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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.

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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Decarbonizing coal plants in Asia: Is there a role for hydrogen and carbon capture technology?

A new report published by The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies examined whether hydrogen and carbon capture and storage technology could help mitigate...

FILE PHOTO: A Tesla Model 3 vehicle drives using FSD (Full Self-Driving) in Encinitas, California, U.S., October 18, 2023.     REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Tesla upgrades in-car navigation software in China, introduces lane-level guidance

Tesla released a software upgrade for its in-car navigation system in China on Friday, introducing new lane-level guidance features

Wilma Abanil arranges clothes inside her house at the coastal village of Santa Clara near a liquified natural gas power plant in Batangas province, Philippines on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Abanil witnessed changes after the first plant opened in 2002. Within two years, the fish catch was falling, she said. It grew worse as more plants opened. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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The Philippines goes all in for natural gas, a climate pollutant

Liquified natural gas is a booming business in the Philippines, despite experts warning the country is most vulnerable to climate change.

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