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An energy-from-waste plant in Ferrybridge, U.K. Photo by Rose Galloway Green on Unsplash
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Using carbon capture for energy-from-waste: ‘Low-hanging fruit’ for the UK?

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies has published a paper examining the business case for using carbon capture and storage to reduce emissions...

Burnt objects lie in a pile of debris, amid protests sparked by anger among indigenous Kanak people over a constitutional amendment approved in France that would change who is allowed to participate in elections, which local leaders fear will dilute the Kanak vote, in Noumea, New Caledonia, May 21, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Instagram @ericpaidjan/via REUTERS/File Photo
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Explainer: What New Caledonia riots mean for the nickel industry

A wave of civil unrest in New Caledonia has halted mining operations and supported a rally in prices for the metal.

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The Anglo American logo is seen in Rusternburg October 5, 2015. Picture taken October 5, 2015.  REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko//File Photo
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Anglo American rejects £29.34 per share proposal from BHP

Anglo rejects BHP's third offer in a month as world's largest mining group continues takeover plans.

Borrowdale in Cumbria was declared a national nature reserve (National Trust/PA)
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Rare English rainforest to become protected nature reserve

The Borrowdale Valley in Cumbria was declared a national nature reserve by Natural England and the National Trust on Wednesday.

FILE PHOTO: Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares poses in front of the Ram 1500 Revolution electric concept pickup truck during a Stellantis keynote address at CES 2023, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 5, 2023.  REUTERS/Steve Marcus
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Stellantis CEO: ‘very tough’ battle ahead against Chinese rivals

Stellantis CEO anticipates a major battle with Chinese rivals in the European market for EVs and significant social consequences as a result

FILE PHOTO: A logo of TotalEnergies is seen at an electric vehicle fuelling station in the La Defense business district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
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Macron urges TotalEnergies to stay in France after talk of US listing

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged oil giant TotalEnergies to remain in France after news of the company's potential US listing

The old Wylfa power station was decommissioned in 2015 (Alamy/PA)
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Wylfa in Wales chosen as Government’s top site for major nuclear plant

Ministers are starting talks with energy firms to explore building the UK’s third mega-nuclear power station in Wylfa.

More than a dozen severe storms swept the two countries between October and March (Ben Birchall/PA)
ClimateNewsWeather

Rainfall in UK and Ireland ‘made 20% heavier by climate change’

Rainfall in the storms which battered the UK and Ireland last winter were made around 20% heavier by climate change, scientists have said.

A Togg electric car rolling off the assembly line in Gemlik near Bursa in western Turkey (AFP)
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Turkey bets on Togg to give its car industry electric edge

Togg EVs are part of President Erdogan's plan to turn carmaker into a source of national pride and a hub for Europe's electric...

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Google data centre new source of heat for town in Finland

Google says it will use waste heat from its data centre in the Finnish port city of Hamina to heat 80 per cent...

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