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Tata Steel signs £500 million Grant Funding Agreement with UK Government for £1.25 billion green steel project in Port Talbot

September 11 2024 Tata Steel announces that it has signed a  £500 million Grant Funding Agreement with the UK Government allowing it to...

FILE PHOTO: A dried lake is seen at Azienda Agricola organic farm following a drought on the Italian island of Sicily, in Caltanissetta, Italy, August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi/File Photo
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Trillions of dollars of fossil fuel finance routed via tax havens, study says

Tax Justice Network study highlights a lack of transparency in fossil fuel financing by global banks through loans, credit and bonds.

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Government puts workers at the heart of new and improved Port Talbot deal

The government has announced a new, improved Port Talbot deal for workers which has been agreed with Tata Steel and Trade Unions. Published...

FILE PHOTO: General view of the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/file photo
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Thailand’s EV makers seek to renegotiate govt incentives as sales slow

Manufacturers push for an extension of deadlines to keep Thai EV incentives as sales miss expectations.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday the European Union should 'reconsider' a plan to impose tariffs of up to 36 percent on Chinese electric cars (AFP)
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Spain PM urges EU to ‘reconsider’ China EV tariffs plan

Spanish leader Pedro Sanchez calls for 'compromise' on EV tariffs between Brussels and Beijing to avert trade war.

Dalibor Arbutina, director of Public Company Nuclear Facilities of Serbia (NFS), stands in the control room of a decommissioned nuclear reactor (AFP)
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Power struggle: Serbia eyes nuclear energy to fuel future

Facing a 2050 EU deadline to transition away from coal, Serbian officials are now considering whether to lift the long-standing ban on building...

The Southern Cardamom project is intended to protect over 450,000 hectares of rainforest (AFP)
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Controversial Cambodia carbon credit project reinstated

Forestry scheme Southern Cardamom now certified by Verra following damning Human Rights Watch report in February.

FILE PHOTO: Trevor Milton, founder and former-CEO of Nikola Corp., departs the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York, U.S., September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo
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Convicted Nikola founder Milton owes electric truck maker $168 million, judge rules

The judge ordered Nikola founder Trevor Milton, convicted of fraud, to pay $167.7M for misleading statements about the company.

FILE - Sailboats and a passenger ferry dot Lake Champlain as seen from Battery Park, Aug. 14, 2015 in Burlington, Vt. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)
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EPA says Vermont fails to comply with Clean Water Act through inadequate regulation of some farms

The EPA urges Vermont to fix regulatory flaws in controlling farm runoff to protect Lake Champlain from pollution.

The Nova Scotia government has introduced a bill that would kick-start the province's offshore wind industry without federal approval. Turbines operate at the Block Island Wind Farm, Dec. 7, 2023, off the coast of Block Island, R.I. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-/Julia Nikhins
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Nova Scotia bill would kick-start offshore wind industry without Ottawa approval

The Canadian province wants to offer project licences by 2030 to develop a total of five gigawatts of power from offshore wind.

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