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FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Chinese flags are seen in this illustration taken, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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US as many as 15 years behind China on nuclear power, report says

Beijing's state-backed approach continues to give it the edge in the development of high-tech nuclear power.

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows buildings and cars in Lima, Peru April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo
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Peru economy expands in April, highest growth in over 30 months

Peru's key mining and hydrocarbons sector has decreased, while agriculture and manufacturing is up.

China's and U.S.' flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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US biz groups seek hearing, more time to weigh in on Biden’s China tariff hike

A wide swath of pro-trade American business groups has asked the Biden administration for another month to comment on plans to impose steeper...

Europe is the fastest-warming continent and the Mediterranean is particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events caused by climate change (AFP)
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Experts, activists slam ‘pointless’ G7 on climate

The Group of Seven rich democracies have failed to deliver significant new progress on climate during a summit in Italy, instead reiterating previous...

Cars for export are seen at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China April 2, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo
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Germany says ‘serious movement’ needed from China in EV tariff row

Germany is pushing for what it calls an "amicable" solution after the European Union threatened to impose severe anti-subsidy tariffs to shield European...

Smoke pours from the stacks in Toronto on Thursday January 15, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gu
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Here’s a look at the nuts and bolts of the Liberals’ new carbon pricing data in Canada

A snapshot of what the newly released data on the economic and emissions impact of carbon pricing.

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Natural gas opposition ‘ideological,’ new Ontario energy minister says

Ontario's new energy minister is unapologetic about the use of natural gas to partly fuel growing energy needs in Canada's largest province, calling...

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 13, 2024. Canada's greenhouse gas emissions will be 12 per cent lower in 2030 with carbon pricing in place than they will be if the pricing system for consumers and big industry were to be scrapped, new federal data published Thursday suggests. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Canadian government releases carbon pricing impact data as cost debate rages

Newly published data suggests Canada's greenhouse-gas emissions will be 12 per cent lower in 2030 with carbon pricing in place than they would...

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Phase one of building small nuclear reactor in Ontario is complete: energy minister

Ontario Power Generation is building four small modular reactors at its Darlington site in Clarington, Ont.

A wind turbine is shown at Dalhousie Mountain, N.S. on Friday, April 23, 2010. The governments of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have told a Senate committee that they would like to see quick passage of federal legislation that would help establish an offshore wind industry on Canada’s East Coast. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaugh
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Atlantic Canadian provinces push for quick passage of federal offshore accord changes

The governments of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have told a Senate committee they would like to see quick passage of federal...

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