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A screen displays Chandni Raina of India as she speaks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 24, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Rich countries raise COP29 climate finance offer to $300B as developing nations fume

Wealthy nations at COP29 agree to raise their climate funding offer to $300 billion annually by 2035 for developing countries.

A general view of Titan Cement's Alexandria Portland Cement Company factory, behind balcony houses in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt.
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How big fossil-fuel-producing countries export emissions abroad

Fossil fuel exports were a hot topic at COP29 in Baku, with calls for accountability for pollution sent to poorer nations.

FILE PHOTO: New China-built electric vehicles of the company Xpeng are seen parked in the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, October 24, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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EU, China close to agreement over EV import tariffs, leading MEP says

EU and China near deal to end EV tariff row, with Beijing potentially setting minimum prices for e-cars to address subsidy concerns.

FILE PHOTO: Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. CEO Chris Wright rings a ceremonial bell to celebrate the company's IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., January 12, 2018.  REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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Trump energy pick wrote ESG report hailing oil, gas, downplaying climate worry

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the energy department, believes fossil fuels are the key to ending world poverty.

Cars drive at the territory of the COP29 United Nations climate change conference venue, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 22, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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COP29 climate summit overruns as $250 billion draft deal stalls

COP29 climate talks extend past deadline as nations clash over a $250B annual funding plan, with developing countries demanding more.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hails the energy deal on the island of Naxos (POOL)
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Greece pushes green transition on its fragile islands

Greece has signed a clean energy deal with the EU to fast-track the green transition on its fragile, tourist-riddled islands.

Dion George, South Africa environment minister, left, walks past a person in a dugong costume during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Countries at UN climate summit under pressure with no finance deal entering final day

Countries at the United Nations climate summit entered the last scheduled day of talks with no visible progress on their chief goals.

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UN climate summit set to go into overtime as talks stall over finance deal

Negotiators have been adrift in the last 24 hours, unable to soften their red lines or hammer out a landing ground.

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Cashew nutshell marine biofuel causes problems for some ships, says testing agency

Cashew nut liquid has been touted as an alternative renewable fuel, but it also has high acid values and is corrosive.

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Northvolt facility in Skelleftea, Sweden is seen in this undated handout photo. Northvolt/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Sweden’s Northvolt files for bankruptcy, in blow to Europe’s EV ambitions

Northvolt files for U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy, seeking to restructure $5.8B debt while securing $245M to sustain European battery hopes.

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