Energy
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Climate protesters around the world are calling for an end to fossil fuels as Earth heats up
Sep 15, 2023 1:00 am - Tens of thousands of climate activists around the world launched protests Friday to call for an end to the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels as the globe suffers dr...
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Offshore wind energy plans advance in New Jersey amid opposition
Sep 14, 2023 1:00 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Two major offshore wind power projects are taking steps forward in New Jersey as the owners of one project agreed to bring the federal government i...
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Foreign Relations chair seeks answers from US oil firms on Russia business after Ukraine invasion
Sep 07, 2023 1:00 am - The head of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has asked the country's top three oil field services companies to explain why they continued doing business in Ru...
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What are biofuels and why is it so confusing whether they are a source of clean energy or not?
Sep 07, 2023 1:00 am - BENGALURU, India - India, the current president of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations, has proposed a global biofuel alliance that seeks to accelerate...
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Africa Climate Summit links 'unfair' debt burden with calls to make continent's green assets pay off
Sep 05, 2023 1:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya - Climate change is "relentlessly eating away" at Africa's economic progress and it's time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax on polluters, ...
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China bans seafood from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear plant begins its wastewater release
Aug 24, 2023 1:00 am - OKUMA, Japan - The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday ...
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Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in protected area
Aug 21, 2023 1:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company to end ...
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Offshore drilling rig arrives in Lebanese waters ahead of work near the border with Israel
Aug 16, 2023 1:00 am - BEIRUT - An offshore drilling rig arrived at its destination in the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon's coast and will start operations in the coming weeks to search for gas...
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Pritzker vetos bill that would lift nuclear moratoriumAug 11, 2023 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday vetoed a bill that would have enabled the construction of new nuclear reactors in Illinois for the first time in more than three decades. T...
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ComEd establishes new programs for electric vehicle useAug 08, 2023 11:00 pm - CHICAGO - ComEd Wednesday joined with regional and municipal leaders to unveil its latest programs designed to accelerate the adoption of electrified electric vehicles i...