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A Tesla car is being charged at a Tesla electric vehicle charging station on a car park of the A10 shopping center in Wildau near Berlin, Germany, March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsTransmission

Elon Musk says Tesla will spend $500 million to expand charging network

Tesla will spend more than $500 million to expand its fast-charging network, CEO Elon Musk said on Friday, days after abruptly laying off...

Aerial view of floods in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, taken on May 9, 2024 (AFP)
AgricultureNewsWeather

Brazil floods strike blow to powerful agriculture sector

Agronomist Eduardo Assad, who studies the effects of climate change on agriculture, said Brazil "will begin to suffer severe crop losses" if the...

The P.E.I. government has introduced a new suite of online tools to help Islanders assess flooding and erosion risks associated with climate change. A man takes a photo of a fallen tree in Charlottetown on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Rochford
ClimateNewsPoliticsResiliencyWeather

Canada’s P.E.I. introduces new risk assessment tools for flooding, erosion

The provincial government of Canada's Prince Edward Island has introduced a new suite of online tools to help Islanders assess flooding and erosion...

A solar power plant in Dunhuang, in northwest China. Photo by 李大毛 没有猫 on Unsplash
AnalysisCoalOpinionSolarTransmission

Opinion: China shifting to utility-scale solar, but obstacles remain

Opinion: China’s track record on solar, a critical decarbonization tool, is hardly above criticism, including in its domestic market, Joseph Webster writes.

Faced with dwindling fish numbers, Indigenous Ecuadorans look to the spirit world for help (AFP)
BiodiversityClimateEmissionsEnvironmentNews

Envious shamans and climate change: Diverse threats to Ecuadoran Amazon

Experts point the finger at pollution, deforestation and climate change wreaking havoc on the second-largest protected area in Ecuador. 

AnalysisClimateIn-Depth

Africa dramatically dried out 5,500 years ago – new study may warn of future climate tipping points

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that before northern Africa dried out, its climate “flickered” between two stable climatic states before...

Judy Bruce, hidden, 85, and Reverend Sue Parfitt, 82, targeted the protective enclosure around the historic Magna Carta document (Just Stop Oil/PA)
ClimateNewsOilPolitics

Just Stop Oil protesters in their 80s smash Magna Carta display case

Elderly activists from Just Stop Oil target Magna Carta, historic artefact of the English legal system, in latest protest against fossil fuels.

FILE PHOTO: A general view of electric lines as demand for power surges during a period of hot weather in Houston, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare/File Photo
AnalysisElectricityIn-DepthInfrastructureTransmissionUtilities

Explainer: US agency to unveil plan to ease power transmission crunch

Long-awaited rule will attempt to ensure that a dozen fragmented U.S. regions adopt long-term plans to bring more transmission online.

Polish farmers and other protesters gather in downtown Warsaw to protest the European Union's climate policies and Poland's pro-EU government, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
AgricultureNewsPoliticsRegulations

Polish farmers march against EU climate policies and country’s PM

In Poland, farmers protest key climate policies of the European Union and the pro-EU government, claiming regulations are difficult and expensive.

BusinessCarbon ManagementFinanceNatural GasNewsTransmission

Enbridge says carbon storage project still alive in spite of Capital Power decision

Enbridge Inc.'s proposal to build a major carbon storage hub in Alberta remains on the table, the company said Friday, in spite of...

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