Sunak told a news conference on Wednesday the UK was adopting a more “pragmatic” approach to meeting the country’s net zero target
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France to allow loss-making petrol sales to bust fuel inflation
Smaller service station associations criticized the measure, saying they it will jeopardize their survival
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California sues oil giants, alleging climate-risks deception
The lawsuits against oil giants are modelled on successful cases against Big Tobacco and the pharmaceutical industry over the opioid crisis
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UK issues its first carbon storage licences
Fourteen companies were awarded 21 licences to use depleted oil and gas reservoirs and aquifers, which cover around 12,000 square kilometres
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Sweden to abolish tax on plastic bags
The proposals have raised concerns that the new government’s climate policy is backsliding after years of pioneering efforts
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The ‘missing middle’ in Canada’s critical minerals strategy
Governments have thrown billions at upstream and downstream mining and manufacturing, while mid-stream processing of critical minerals is overlooked
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Biden bars drilling over vast swath of Alaska
The ban covers 40 per cent of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, but not the ConocoPhillips oil project in same region
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Enbridge bets big on natural gas in $14B deal
Enbridge, with the world’s longest petroleum pipeline, will double its gas distribution to become North America’s largest natural gas supplier
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World losing high-stakes fight against invasive species
Invasive species are spreading ever faster across the globe and costing hundreds of billions a year in damages
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Cute but calamitous: Australia struggles to deal with 200m rabbits
Rabbits are behind one of the globe’s most harmful biological invasions, ravaging Australia, whose efforts to limit the problem make things worse