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Toronto city council has taken a step toward banning misleading fossil fuel advertising on city property, building on recent federal anti-greenwashing rules and a similar proposal approved by the city's transit agency.The Toronto sign in Nathan Phillips Square is shown at city hall in Toronto on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
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Toronto takes step toward ban on misleading fossil fuel ads, following TTC move

Toronto moves toward banning misleading fossil fuel ads on city property, aligning with federal anti-greenwashing regulations.

Climate groups are calling on the Government to fund the transition to clean energy for oil and gas workers (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Call for £1.9bn a year to help UK oil and gas workers move into clean energy

Climate groups urge £1.9B yearly to support oil workers transitioning to renewables, calling for UK funding through 2030.

The Prime Minister made his comments during a visit to a glassmaking factory in Cheshire (Darren Staples/PA)
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£22bn carbon capture pledge can ‘relight fires of renewal’, says Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer pledges £22B for carbon capture to create jobs, boost energy security, and revitalize deindustrialized areas.

Aerial drone view of smoke coming out of a factory chimney.
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World’s first commercial CO2 storage soon ready in Norway

Norway makes progress towards opening a massive undersea vault for commercially transporting and storing carbon dioxide.

A drone view of a message made by Greenpeace activists over sandbanks exposed due to drought at the Solimoes River, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon River, during the most intense and widespread drought Brazil has experienced since records began in 1950, near Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
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‘Who pays?’ asks Brazil Greenpeace protest on climate impact in the Amazon

Greenpeace protests in Amazon as severe drought exposes rivers, highlights climate change impacts on local communities.

Light projection on glacier in the Arctic calling for a halt to deep sea mining (Bianca Vitale/Greenpeace/PA)
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Seabed mining will cause ‘irreversible harm’ to wildlife – Greenpeace

Campaigners call on Norway to abandon plans for seabed mining of critical minerals after releasing report on ocean biodiversity.

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows a deforested plot of Brazil's Amazon rainforest in the municipality of Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 7, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
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Google buys carbon removal credits from Brazil startup, joining Microsoft

Google to buy 50,000 tons of carbon credits from Mombak, following Microsoft's previous deal with the company that replants land in Amazon rainforest.

The COP16 isn't expected to break new ground but is more a stocktake of progress since the last summit (AFP)
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Environment takes centre stage as global summits loom

The United Nations is about to host four major events to address environmental challenges.

Demonstrators outside the proposed site of the Whitehaven coal mine in Cumbria in 2021 (Owen Humphreys/PA)
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Coal mine plans should be ‘permanently shelved’ after court ruling: campaigners

Environmental groups have called for proposals for the UK’s first coal mine for 30 years to be “permanently shelved”.

Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales (Ben Birchall/PA)
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New deal to help transition of steel production at Port Talbot

UK Government strikes deal over workers as thousands of jobs set to go as Port Talbot embraces electric arc production for steel.