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FILE PHOTO: A Volvo logo is pictured in Brussels, Belgium March 4, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
BusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPoliticsTrade

Volvo to delay EV EX30’s US shipments due to higher tariffs on Chinese imports

Volvo won't deliver the EVs until 2025 as it shifts production of the compact SUV out of China in the wake of tariff...

FILE PHOTO: Wind generators are seen on a farm in the countryside near the Sicilian town of Trapani, southern Italy September 29, 2009.    REUTERS/Giuseppe Piazza/File Photo
ElectricityNewsPoliticsSolarWind

EU drafts plan to avoid disputes over green energy mega-projects

Brussels is concerned that disputes over who should pay could hamper the build-out of these major new green energy hubs.

Members of the public enjoy the summer sun in Green Park in London (Jeff Moore/PA)
ClimateNewsWeather

UK Met Office records hottest day of year with high of 30.3C at Heathrow Airport

The previous hottest day of the year in the UK was Tuesday, which saw a high of 30C recorded in Chertsey in Surrey.

The Greenpeace protester climbed on top of the Conservative party's 'battle bus' (POOL)
ClimateElectionsNewsPolitics

Climate protesters target UK’s ruling Tories for second day running

Protesters targeted the general election campaign of UK's Conservatives. Their key demands include curbing UK fossil fuel extraction.

Legal & General Investment Management is one of the world’s largest asset managers (John Stillwell/PA)
BusinessClimateEmissionsEnvironmentNews

Major investor to divest from Glencore and TK Maxx owner over climate concerns

Glencore does not “meet our red line” of asking mining companies to share whether they plan to increase thermal coal capacity, says LGIM.

FILE - A view of the antennas of the Vatican Radio, which beams the Pope's words around the world, is seen in Santa Maria di Galeria, on the outskirts of Rome, on April 11, 2001. Pope Francis decreed Wednesday that an area of northern Rome, long the source of controversy because of electromagnetic waves emitted by Vatican Radio towers there, will now house solar panels to fuel Vatican City. (AP Photo/ Gregorio Borgia, File)
ClimateEmissionsNewsPoliticsSolar

A Vatican Radio territory in north Rome once blamed for electro-smog will become a solar farm

In a decree, Pope Francis said the solar energy generated would be sufficient to fuel the Vatican City State itself.

A robotaxi Verne is displayed during the presentation in Zagreb, Croatia, June 26, 2024. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
AutomotiveElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPublic TransitTransport

Croatian startup readies self-driving robotaxi Verne for Zagreb launch

Autonomous vehicle startup P3, set up by the founder of Croatian EV maker Rimac Group, presented on Wednesday its self-driving robotaxi

FILE PHOTO: View of a detail of the R3X SUV unveiled by electric truck maker Rivian during an event in Laguna Beach, California, U.S. March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)FinanceNewsTransport

What’s behind Volkswagen’s $5 billion EV software bet on Rivian?

Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, plans to spend as much as $5 billion on an EV software partnership with U.S.-based Rivian

Majority support rapid moves to overturn onshore wind ban (Tom Leese/PA)
ElectionsElectricityLegislationNewsPoliticsWind

74% back rapid overturning of de facto ban for new onshore wind after UK election

Nearly 3/4 of people support lifting the de facto ban on new onshore wind farms within weeks of the UK election, polling has...

WWF is warning nature is under threat, but claims political parties have gone Awol on the environment (Owen Humphreys/PA)
ClimateElectionsEnvironmentNewsPolitics

Parties ‘Awol’ on environment, charity warns as poll highlights UK voters’ concern

WWF accuse UK politicians of going 'Awol' on environment, despite polls showing four-fifths of voters care about climate and nature issues

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