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The sun sets behind spinning land-based wind turbines in Atlantic City, N.J., on Dec. 13, 2023. On April 24, 2024, eight Jersey Shore towns wrote to New Jersey utility regulators saying that a proposed wind farm off Long Beach Island will be costlier than expected. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Gusts of activity underway by friends, foes of offshore wind energy projects in NJ, NY

Shore towns spanning much of New Jersey's 127-mile coastline wrote to the state's Board of Public Utilities, saying the proposed Atlantic Shores wind...

Alberta is appealing a judge's ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains. Alberta's provincial flag flies in Ottawa on Monday July 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Alberta to appeal ruling ordering release of documents on coal mining in Rockies

Alberta is appealing a judge's ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the western Canadian province's Rocky Mountains.

A staff member transports guests on an inflatable boat to the entrance of a hotel engulfed in flood water in Dubai on April 22, 2024. (AFP)
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Oman, UAE deluge ‘most likely’ linked to climate change: scientists

Global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions “most likely” exacerbated the intense rains that lashed the UAE and Oman last week, causing deaths...

FILE - In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a leak from Nord Stream 2 is seen, on Sept. 28, 2022. A Chinese container ship remains to be the prime suspect in causing damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline running between NATO members Finland and Estonia which was reopened this week after multimillion-euro repair work, (Swedish Coast Guard via AP, File)
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Chinese ship remains prime suspect in damage to Baltic Sea gas pipeline that reopened this week

It has been more than six months since substantial, human-made damage that caused a major drop in pressure was first detected in the...

FILE PHOTO: A concrete gravity-based structure (GBS) of Arctic LNG 2 joint venture is seen under construction in a dry dock of the LNG Construction center near the settlement of Belokamenka, Murmansk region, Russia July 26, 2022.  REUTERS/Stringer//File Photo
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Europe expected to propose new sanctions on Russian LNG

EU ban on Russian oil has not yet extended to LNG, but sources say restrictions will be coming soon.

FILE PHOTO: A Honda car stands on the day Honda announces plans to build electric vehicles and their parts in Ontario with financial support from the Canadian and provincial governments, at their automotive assembly plant in Alliston, Ontario, Canada, April 25, 2024.  REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
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Honda to set up US$11 billion EV production base in Ontario

Honda's Ontario base will produce everything from materials to batteries to finished vehicles in a bid to meet growing demand for EVs in...

The logo of Engie is seen during the company's annual general shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/ File photo
BusinessNewsWind

Engie to invest up to 4 billion euros in Belgium to boost renewables

PARIS – French energy company Engie plans to invest up to €4 billion ($4.3 billion) in Belgium by 2030, the company announced on...

Precision Drilling Corp. logo is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
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Precision Drilling seeing boost in demand as Trans Mountain start nears

The completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is leading to a boom in demand for drilling services: Precision Drilling chief executive Kevin...

The logo of Equinor is set up at the entrance of a building at Western Europe's largest liquefied natural gas plant Hammerfest LNG in Hammerfest, Norway, March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/ File photo
BusinessNewsWind

Equinor upbeat about investor interest in US offshore wind farm

Revised contract from state authorities changes economics for New York wind farm, says Equinor CFO.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock attends the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen
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German ministers call on China, Gulf states to contribute climate finance

Climate finance needs big-polluting developing countries to pay more, say German ministers, as costs set to hit $5 trillion in fight against climate...

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