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FILE PHOTO: An electric Mercedes-Benz car is being exhibited at The London EV Show, in London, Britain November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo
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BMW leads German premium car brands in first-half sales

BMW saw a 2.3% rise in total sales in the first half of the year to almost 1.1 million vehicles, with battery-electric sales...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband with Chris Stark, who is to lead a new control centre (Dan Dennison/Department for Energy Security and Net Zero/PA)
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Top climate adviser tasked to deliver clean power in UK

Top climate adviser Chris Stark is to lead a new control centre to try to spur on the Government’s mission to provide Britain...

FILE PHOTO: The Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) is unveiled during its launch in Mumbai, India, August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
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Volkswagen may close Brussels factory as low EV demand hits Audi

Volkswagen warned it may close the Brussels site of its luxury brand Audi due to a sharp drop in demand for high-end electric...

FILE PHOTO: A pig is pictured in front of a pile of rubbish at a landfill of Porto Romano, around 1 kilometre away from the sea line, in Durres, Albania July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo
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New EU Parliament less supportive of green agenda, documents show

The new European Commission faces divided support on climate policies. Key lawmaker groups, including EPP and ECR, aim to revise or scrap green...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia July 9, 2024. Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Kremlin via REUTERS
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India eyes energy deals with Rosneft and other Russian companies

Energy cooperation includes areas such as nuclear energy, oil refining and petrochemicals, partnerships in energy infrastructure, technologies and equipment.

FILE PHOTO: Teresa Ribera delivers a statement during the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 9, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo
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Spain sets rules to install floating solar plants

In Spain, solar power gets a governmental boost with rules for floating photovoltaic plants established as developers' interest grows.

File photo: A worker walks past a board outside Anglo American offices in Johannesburg, August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File photo
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Anglo American hires banks for coal assets sale, sources say

Three banks hired to help sell Anglo coal assets worth an estimated $5bn as company restructures following attempted takeover by BHP.

Taoiseach Simon Harris visited Philip Harris’s farm in Co. Kildare, to discuss plans for a new partnership with farmers (PA)
ClimateEmissionsNewsPolitics

Ireland ‘smashes myth you can’t grow economy and reduce emissions’

Irish greenhouse gas emissions hit lowest level in three decades, with largest reduction to happen outside of an economic recession.

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European carbon removal specialists to support new projects in India

European carbon removal specialists have launched an initiative to help Indian businesses develop projects that suck CO2 out the atmosphere.

FILE PHOTO: New Fiat Panda and Fiat 500 mild-hybrid cars are seen in piazza Maggiore, in Bologna, Italy, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo/File Photo
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Stellantis to expand hybrid vehicle line to meet growing demand

Expansion of Stellantis hybrids across nine car brands announced to meet growing demand as pure EV sales soften globally.

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