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New Mexico reaches record settlement over natural gas flaring

Ameredev agrees to $24.5 million pay-out after burning off enough gas to supply 17,000 homes for a year.

A logo is pictured on an electric car at the Tesla Inc. vehicle facility in Costa Mesa, California, U.S., November 1, 2023.     REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Tesla’s California registrations down second quarter in a row

Globally, Tesla's quarterly deliveries fell for the first time in nearly four years as price cuts and incentives proved insufficient in drumming up...

FILE PHOTO: A farmer picks coffee cherries at a farm in Vietnam's central highland of Di Linh district, December 12, 2011. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo
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Vietnam coffee farmers boost irrigation but running low on water: report

Coffee farmers in Vietnam have sharply increased use of irrigation in the main producing regions of the country amid excessive dryness, but they...

FILE PHOTO: A Tesla logo is seen in Los Angeles, California U.S. January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
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Tesla short sellers lose nearly $5.5 billion over four days, S3 Partner says

Investors who bet against Tesla stock have lost $5.5 billion in the four sessions since the electric car maker promised more affordable cars,...

Research suggests climate change, not habitat loss, may be the biggest threat to the survival of threatened caribou herds. A caribou moves through the Algar region of northeastern Alberta in September 2017 in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of British Columbia-Cole Burton MANDATORY CREDIT
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Climate change, not habitat loss, may be biggest threat to caribou herds: study

The lead author of the study says simply replanting and restoring damage to the boreal forest isn't going to be enough to keep...

Some 600 people were left homeless by the 2015 dam collapse in the southeastern town of Mariana (AFP)
BusinessMiningNews

Mining giants Vale, BHP propose $25 bn settlement over dam collapse

The two companies hope their figure is substantial enough to cover repairs and compensation for 430,000 people affected by Brazil dam collapse.

FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan dissident Leopoldo Lopez attends a joint meeting with Cuban dissident Yunior Garcia (not pictured) at the Politics Faculty at Madrid's Complutense University, in Madrid, Spain, December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo
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Experts, politicians call for scrutiny of Venezuela cryptocurrency use

Venezuela's use of digital currencies, expected to increase after the United States ordered a wind-down of oil deals with the sanctioned country, will...

FILE PHOTO: A man washes waste plastic sheets, collected for recycling, in polluted waters in Karachi, Pakistan June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo
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Plastics treaty talks gather steam amid impasse over production limits

Still divided over how ambitious its first plastics treaty should be, countries are considering launching a series of smaller meetings before a hoped-for...

A new IEA report on batteries says the energy sector now accounts for 90 per cent of the demand for lithium-ion batteries. Photo by Vardan Papikyan on Unsplash
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How crucial are batteries to the energy transition? IEA report

"Reducing emissions and getting on track to meet international energy and climate targets will hinge on whether the world can scale up batteries...

FILE - Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Georgia Power announced on Monday, April 29, 2024 that the second new reactor has achieved commercial operation, marking the completion of the first two nuclear reactors built from scratch in the United States in decades. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, file)
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High price for carbon-free nuclear power in American state of Georgia

Even as U.S. government officials and some utilities are looking to nuclear power to alleviate climate change, the cost of Vogtle, in Georgia,...

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