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BP oil refinery in Indiana resumes normal operations weeks after power outage, temporary shutdown
WHITING, Ind. (AP) — BP’s sprawling oil refinery in northwest Indiana has resumed normal operations more than six weeks after a power outage...
As electric vehicle sales slow, the US relaxes plans for stricter emissions standards for a while
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration this week is expected to announce new automobile emissions standards that relax proposed limits for three years...
Renault CEO urges ‘Marshall Plan’ for Europe electric vehicles
The chief executive of French automaker Renault called Tuesday for a European “Marshall Plan” to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and reduce...
New York moves to update its fracking ban to include liquid carbon-dioxide as well as water
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Natural gas drilling companies would be banned in New York from using an extraction method that involves injecting large...
Driven by wildfire smoke, Canada’s air quality worse than U.S.: report
Canada’s air quality last year was worse than the United States for the first time since a firm started publishing its annual assessment...
‘Flag is up’: Calgary warns outdoor water restrictions may be coming
CALGARY — The City of Calgary is warning it may restrict outdoor water use by May 1 if dry conditions keep up. And...
UK Tories ‘slipping from climate delay to denial’, Ed Miliband claims
Ed Miliband has accused the Conservatives under Rishi Sunak of slipping from “climate delay to denial”, as he made a pitch to voters...
UN warns planet ‘on the brink’ after warmest decade on record
Global temperatures “smashed” heat records last year, as heatwaves stalked oceans and glaciers suffered record ice loss, the United Nations said Tuesday —...
France faces high-risk vote on EU-Canada free trade deal
The French government on Thursday faces a risky vote on a controversial trade deal between the EU and Canada in the Senate where...
UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases,...
