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Q&A: What do India’s elections mean for coal communities and climate change?

As prime minister of India for the past decade, Narendra Modi has overseen a rapid expansion of the country’s coal-mining and coal-fired power...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a tour of the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig in Midland, Texas, U.S., July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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U.S. Senate panels launch probe into Trump ‘quid pro quo’ with energy execs

Media reports said presidential candidate Donald Trump had vowed to reverse dozens of the Biden administration's environmental rules and policies at a meeting...

FILE PHOTO: German climate activist Luisa Neubauer presents the Fridays for Future campaign for the EU elections during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, May 3, 2024. Poster reads: Voting is like brushing the teeth: If you don't do it, it becomes brown. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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Europe’s battered Green movement tries to salvage climate agenda

Polls suggest Greens will perform worse than any other political grouping in June's EU election, looking set to lose nearly a third of...

Flooding has hit much of the UK this winter (Ben Birchall/PA)
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Politicians urged to show ambition on green agenda in UK election

As the UK witnesses the impacts of climate change, energy insecurity and environmental damage, campaigners warned green issues consistently rank among British people’s...

FILE- Residents stand in a blockade in Noumea, New Caledonia, on May, 15, 2024. Global nickel prices have soared since deadly violence erupted in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job, File)
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How is the violent unrest in New Caledonia hitting nickel prices?

The overseas French territory is a crucial source of nickel, but deadly riots over constitutional changes could affect the supply of the mineral...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump greets Harold Hamm after he was introduced by Hamm at the Shale Insight 2019 Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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Oil executives to host Trump fundraiser in Houston

Drillers tend to back Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel and anti-regulation agenda and have been critical of President Joe Biden’s efforts to phase out...

President Joe Biden arrives to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, announcing plans to impose major new tariffs on electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar equipment and medical supplies imported from China. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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New US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, batteries and solar cells could raise consumer prices

New tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and batteries, solar cells, medical equipment and other goods are intended to protect U.S. jobs and manufacturers.

Flooding has claimed nearly 150 lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of people (AFP)
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Floods unite Brazilians in solidarity despite political rift

At a former railway station in Rio de Janeiro, a fast-growing mountain of food, bottled water and clothes donated to Brazil's thousands of...

Office workers walk past the General Post Office building during lunchtime in Sydney, Australia May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
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Australia doles out energy relief in balm for inflation

Australian energy relief estimates $3.5bn to ease the pressure of bills, while budget also proposes tax incentives for development of hydrogen power.

White House national economic advisor Lael Brainard said the IRA clean energy tax credits were now the law of the land (AFP)
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Biden’s clean energy tax credits likely to remain ‘law of the land’: Lael Brainard

Most of U.S. President Joe Biden's clean energy tax credits are now law and are unlikely to be reversed by Donald Trump if...