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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson answers questions from reporters about U.S.-Mexico science collaborations, in Mexico City, Mexico, April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan
ClimateNews

NASA chief asks nations to work together on climate change

Bill Nelson says using NASA satellite data could be part of climate change response shared across borders.

FILE PHOTO: The company logo is pictured on a Tesla Model X electric car in Berlin, Germany, November 13, 2019.    REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsTransport

Tesla’s shift on low-cost cars throws overseas plans into limbo

Tesla factories planned for Mexico and India seem unlikely after news of focus on more affordable cars built at existing facilities.

FILE - Boats sit docked around the exposed banks of the El Penol-Guatape hydroelectric dam, due to low water levels, in Guatape, Colombia, April 3, 2024. Colombia’s government on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, rolled out new incentives to reduce electricity consumption in the South American nation, which has been hit by a severe drought that has diminished the capacity of local hydroelectric plants and brought officials close to imposing power cuts. (AP Photo/Fredy Amariles, file)
ClimateElectricityHydropowerNews

Colombia rolls out new incentives to cut electricity use as drought persists

As drought hits hydroelectric plants, homes and businesses that exceed their average monthly electrical consumption will be charged additional fees.

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the Lynas Rare Earths logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
BusinessMineralsMiningNews

Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths’ Q3 sales revenue falls 58%

Weak prices, increased production in China and slower-than-expected demand growth recovery sees Australian mining company slump in Q3.

EmissionsEnvironmentNewsPoliticsUnited Nations

An ‘ambitious’ global plastic treaty demands limits on production: Canada’s environment minister

A global treaty to end plastic waste will not be ambitious enough if it does not include some limits on plastic production: Canada's...

FILE PHOTO: A view of Cobre Panama mine of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, one of the world's largest open-pit copper mines, during a media tour, in Donoso, Panama, January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Tarina Rodriguez/File Photo
BusinessMiningNews

First Quantum Minerals cuts debt by over $1 billion in first quarter

The Canadian miner had announced a series of capital restructuring measures that would strengthen its balance sheet and cut debt.

BusinessNewsOilTransmission

Trans Mountain expects first ship to load from expanded pipeline in second half of May

The expanded pipeline will carry an extra 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Alberta to Canada's Pacific coast and is set...

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to commemorate Earth Day during a visit to Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia, U.S., April 22, 2024.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File photo
ClimateEmissionsLegislationNewsPoliticsRegulations

Factbox: Biden races to safeguard environmental rules from axe

Environmental Protection Agency expected to launch key Biden environmental measures in the coming days.

Experts say droughts and floods that are expected to worsen with climate change threaten the natural wealth of Colombia, one of the world’s most biodiverse countries (AFP)
ClimateCourtsEnvironmentNewsPolitics

Colombian court recognizes environmental refugees

A Colombian court has ruled that environmental calamities, sudden or gradual, can legally be considered a cause of forced displacement, placing obligations on...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland holds a press conference prior to tabling the Federal Budget in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Freeland says the $5-billion announced for an Indigenous loan guarantee program in last week's budget is just a start. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
BusinessEconomyElectricityFuelIndigenousInfrastructureNewsPolitics

Canada’s finance minister: $5B just a start for Indigenous loan guarantee program

The $5-billion announced for an Indigenous loan guarantee program in Canada's 2024 budget is just a start: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland

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