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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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Australia backs long-term gas drilling despite 2050 climate goals

Resources Minister Madeline King said Australia's LNG would be needed "through to 2050 and beyond" in the global shift to cleaner energy.

FILE PHOTO: The Panasonic booth is shown during the 2020 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
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Panasonic expects battery unit’s annual profit to rise 23%

Lower production at Panasonic battery unit means energy division misses income forecast as EV demand falls.

FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a crude oil terminal in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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China’s April crude oil imports rise 5.45% on previous year

Chinese crude oil imports rose as refiners prepared for holiday travel.

An employee moves forging red hot steel inside the ArcVac ForgeCast factory, in Hooghly district, in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary/Files
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Opinion: Green steel needs tiered incentives to flourish in Asia

Virtually every player in the market is taking green steel seriously – but achieving net-zero by 2050 is likely a pipedream, unless there's...

EV fast-charger manufacturer Kempower is investing around $40 million in North Carolina, with a facility in Durham (AFP)
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US forges new ‘battery belt’ in hopes of electric future

Surge of investment in green technology builds a US 'battery belt' following Biden's bid to strengthen 'hollowed out' industrial communities.

The new rules aim to make recycling simpler (Steve Parsons/PA)
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Recyclables to go in one bin under simpler UK rules, government says

Recycling rules in England to be simplified as government announces plan to reduce waste sent to landfill.

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
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Summer power prices seen surging for Texas, falling in California

US electricity prices could be driven up by imbalances across country as some states struggle to provide amid heat and rising demand.

A man walks past U.S. and Chinese flags on the day of a meeting between U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Pan Gongsheng, in Beijing, China April 8, 2024. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File photo
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US could ban Chinese connected vehicles or impose restrictions, US commerce secretary says

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the Biden administration could take an "extreme action" and ban Chinese connected vehicles or opt to impose...

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Ember: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

For the first time, 30% of electricity produced worldwide was from clean energy sources as the number of solar and wind farms continued...

South Carolina House Speaker Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, presides over the House on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
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South Carolina Senate turns wide-ranging energy bill into resolution supporting more power

The South Carolina Senate agreed to gut the House’s 80-plus page energy bill and replace it with a resolution acknowledging the state’s power...

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