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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...

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Powering Past Gas: An energy strategy that works

Climate Council of Australia: As we power past gas, Australia can meet our own energy needs at all times and help our trading...

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.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Nippon Life Insurance Co. is displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. February 26, 2019.  REUTERS/Hideyuki Sano/File Photo
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Japan’s Nippon Life announces transition finance guidelines

Japan insurance company is promoting country's carbon-neutrality aims with transition finance guidelines

Just under half of New Zealand's emissions come from agriculture, with cattle the main culprits (AFP)
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New Zealand scraps plan to tax livestock burps, farts

New Zealand has decided to remove the agriculture sector from a new emissions pricing plan

A generic view of Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant, state utility owned by Electricity of Vietnam, in Hoa Binh province, Vietnam, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Francesco Guarascio
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Analysis-Vietnam eyes greener power but banks on coal to avert blackouts

Vietnam's state-run electricity provider is trying to avoid a repetition of last year's blackuts

A car owner pumps at a petrol station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, June 10, 2024. Diesel price in Malaysia jumped by more than 50% on Monday as part of a revamp of decades-old fuel subsidies to tighten government spending and save billions of ringgits annually. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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Diesel prices jump 56% as Malaysia revamps fuel subsidies

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced the decision to cut diesel subsidies last month so lower-income groups could prepare.

FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese smiles at the end of a press conference in Sydney, July 4, 2023. Albanese said on Monday, June 10, 2024, the opposition would renege on the nation's ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 if the conservative party wins elections due within a year. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
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Australia’s leader says opposition will renege on emissions target

Anthony Albanese said the opposition Liberal Party would renege on the nation’s ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

FILE PHOTO: Volvo reveals their new Volvo EX30 fully-electric small SUV vehicle during an event in Milan, Italy June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo
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Volvo shifting EV production to Belgium to evade China tariffs, The Times reports

Volvo cars has started to shift production of Chinese-made EVs to Belgium as EU crackdown on Beijing-subsidised imports looms

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