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Shaping mandatory building performance standards in Canada
A new report examines how Canada's federal government could play a leadership role in decarbonizing the building sector with mandatory standards.
Europe’s pro-nuclear leaders seek atomic energy revival
BRUSSELS – Leaders from pro-nuclear European countries and energy experts called for a nuclear energy revival on Thursday at a summit in Brussels,...
Fossil fuels set to be as unpopular as cigarettes: Brazil energy minister
Fossil fuels will eventually be seen as just as unhealthy as cigarettes, according to Brazil Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira, who oversees the South...
Climate urgency takes back seat in Senegal election
Surrounded by lush mangrove forests, Julien Arfang Diatta shows the flooded road leading to his village on Senegal’s tiny island of Kailo. Encroaching...
Security and climate change drive return to nuclear as over 30 nations sign pledge
BRUSSELS — In the shadow of a massive monument glorifying nuclear power, over 30 nations from around the world pledged to use the...
Industrial carbon price cuts three times the emissions of consumer levy: report
OTTAWA — Canada’s carbon price could slash greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 100 million tonnes a year by 2030, but only about one-fifth...
EU legal adviser backs cancellation of EU-Morocco fishing agreement over disputed Western Sahara
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A legal adviser to the European Union’s top court recommended Thursday that it annul the bloc’s fishing agreement with...
US lawmakers race to avert weekend government shutdown
US lawmakers released a $1.2 trillion package in the early hours of Thursday to complete the 2024 federal budget — teeing off a race to...
Nuclear’s EU comeback on show at Brussels summit
Promoting nuclear power was long taboo in Brussels, but a high-profile international summit Thursday will send loud and clear the message that atomic...
New York lawmakers expand fracking ban to include liquid carbon dioxide
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would expand the state’s existing fracking ban by blocking natural gas...
