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German automakers have invested heavily in China in recent decades (AFP)
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BMW says EU probe into China EV subsidies against free trade

CEO of German luxury carmaker BMW on Wednesday warned the European Union's investigation into Chinese electric car subsidies runs counter to free trade

Oliver Zipse, CEO of BMW, visits the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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EU tariffs on Chinese EVs could backfire, hobble Green Deal, BMW CEO says

BMW's CEO has warned against imposing EU import duties on EVs from Chinese automakers, saying it could upend the bloc's Green Deal

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US’s largest public utility ignores warnings over new natural gas plant

TVA gas plant moving ahead despite EPA's criticism of environmental review that apparently showed renewable alternative was unfeasible.

FILE - A grain wagon supports a sign against the proposed transmission line by American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative, along Highway 18-151 near Ridgeway, Wis., Dec. 8, 2018. A federal appeals court has cleared the way for utilities to finish building a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River refuge. The utility companies are in the final stages of constructing a 102-mile (164-kilometer) transmission line linking Iowa’s Dubuque County and Wisconsin’s Dane County. About a mile of the line would cross the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge near Cassville, Wisconsin. (Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File, file)
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High-voltage power line through Mississippi River refuge approved by federal appeals court

About a mile of the high-voltage power line would cross the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge near Cassville, Wisconsin.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi meets with the Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami (not pictured) in Isfahan, Iran, May 7, 2024. Iran's Atomic Energy Organization/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
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IAEA’s Grossi seeks deal with Iran on nuclear steps ‘soon’

Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog will continue talks aimed at ending an impasse on many issues between them and should strike a...

The Alberta Energy Regulator has fined a Calgary-based junior oil and gas producer for failing to meet its fugitive emissions and methane reporting requirements. The Alberta Energy Regulator logo is seen on a flag at the opening of the regulator's office in Calgary in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Alberta Energy Regulator, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Alberta oil and gas company fined for violating methane rules

The Alberta Energy Regulator has fined a Calgary-based junior oil and gas producer for failing to meet its fugitive emission and methane reporting...

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) is working with partners across the world to pioneer the use of automated biodiversity monitoring stations. (UKCEH)
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AI can ‘transform understanding of biodiversity threats,’ scientists say

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) said it is working with partners across the world to see how artificial intelligence can...

FILE PHOTO: Storage tanks and gas-chilling units are seen at Freeport LNG, the second largest exporter of U.S. liquified natural gas, near Freeport, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2023. Reuters/Arathy Somasekhar/File Photo
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Nearly 75 Democratic lawmakers support Biden’s LNG pause

Nearly 75 U.S. lawmakers from President Joe Biden's Democratic party on Tuesday praised his pause on approvals of exports of LNG

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a stand of Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom at an exposition of the international military-technical forum Army-2023 at Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre in the Moscow region, Russia, August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Republicans urge Biden to prevent French work with Russian nuclear power company

Two influential Republican U.S. lawmakers have urged President Joe Biden to prevent a French company from working on civil nuclear power projects with...

FILE PHOTO: A Tesla Model 3 vehicle drives on autopilot along the 405 highway in Westminster, California, U.S., March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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US seeks answers from Tesla in Autopilot recall probe

U.S. auto safety investigators are seeking detailed answers and documents from Tesla in a probe into the automaker's December recall of more than...

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