Tuesday, 11 February 2025

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Laurie Pushor, head of Alberta Energy Regulator, is seen in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Alberta Energy Regulator *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Search committee struck to replace head of Alberta Energy Regulator

Alberta's Energy Regulator seeks a new president as Laurie Pushor steps down, with ongoing challenges in well management and transparency.

FILE PHOTO: Visitors walk past Tesla's Cybertruck displayed at the World Robot Conference in Beijing, China August 21, 2024. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo
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Canada to impose 100% tariff on Chinese EVs, including Teslas

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that Canada will impose a 100% tariff on the import of Chinese electric vehicles

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles that were completely burned down due to a Mercedes Benz electric car fire that broke out on August 1st, are lying in the underground parking lot of an apartment complex in Incheon, South Korea, August 2, 2024. Yonhap/via REUTERS /File Photo
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South Korea to advance EV battery certification scheme after fires

South Korea's government have agreed to move up an EV battery certification programme, after a series of fires involving EVs

FILE - German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck speaks during a press conference in Shanghai, China, Saturday June 22, 2024. (Andres Martinez Casares/Pool via AP, File)
Carbon ManagementEconomyIndustryNewsPoliticsRegulations

Germany plans $3.7 billion program to help decarbonize industry, including carbon storage

Germany aims to cut its emissions to “net zero” by 2045. The new program is aimed largely at medium-sized companies.

Bridgette Murray poses next to an air quality monitor in the Pleasantville area of Houston, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)
AnalysisClimateEmissionsEnvironmentPoliticsRegulationsResiliency

Biden promised to clean up heavily polluted communities. Here is how advocates say he did

To assess Biden’s environmental justice efforts, AP spoke to 30 groups who've long fought to clean up local Superfund sites, petrochemical plants, and...

Map showing SunCable's Australia-Asia PowerLink renewable energy project from Australia's Northern Territory to Darwin and Singapore via a high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. (AFP)
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Energy-hungry Singapore eyes deserts, forest for renewables

Singapore looks to Australia's deserts and Malaysia's rainforests for clean energy as data centers drive rising power demand.

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China issues guidelines on green power trading

State planner lays out price mechanisms behind market-based scheme to promote renewable electricity consumption in China.

Grassy Mountain, peak to left, and the Grassy Mountain Coal Project are seen north of Blairmore, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. Alberta's top court is allowing a southwestern ranching community to appeal applications for coal exploration permits. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Top Alberta Court allows appeal of coal miner’s exploration applications

Alberta's top court is allowing a southwestern ranching community to appeal applications for coal exploration permits.

Among the successes identified was Britain's introduction in 2013 of a minimum carbon price, subsidies for renewable energy, and a coal phase-out plan (AFP)
ClimateEmissionsLegislationNewsPoliticsRegulationsReports

Combining climate measures key to slashing emissions: study

Published in the journal Science, the study examined 25 years of public policies in 41 countries across six continents.

FILE PHOTO: Workers and a media member walk inside Chuquicamata copper mine underground mining project, in Calama, Chile, February 6, 2024. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza/File Photo
BusinessCritical MineralsEnvironmentMiningNewsRegulations

Codelco could face $8 million fine for tailings dam violations

The charges against state copper giant Codelco were filed over the management of its Talabre tailings dam at its Ministro Hales division.

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