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A Tesla sign is displayed over a Tesla showroom in Malmo, Sweden, December 14, 2023. REUTERS/ Tom Little/File Photo
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Swedish court rejects Tesla appeal in licence plate case

A Swedish appeals court upheld a dismissal of Tesla's lawsuit against Sweden's Transport Agency in a conflict over licence plates

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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US appeals court upholds biofuel blending mandates for 2020-2022

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a rule from President Joe Biden's administration that set the amount of biofuels that oil refiners...

FILE PHOTO: Apache Stronghold, a Native American group hoping to protect their sacred land from a Cooper mine in Arizona, gather outside the 9th Circuit Appeal Court in Pasadena, California,U.S., March 21, 2023.        REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Indigenous group to take fight against Arizona copper mine to Supreme Court

Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit group comprised of San Carlos Apache tribe members and others, says it will take its fight against Rio Tinto’s...

FILE PHOTO: The Tesla factory is seen in Fremont, California, U.S. June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo
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Tesla is sued over emissions from California plant

Tesla emissions lawsuit filed by environmental group, accusing the car company's California plant of exposing residents and workers to harmful chemicals.

FILE PHOTO: Darren Woods, Chairman and CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation speaks at the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024.  REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
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Illinois state treasurer urges Exxon shareholders to vote against CEO Woods, director Hooley

The Illinois state treasurer has urged Exxon Mobil shareholders to vote against the election of Executive Chair and CEO Darren Woods, as the...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Tesla on display at the Everything Electric exhibition at the ExCeL London international exhibition and convention centre in London, Britain, March 28, 2024.  REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo
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Tesla settles factory worker’s sexual harassment lawsuit

Tesla has settled a lawsuit by a former factory employee who says she was fired for complaining about severe sexual harassment, as the...

FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are seen in Washington, July 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
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Court rejects Republican states’ challenge to SEC’s ESG proxy vote rule

A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by four Republican-led states that sought to block a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...

FILE PHOTO: An oil pumpjack is seen in Velma, Oklahoma U.S. April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Luc Cohen/File Photo
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Oklahoma attorney general fires legal team after judge blocks anti-ESG law

Oklahoma's attorney general said he is firing the outside legal team hired to defend a state law prohibiting state pension systems from contracting...

Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil, reacts at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files
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Calpers weighs vote against Exxon CEO, FT reports

Exxon lawsuit against activist shareholders prompts pension group to consider attempt to oust Darren Woods as oil company's CEO.

FILE - A grain wagon supports a sign against the proposed transmission line by American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative, along Highway 18-151 near Ridgeway, Wis., Dec. 8, 2018. Utilities looking to finish building a high-voltage power line linking Iowa and Wisconsin completed a contentious land deal Thursday that allows them to build on a Mississippi River federal wildlife refuge. (Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File, File)
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Utilities complete contentious land swap to clear way for power line in Mississippi River refuge

Utilities looking to finish building a high-voltage power line linking Iowa and Wisconsin completed a contentious land deal Thursday that allows them to...

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