Friday, 28 February 2025

Europe

FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of BYD Auto company and Autotorino store in Milan, Italy, March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo
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What happens next in the EU investigation into Chinese EVs?

The European Commission is planning to impose provisional duties on EVs produced in China, what comes next?

Electric cars waiting to be loaded onto a vessel in China to be transported (AFP)
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Top German minister on peace mission amid China EV tariffs row

Germany's Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck will arrive in Beijing on Friday on a last-ditch mission to avoid a damaging trade war with China...

FILE PHOTO: Flags of European Union and China are pictured during the China-EU summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, July 12, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
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China says EU escalation of trade friction could trigger ‘trade war’

The EU could trigger a 'trade war' if it continues to escalate tensions, China's commerce ministry said Friday, accusing the bloc of foul...

German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks to reporters after he visits Panmunjom, the demilitarised zone between South Korea and North Korea, in Paju, South Korea, June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Maria Martinez
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German trade focus could pivot from China to US

Trade experts say economic and political factors all increasingly favour U.S.-German relationship following EU tariffs on Chinese EVs posed export risks

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels are pictured at a solar energy park in Saelices, Spain, May 11, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Guillermo Martinez/File Photo
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Europe’s solar power surge hits prices, exposing storage needs

Mismatch between demand and supply as solar power generation soars could shift investment to much needed storage solutions

Workers aboard a small boat check lines of seaweed and mussels crops at Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm, about 15 kilometers off the Danish coast, Baltic Sea, Denmark, Tuesday June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/James Brooks)
BiodiversityClimateElectricityEnvironmentNewsResiliencyWind

Beneath offshore wind turbines, researchers grow seafood and seaweed

Offshore wind farms provide researchers with the ideal location to grow seaweed and mussels crops

FILE PHOTO: A private security guard walks between rows of photovoltaic solar panels inside a solar power plant at Raisan village near Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, February 11, 2014. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
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Solar can provide 20% of world electricity on northern summer solstice, thinktank says

LONDON – The world has enough solar power capacity to generate a fifth of its midday peak electricity needs on the longest day...

Former Tory MP Chris Skidmore is switching his support to Labour (Aaron Chown/PA)
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UK election: Ex-Tory MP switches support to Labour over Sunak ‘siding with climate deniers’

Former British Tory minister Chris Skidmore has said he will vote Labour for the first time because of Rishi Sunak’s decision to “side...

Environmental campaigner Sarah Finch, center, celebrates outside the Supreme Court in London, Thursday June 20, 2024 after justices ruled that emissions generated from burning fuel should be considered when granting planning permission for oil sites. The 3-2 ruling Thursday in London was a victory for fossil fuel opponents. (Callum Parke/PA via AP)
CourtsEmissionsEnvironmentNewsOilPolitics

Fossil fuel opponents score victory in a UK Supreme Court ruling on case near a London airport

Fossil fuel opponents won a major victory Thursday as the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that planners reviewing well-drilling permits must consider the greenhouse...

Niger citizens celebrated the departure of French troops in 2023 (AFP)
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Niger revokes French operating licence at major uranium mine

Niger has revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer Orano at one of the world’s biggest uranium mines, the company said...

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