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FILE PHOTO: A general view of electric lines as demand for power surges during a period of hot weather in Houston, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare/File Photo
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SPP seeks approval to become first US grid operator bridging western and eastern interconnections

A regional transmission organization manages electricity transmission over large areas, and expanding the services enhances reliability, efficiency, and resilience, leading to significant cost...

The Calgary Courts Centre in Calgary, Alta., Monday, March 11, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Ranchers turn to top Alberta court in hopes of blocking Rockies open-pit coal mine

A group of southern Alberta ranchers are turning to the province's top court in a final bid to block applications for coal exploration...

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Virginia governor says state will abandon California emissions standards by the end of the year

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says his state will abandon California's stringent vehicle emissions rules aimed at reducing carbon pollution at the end of...

FILE PHOTO: Midnight, an all-electric aircraft from company Archer Aviation, is seen at the Salinas Municipal Airport in Salinas, California, U.S. August 2, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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Air taxi maker Archer Aviation receives FAA nod to start commercial services

Archer Aviation is the second electric air taxi maker to achieve the key milestone.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a ban on advertising oil, gas and coal -- the main drivers of global warming (AFP)
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Planet overheating, ban fossil fuel ads: UN chief

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for a ban on advertising oil, gas and coal as global climate monitors signal the planet is...

FILE PHOTO: Climate activists protest against fossil fuels during the final stages of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 12, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo
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UN chief rebukes fossil fuel industry supporters as climate records break

UN Secretary-General said Weds countries must confront fossil-fuel industry and companies that support efforts to obstruct climate action

FILE PHOTO: The Swiss Parliament House (Bundeshaus) is seen in Bern, Switzerland, November 15, 2023.  REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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Swiss upper house of parliament slams European climate ruling

Swiss upper house of parliament slammed a recent ruling by a top European court that pressed the country to do more to combat...

FILE PHOTO: Gas flares are seen at the state-owned oil company PDVSA, in Punta de Mata, Venezuela April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
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West African nations call for firms to be able to offset carbon

A group of West African countries has weighed into a debate over whether companies should be allowed to use carbon offsets to cut...

FILE PHOTO: People cross a street in the Central Business District (CBD) on a polluted day in Beijing, China, March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
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China plans new carbon measurement standards to boost climate efforts

China aims to establish a carbon footprint management system by 2027, to create a more unified system to measure carbon emissions

FILE PHOTO: Saplings grown at the nursery of the nonprofit environmental group Rioterra, await planting to restore areas of a nearby rainforest, at the Jamari National Forest, in Itapua do Oeste, Rondonia state, Brazil, February 18, 2020.  REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo
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Researchers – Carbon removal needs to quadruple to meet climate goals

Governments need to plant more trees and deploy technologies that will quadruple the CO2 removed each year, researchers said Wednesday

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