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The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production and plastic chemical additives at the start of U.N. plastic treaty talks in Geneva, according to a memo and communications seen by Reuters.
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More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognised.
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Global insured losses from natural catastrophes reached $80 billion in the first half of 2025, preliminary estimates from Swiss Re Institute showed on Wednesday, driven by wildfires in California and severe thunderstorms in the United States.
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China's renewable power potential in far-flung provinces is increasingly going unused, official statistics showed on Monday, as the country rushes to build more long-distance transmission and energy storage to bridge the gap.
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Germany's cabinet approved on Wednesday reforms to accelerate the development of infrastructure for carbon dioxide capture and storage as Berlin aims to become carbon neutral by 2045 while keeping its hard-to-decarbonise industries.
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Weary of paying big bills for power supplies that are often cut off, wheat grower Abdallah al-Ali is among the rising number of farmers to have turned to solar panels to keep their irrigation systems running during the searing heat of the Iraqi summer.
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An EU official said on Tuesday that the bloc's methane regulation has come up in U.S. trade talks but the EU stands "firmly" behind its legislation.
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Plastic production has exploded in the last century - to some it has been a miracle product while to others it is a pollution nightmare.
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The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing two people briefed on the matter.
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Researchers warn reef may reach tipping point where coral cannot recover fast enough between major catastrophic events.
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