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France will offer companies the same tax credit when they buy gasoline cars than the one currently allowed for diesel cars, its energy minister said on Thursday, removing a key tax break that had boosted sales of diesel cars in the past. ...more |
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A scimitar-horned oryx was born in its native Chad for the first time in three decades thanks to help from a UAE environmental group. ...more |
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Senior State Department officials said on Wednesday they were "optimistic" that a deal on cutting greenhouse gases used in refrigerators, air conditioners and aerosols can be struck during meetings in Rwanda this week. ...more |
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Dutch chemical technology firm Avantium will announce an initial public offering (IPO) this week to fund production of plant-based plastics for Coca Cola bottles and Danone yoghurt cups, two people familiar with the plan told Reuters. ...more |
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A surcharge levied on German consumers to support renewable power will most likely rise by around 8 percent next year, despite government efforts to scale back support for green power, sources in the power transmission sector said on Tuesday. ...more |
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It’s an experience that has become one of those “must do before you die” moments: to swim with a large marine mammal. You reach out and stroke. So does everyone else. Then someone tries to hitch a ride. ...more |
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Fifty-six thousand sea bream fingerlings have been released in Khor Al Qorm. ...more |
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Global energy efficiency, or the amount of gross domestic product squeezed from a given unit of energy, improved by 1.8 percent last year, the International Energy Agency said in a report on Monday. ...more |
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More than 100 scientists from 28 countries have called for global action to protect seagrass meadows. ...more |
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A huge drop in the number of butterflies in the UK is causing confusion among wildlife experts. ...more |
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