Energy
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COP28 climate talks enter last day with no agreement in sight on fossil fuels
Dec 12, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A stark standoff between countries that want a dramatic phaseout to fossil fuels causing damaging warming and those that don't crushed hope...
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Agreeing to agree: Everyone must come to consensus at COP28 climate talks, toughening the process
Dec 11, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - It's the killer detail in international climate talks: Consensus. With nearly 200 nations of different sizes, economies, political sys...
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UN officials and activists ramp up the urgency as "difficult" climate talks enter final days
Dec 11, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Countries moved closer to reaching what critics called a watered-down final deal Monday, avoiding calls from more than 100 nations to phase...
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After a fast start, COP28 climate talks now in murky middle of hope, roadblocks
Dec 06, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - After a first-day blur of rare quick action and agreement, negotiators at a critical United Nations climate summit Wednesday finished up th...
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To phase out or phase down fossil fuels? That is the question at COP28 climate talks
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - After days of shaving off the edges of key warming issues, climate negotiators Tuesday zeroed in on the tough job of dealing with the main ...
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Deep-sea mining in the Arctic Ocean gets the green light from Norwegian lawmakers
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Norway's minority center-left government and two large opposition parties made a deal Tuesday to open the Arctic Ocean to seabed mineral exploratio...
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U.S. unveils global strategy to commercialize fusion as source of clean energy during COP28
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry said Tues...
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Ukrainian diplomats negotiate both climate change and Russia's war on their nation at COP28 in Dubai
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - While Ukrainian diplomats take part in negotiations at the United Nations COP28 climate talks, Russia's war on the country lurks just in th...
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Gore blasts COP28 climate chief and oil companies' emissions pledges at U.N. summit
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Don't trust the oil and gas industry to report their actual carbon pollution, said former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who added that the m...
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U.S. targets oil and natural gas industry's role in global warming with new rule on methane emissions
Dec 02, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role i...