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FILE PHOTO: The sun rises behind windmills at a wind farm in Palm Springs, California, February 9, 2011. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson//File Photo
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Biden administration expands tax credits beyond wind, solar

Clean tech tax credits scheme expands to cover geothermal, nuclear and more as Biden administration aims to hit net zero goal in 2035.

FILE PHOTO: Inter-American Court of Human Rights judges Rodrigo Mudrovitsch, Humberto Sierra and court President Nancy Hernandez attend the opening of the hearings on a landmark climate change case that joins a growing wave of global litigation aimed at pushing countries to step up the fight against climate change in Manaus, Brazil May 27, 2024.  REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
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Analysis: Wave of climate lawsuits builds as court hears largest case ever

Ruling from Latin American human rights court could set off a wave of litigation across the world focusing on climate change.

Climate campaigners have warned ministers to reject plans to extend a power plant in Aberdeenshire. (John Giles/PA)
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Campaigners urge rejection of new gas-burning power plant in Scotland

Expansion of Scottish power station includes new gas burning, but operators say carbon capture plant will slash emissions.

FILE PHOTO: A staff member of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio drives a Nio car as he demonstrates to media about the operation of the new battery swapping station, at a delivery center of the company, in Nanxiang, Shanghai, China March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
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Analysis: China gears up to make a deal with Europe as EV tariffs loom

As a hike in Chinese EV tariffs across Europe looms, executives hope to strike a deal that will boost exports while letting carmakers...

Highest earners travel more than lower earners, creating far more transport emissions, the IPPR think tank has warned (Steve Parsons/PA)
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Top-earning 0.1% in UK ’cause 12 times more transport emissions than average’

Tackling emissions from transport must be done in a fair way, British think tank IPPR argues, with the most well-off needing to do...

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla, walks after attending the opening of the 10th World Water Forum in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo/File Photo
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Judge assured that Tesla won’t contest Musk pay ruling outside Delaware

The Delaware judge who voided Elon Musk's record Tesla pay package told the parties in the case that she felt assured by the...

Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City. N.J., on Nov. 3, 2023. On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, New Jersey utility regulators opened a fourth round of solicitations for new offshore wind farm proposals to join the three that already have preliminary approval. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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New Jersey and wind farm developer Orsted settle claims for $125M over scrapped offshore projects

New Jersey said the $125 million it will receive in settlement over Orsted's cancellation of two offshore wind farms last year will be...

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Senate Committee on National Finance, Tuesday, October 17, 2023 in Ottawa. A Liberal member of Parliament is calling out the parliamentary budget officer for not issuing a more public correction to its carbon price analysis after finding an error in it. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
EconomyNewsPolitics

Canada’s parliamentary budget officer called out for error in carbon price analysis

Canada's parliamentary budget officer published a note last month admitting its economic analyses of the consumer carbon price done in both 2022 and...

FILE PHOTO: Waves crash against the seawall as Hurricane Irma slammed across islands in the northern Caribbean on Wednesday, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico September 6, 2017.  REUTERS/Alvin Baez//File Photo
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Climate change threatens low-lying Caribbean hospitals: UN report

Tens of millions of people living in coastal areas around the Caribbean and Latin America face imminent risks to healthcare and key infrastructure...

A pedestrian walks near the branch of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ann Saphir/ File Photo
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Climate change to have long-term economic impact: San Francisco Fed paper

An increase in the number of hot days as climate change warms the globe would likely damage the U.S. economy over the long-term,...

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