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Tough US emissions rules to speed EV shift
AFP, Published on 12/04/2023
» NEW YORK: President Joe Biden's administration unveiled new proposed auto emissions rules on Wednesday, aiming to accelerate the electric vehicle transition with a target of two-thirds of the new US car market by 2032.
Energy-starved S.Africa offers tax breaks to boost green power
AFP, Published on 22/02/2023
» PRETORIA - South Africa unveiled Wednesday new tax incentives to encourage investment in the production of clean power to help the country battle an energy crisis that has sparked worsening blackouts.
Pride and pain in Albania's 'Little London'
AFP, Published on 01/12/2022
» HAS (ALBANIA) - In the town hall of Has, in Albania's mountainous northeast, the Union Jack flag has pride of place next to a framed photo of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
US lawmakers set to pass major climate, health bill in big win for Biden
AFP, Published on 13/08/2022
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers on Friday were expected to adopt President Joe Biden's sprawling climate, tax and health care plan -- a major win for the veteran Democrat that includes the biggest ever American investment in the battle against global warming.
GlobalWafers announces plans for massive US plant
AFP, Published on 28/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - Taiwan's GlobalWafers on Monday unveiled plans to establish a massive plant in northern Texas to produce a component vital to making semiconductors with an investment of up to $5 billion.
US lays out pledges as Biden woos Latin American leaders
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» LOS ANGELES - US President Joe Biden heads Wednesday to a Latin America summit on a mission to woo back the region as his administration pledged greater economic cooperation, investment and a program to train half a million health workers.
Climate change 2021: There's no turning back now
AFP, Published on 27/12/2021
» PARIS: Across a quarter century of UN climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from itself, one was deemed a chaotic failure (Copenhagen/2009), another a stunning success (Paris/2015), and the rest landed somewhere in between.
Leak and destroy: On the hunt for climate killing gas
AFP, Published on 22/08/2021
» PEOTONE (UNITED STATES) - After finding a rusty gas canister near his midwest US home, Rick Karas checked online if it was worth anything. Incredibly, it turned out to be a coveted commodity in the battle against climate change.
Australia taking China to WTO over wine duties
AFP, Published on 19/06/2021
» SYDNEY: Australia is lodging a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization over China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on Australian wine exports, the government announced Saturday.
Growing movement for 'fair share' climate commitments
AFP, Published on 11/05/2021
» PARIS: When US President Joe Biden pledged last month to cut his country's carbon emissions in half by 2030, Japan and Canada quickly followed suit. But many green groups and scientists say that this is still not good enough.