Wednesday, 12 February 2025

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FILE - In this undated file photo the Trans-Alaska pipeline and pump station north of Fairbanks, Alaska is shown. Environmental groups have petitioned the U.S. Department of Interior to review climate impacts related to the decades-old trans-Alaska pipeline system. They're also asking the federal government to develop a plan for a "managed phasedown" of the 800-mile pipeline, which is Alaska's economic lifeline. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)
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Environmentalists urge US to plan ‘phasedown’ of key Alaska oil pipeline

'Woefully outdated' environmental analysis criticised by activists who hope to see decades-old project retired after Biden administration approves new oil project.

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Analysis: Harnessing the power of generative AI for the energy transition

Analysis: It is critical for energy transition stakeholders to monitor, understand, and carefully apply the capabilities of generative AI to their unique decarbonization...

The VoloCity air taxi will be authorised for test flights during the Olympics (AFP)
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‘Flying taxis’ to be tested during Paris Olympics: minister

France's transport minister says so-called "flying taxis" would be authorised for use on an experimental basis during the Paris Olympics.

FILE PHOTO: A view of windmills and power lines, as California's grid operator urged the state's 40 million people to ratchet down the use of electricity in homes and businesses as a wave of extreme heat settled over much of the state, near Tracy, California, U.S., August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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US Senate confirms two for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

The U.S. Senate confirmed David Rosner, a Democrat, and Lindsay See, a Republican, as members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which regulates...

The European Commission has ordered a provisional hike to tariffs on Chinese manufacturers including BYD (AFP)
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EU slaps extra tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese electric cars

The European Union threatened on Wednesday to hit Chinese electric car imports with additional tariffs of up to 38% from next month

FILE PHOTO: A longtime exposure shows cars driving on the Mittlerer Ring  in Munich, Germany, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Lukas Barth/File Photo
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European carmakers hit by ‘fear of retaliation’ from EU tariffs on China EVs

Shares in some of Europe's biggest automakers dropped on fears of Chinese retaliation after the EU imposed duties on imported Chinese EVs

FILE PHOTO: Cars to be exported sit at a terminal in the port of Yantai, Shandong province, China January 10, 2024. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo
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China ready to defend interests over EU tariffs on EVs

China will take measures to "firmly safeguard" its interests after a report that the EU would impose tariffs of up to 25% on...

A drone view shows BYD electric vehicles before being loaded onto a vehicle carrier for export to Brazil, at the port of Lianyungang in Jiangsu province, China April 25, 2024. China Daily via REUTERS
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EU imposes tariffs of up to 25% on Chinese EVs, FT reports

The EU will notify car makers on Wednesday that it will provisionally apply additional duties of up to 25% on imported Chinese EVs...

FILE - Construction crews bore beneath U.S. 221 in Roanoke County, Va., June 22, 2018, to make a tunnel through which the Mountain Valley Pipeline will pass under the highway. The hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline was given the go-ahead Tuesday, June 11, 2024, to start operating, six years after construction began at more than double its original estimated cost. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP, File)
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Hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline given go-ahead

Mountain Valley Pipeline approval granted six years after construction began, despite objections from environmental groups and landowners.

A plastics plant in Sarnia, Ont., that has been subject to recent orders and regulations from both the provincial and federal governments over benzene emissions says it is permanently shutting down. A petrochemical plant is seen in Sarnia, Ont., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario chemical plant, subject to government orders over benzene emissions, permanently closing

A plastics plant in Sarnia, Ont., that has been subject to recent orders and regulations from both the provincial and federal governments over...

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