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Q&A: What do India’s elections mean for coal communities and climate change?

As prime minister of India for the past decade, Narendra Modi has overseen a rapid expansion of the country’s coal-mining and coal-fired power...

A Tiehm's buckwheat plant starts to bud in its native habitat in the Silver Peak Range in Esmeralda County, Nevada beside Rhyolite Ridge, the site of a proposed lithium mine (AFP)
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Flower or power? Campaigners fear lithium mine could kill rare plant

Campaigners fear Tiehm's buckwheat could be under threat as Nevada lithium mine plans to operate for 26 years around rare plant's habitat.

Some 14 billion cubic metres of concrete are cast every year around the globe, according to industry figures. (AFP)
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Scientists say they can make zero-emission cement

Demand for concrete — already the most widely used construction material on Earth — is soaring, but the notoriously polluting industry has struggled...

FILE - A sack of charcoal is filled in Gulu, Uganda on May 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)
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Energy conference delegates push to make clean cooking accessible

Clean cooking energy – using electricity and solar instead of charcoal and wood – in the spotlight at conference in Nairobi.

FILE- Residents stand in a blockade in Noumea, New Caledonia, on May, 15, 2024. Global nickel prices have soared since deadly violence erupted in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job, File)
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How is the violent unrest in New Caledonia hitting nickel prices?

The overseas French territory is a crucial source of nickel, but deadly riots over constitutional changes could affect the supply of the mineral...

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Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power

Ehiaze Ehimen and Thomas Robin study energy efficiency and energy poverty in marginalised communities. They unpack what they found in their research into...

Current investment plans could result in only 50 percent of the lithium supply needed for countries to meet their climate goals in 2035 (AFP)
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IEA warns of key energy mineral shortage risk

The sharp drop in prices for minerals critical to the green energy transition is masking a looming shortage due to inadequate investment

FILE PHOTO: The International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol poses during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, December 15, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
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A second Trump term would target IEA’s green focus, advisers say

Donald Trump would likely push to replace the head of the International Energy Agency if he wins the U.S. presidential election

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Inaugural Africa clean cooking summit sees $2.2 billion pledged

Inaugural summit on Clean Cooking in Africa raises billions in pledges to move continent away from open fires and agricultural waste.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Organization of the Petroleoum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen outside of OPEC's headquarters in Vienna, Austria April 9, 2020.  REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
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OPEC sticks to oil demand view, sees potential economic upside

Monthly report announces that world oil demand will rise by 2.25 million barrels per day in 2024, figures unchanged from last month.

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