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Macron seeking stiff carbon costs to avert climate change.
Emmanuel Macron reached out to Germany to establish a common price floor for carbon dioxide emitted by power utilities as the French president seeks to...
In India, slight rise in temperatures is tied to heat wave deaths.
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India’s answer to Trump on climate is nuclear power.
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UK may get subsidy-free power from offshore wind farms.
Britain may soon join Germany in harvesting subsidy-free electricity from offshore wind farms, giving government ministers new options in securing power supplies that don’t...
Low-cost catalyst powers solar conversion of carbon dioxide to liquid fuels.
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Tokyo nights may soon be lit up by a country 1,700 miles away.
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There’s a new way the U.S. is committing to Paris.
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China's $10 billion strategic pipeline project in Myanmar sparks local ire.
Many local people say the project is being rushed through without consultation or regard for their way of life* Myanmar deep water port key...
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