released, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana/ File Photo
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UN biodiversity summit chief: Make peace with nature or risk more war

The head of the UN's next biodiversity says multilateral institutions are not equipped to deal with unprecedented challenges like climate change and must...

A general view of the Phillips 66 Company's Los Angeles Refinery, which processes domestic & imported crude oil into gasoline, aviation and diesel fuels, at sunset in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022.  REUTERS/Bing Guan
AutomotiveFuelNewsOil

US refiners boosting fuel output past 90% of capacity for summer driving season

Strong spring production levels have retail gasoline prices on par with a year ago, according to motorist group AAA.

AnalysisCoalEmissionsEnvironmentReportsSolar

Solar power in Chile: Study explores short-term health benefits of rapid expansion

A new peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, quantifies the short-term health benefits of an explosion in new solar...

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Last year set record for US heat deaths, AP analysis shows. Could this year be worse?

The death certificates of more than 2,300 people who died in the United States last summer mention the effects of excessive heat, the...

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.

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