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Google data centre new source of heat for town in Finland

Google says it will use waste heat from its data centre in the Finnish port city of Hamina to heat 80 per cent...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump greets Harold Hamm after he was introduced by Hamm at the Shale Insight 2019 Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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Oil executives to host Trump fundraiser in Houston

Drillers tend to back Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel and anti-regulation agenda and have been critical of President Joe Biden’s efforts to phase out...

FILE PHOTO: Supporters and members of the association Senior Women for Climate Protection hold banners as they arrive for the ruling in the climate case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland, at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, April 9, 2024. The slogan reads "Climate justice". REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
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Swiss parliamentary committee rejects European court’s climate ruling

The Swiss government had pushed back against the Strasbourg court's decision, with the environment minister saying the ruling was hard to reconcile with...

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French, Russia, Chinese firms vie to build Ghana’s 1st nuclear power plant

Ghana started considering building a nuclear power plant in the 1960s but the process was derailed by a coup. It revived the plan...

The century-old trams have become a symbol of Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue (AFP)
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Istanbul’s century-old streetcar gets a makeover with battery-powered trams

New battery-powered trams in Istanbul, from their wooden floor to their reversible seats, stay faithful to the look of their predecessors.

FILE PHOTO: Panasonic Holdings Group CEO Yuki Kusumi talks about the company's strategy in Tokyo, Japan, January 19, 2024. REUTERS/Miho Uranaka/File Photo
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Slowing EV uptake may delay Panasonic’s EV battery expansion, CEO says

A slowdown in the take-up of electric vehicles in the U.S. may prompt Tesla-supplier Panasonic to delay investing in additional plants to boost...

President Joe Biden speaks during a Jewish American Heritage Month event, Monday May 20, 2024, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump

The Biden administration said Tuesday it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a...

FILE PHOTO: Model of LNG tanker is seen in this illustration taken May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Firm building QatarEnergy-Exxon LNG plant in Texas files for bankruptcy

The lead contractor building a Texas liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant for QatarEnergy and Exxon Mobil on Tuesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

The Fed said that 19 percent of adults reported being financially affected by natural disasters or severe weather events like flooding over the last 12 months (AFP)
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Natural disasters hit 1 in 5 US adults’ finances in 2023: Fed

The U.S. Federal Reserve's annual report into the economic wellbeing of American households found that 19 percent of adults reported being financially affected...

The Suncor Energy Centre picture in downtown Calgary, Alta., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Suncor not rushing to secure additional supply for Base Plant oilsands facilities

Suncor Energy Inc. says it will be more than five years before it makes any significant investments to secure additional bitumen supply to...

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