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Aerial view of Brucejack Mine in British Columbia, showing residential and commercial buildings near a large blue lake and snow-topped black mountains.
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New Indigenous-owned mining royalty company a first in Canada

Backed by billionaire Canadian Frank Giustra, Nations Royalty offers investors access to Indigenous-owned royalties.

President Joe Biden, dressed in formal attire, sits at a table with other officials, all displaying serious expressions.
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Biden will become the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest

Joe Biden will be the first U.S. president to visit the Amazon as climate change efforts face setbacks under Trump.

Steam rises from the cooling towers of the coal power plant of RWE, one of Europe's biggest electricity and gas companies in Niederaussem, Germany,  March 3, 2016.    REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
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Europe may have set bar too high on climate, says Cyprus

Tough European Union rules seek to slash net greenhouse gas emissions in the bloc by 90 per cent by 2040, and reach zero...

FILE - An above-ground section of Enbridge's Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station is seen, Oct. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/John Flesher, File)
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Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservation

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued the first round of permits allowing Enbridge to reroute an aging pipeline around a tribal...

Bolivia's Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro speaks during a press conference, in La Paz, Bolivia November 14, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Morales
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Bolivia to sell $5 billion in carbon credits to stem rampant forest loss

Bolivia aims to sell $5 billion worth of carbon offset credits, the government announced on Thursday, in a bid to stop rampant forest...

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. In what's being billed as the result of "unprecedented" levels of collaboration between government, industry and Indigenous Peoples, the Northwest Territories will see $375 million flow into a fund that seeks to protect the environment and increase cultural revitalization in the region. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Indigenous groups, government and industry launch $375M for conservation in Canada’s Northwest Territories

The fund being created in the Northwest Territories is the largest single investment in Indigenous-led conservation and stewardship in the territory.

FILE PHOTO: The Imperal Oil refinery is seen in an aerial photograph taken along the St. Clair River, one of many facilities in Canada's "Chemical Valley" in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Iwanyshyn/File Photo
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Imperial Oil fined for 2021 slop oil spill

Ontario has fined Imperial Oil C$900,000 for a slop oil leak into a tank containment area at its Sarnia site in 2021 that...

(FILES) A general view where a dam burst in the village of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on November 6, 2015.   A Brazilian court on November 14, 2024, cleared mining giants BHP and Vale, and their Brazilian joint venture Samarco, of responsibility over a 2015 dam collapse that caused the country's worst ever environmental disaster. (AFP)
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BHP, Vale cleared by Brazil court over 2015 dam disaster

A Brazilian court on Thursday cleared BHP, Vale, and their Brazilian joint venture Samarco, of responsibility over the 2015 dam collapse.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Equinor is set up at the entrance of a building at Western Europe's largest liquefied natural gas plant Hammerfest LNG in Hammerfest, Norway, March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner//File Photo
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Equinor to report Greenpeace to police after protest at CEO’s home

Equinor will report the group after it protested at the home of its CEO by dumping debris from recent floods in Brazil in...

Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh's interim government speaks to members of the media at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Bangladesh leader Muhammad Yunus slams rich nations for burning up the planet at UN climate talks

Interim Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus urges wealthy nations to provide funds for climate crisis instead of negotiating.

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