Thursday, 13 February 2025

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Power lines are seen against cloudy skies near Kingston, Ont. , Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 in Ottawa. The Alberta Utilities Commission is fining another power plant in the province for operating without a licence. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Alberta Utilities Commission fines another unlicenced power generator mining bitcoin

The Alberta Utilities Commission is fining another electricity generator that powered bitcoin mining for operating without a licence.

A one-horned rhinoceros cools down in Bardiya National Park. Conservationists have condemned new regulations in Nepal allowing hydropower and hotel projects in nature reserves (AFP)
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Nepal’s nature ‘threatened’ by new development push

Nepal hydropower facility among the infrastructure permitted in nature reserves under new regulations, to the outrage of conservationists.

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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25 US states challenge EPA power plant emissions rule in court

EPA's coal regulations hit with lawsuit from 25 Republican state attorneys general.

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Opinion: Europe needs hybrid interconnectors for offshore wind

Opinion: Hybrid interconnectors for offshore wind projects could help support Europe's transition to renewable energy, but more could be done to support these...

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

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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.

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...

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 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...

Clammers dig in the mud on the shore of the Raritan Bay in Aberdeen, N.J., on Monday, May 6, 2024, the same day environmentalists hailed the cancellation of a natural gas pipeline project that would have run through the bay en route to New York City. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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One natural gas transport plan killed in New Jersey as another forges ahead

Environmentalists who had fought both projects reacted Monday to the mixed bag they were handed on Friday when the two proposals took differing...

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