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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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Chinese automakers committed to Europe despite EV tariff probe: industry group

Chinese automakers' plans to invest in Europe won't be deflected by the EU's anti-subsidy probe into Chinese-made EVs, leading association said Tuesday.

The Alberta Energy Regulator is telling a Calgary energy company to abandon hundreds of wells, pipeline sections and other facilities over concerns about care and maintenance of the sites. A de-commissioned pumpjack is shown at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Calgary energy company told to abandon hundreds of wells after ongoing care problems

The Alberta Energy Regulator is telling a Calgary energy company to abandon hundreds of wells, pipeline sections and other facilities over concerns about...

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Analysis: What is changing under the new EU methane regulation?

What is changing under the new EU methane regulation, for whom and when? A new insight published by the Oxford Institute for Energy...

FILE - Oregon resident Patrick Coffin fills up his car at a gas station in Portland, Ore., Aug. 4, 2023. New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday, June 7, 2024, by the Biden administration. President Joe Biden has set a goal that half all of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2030 are electric. (AP Photo/Claire Rush, File)
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Real-world mileage standard for new vehicles in U.S. rising to 38 mpg in 2031 under new Biden rule

President Joe Biden has set a goal that half all of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2030 are electric, part of...

Newly manufactured Ford Motor Co. 2021 F-150 pick-up trucks are seen waiting for missing parts in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
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US raises truck, SUV fuel economy rules, much less than first proposed

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the proposed new rules will result in much lower compliance penalties than originally proposed, a...

Solar panels in the northern town of Boundiali in Ivory Coast stretch across 36 hectares (89 acres) (AFP)
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Ivory Coast bets on solar in clean energy drive

Ivory Coast has pledged to increase its renewable energy to 45%, including 9% solar, and to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30%

FILE PHOTO: Turkey's Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz speaks during a press conference to unveil a savings measures package in Ankara, Turkey, May 13, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
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Turkey to implement national emissions-trading system soon, vice president says

Turkey will soon implement a national emissions-trading system in line with the EU Green Deal, Turkish VP Cevdet Yilmaz said on Friday

An electric vehicle charging station at Skelton Lake Service Station in Leeds (Danny Lawson/PA)
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Paying to use roads to cut emissions is inevitable, British ex-Tory minister says

Introducing road pricing as a way to tackle air pollution, such as the ultra low emission zone (Ulez) in London, has been divisive...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden views a Jeep Wrangler Willy's 4xe during a visit to the Detroit Auto Show to highlight electric vehicle manufacturing in America, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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How Biden’s emissions rules go soft on hybrid trucks, SUVs

Biden's auto-emissions regulations made concessions to industry allowing for a slower EV transition than it had originally proposed.

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Indonesia, South Korea sign agreement on carbon emission, minister says

Indonesia and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding to incentivise a reduction of carbon emissions

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