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The First Minister chaired a meeting of unions and the workforce (Michael Boyd/PA)
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Grangemouth owners urged to reconsider refinery closure

Petroineos announced it would shutter the refinery in the second quarter of next year as it looks to move to become an import...

Demonstrators outside the proposed site of the Whitehaven coal mine in Cumbria in 2021 (Owen Humphreys/PA)
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Coal mine plans should be ‘permanently shelved’ after court ruling: campaigners

Environmental groups have called for proposals for the UK’s first coal mine for 30 years to be “permanently shelved”.

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Former drilling foe Harris now says she supports it

Vice President Kamala Harris said the Biden-Harris administration has overseen “the largest increase in domestic oil production.″

NGOs accuse richer nations of blocking attempts to reach a solution on climate finance (AFP)
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Climate finance talks make little progress before UN summit

International negotiations on money to help developing countries tackle climate change concluded without a breakthrough this week.

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The Hague will ban street ads for fossil fuels from January

The city council in the Netherlands' third-largest city voted on Thursday to approve the new rules for outdoor ads.

FILE PHOTO: An employee manoeuvres a titanium ingot for pressing at the VSMPO-Avisma factory in Verkhnyaya-Salda, some 1,800 km (1,100 miles) east of Moscow, November 7, 2013.  REUTERS/Svetlana Burmistrova/File Photo
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Kremlin says no measures yet after Putin’s exports proposal

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to restrict exports of Russian metals is an invitation for officials to think about it and...

Cars for export wait to be loaded onto cargo vessels at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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US locks in steep China tariff hikes, many to start Sept. 27

The Biden administration on Friday locked in steep tariff hikes on Chinese imports, including a 100% duty on electric vehicles.

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With a million home batteries, we could build far fewer power lines. We just need the right incentives

Australia's abundant wind and solar power needs energy storage to provide reliable supply when the sun doesn’t shine or wind doesn’t blow.

FILE PHOTO: A student carries mangrove saplings to be planted at Mangrove Park Lampulo, marking World Environment Day in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, June 5, 2024. REUTERS/ Riska Munawarah/File Photo
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Indonesia’s Prabowo plans $65bn green fund from selling carbon credits

A new regulator for carbon emission rules will be established to oversee efforts to reach Indonesia's emissions targets.

Activists outside the Royal Courts of Justice for the hearing in July (Jonathan Salariya/Friends of the Earth/PA)
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Planning permission for UK’s first coal mine in 30 years quashed by High Court

Mr Justice Holgate said in a ruling on Friday that giving the go-ahead for the coal mine at Whitehaven in Cumbria was “legally...

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