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With China’s official energy statistics for year 2017 being gradually released, the annual debate over whether the world’s largest carbon polluter has peaked its greenhouse gas...
EU subsidies to a massive gas pipeline clash with climate goals
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Adani’s controversial coal mega-mine in Queensland, Australia, took another hit this week...
Another blow for giant Australian coal mine as rail company steps back
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Germany to set end date for coal power in 2019
Germany’s would-be governing coalition partners have concluded a treaty that is likely to result in a final deadline for coal-fired power production in Germany.
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Europe’s biggest fossil fuel project gets €1.5bn public loan
The European Investment Bank (EIB) approved loans worth €1.5 billion ($1.86bn) on Tuesday to a pipeline project to ship gas from Azerbaijan to Italy.
The loans went...
Oil majors to face London, New York hearings over Philippines climate impact
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The Philippines Human Rights Commission is set...
Greenpeace appeals Norway Arctic oil drilling case
Campaigners will take their battle to block Arctic oil drilling to Norway’s supreme court, they announced on Monday.
They intend to appeal Oslo district court’s ruling...
EU: ‘Difficult to imagine’ trade deals with countries not in Paris Agreement
The European Commission (EC) has backed French calls to make trade deals with the world’s second biggest economy contingent on membership of the Paris climate agreement.
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Climate Weekly: Europe sends Trump trade warning
If the US wants better trading conditions with Europe, it had better stick with the Paris climate agreement.
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