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    Big brands call for global pact to cut plastic production

    Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:45 AM

    Governments will meet at a U.N. Environment Assembly conference later this year to start negotiations on a treaty to tackle the world's plastic waste crisis

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    Australia records highest temperature in 62 years

    Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:53 AM

    The planet's hottest years on record have all been within the last decade, with 2021 being the sixth-hottest

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    Last year was the world's sixth-warmest on record -U.S. scientists

    Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:23 PM

    Last year's extreme heat wave in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, intense rains from Hurricane Ida and flooding in Germany and China were linked to global warming, U.S. agencies say

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    U.S. Energy Dept opens recruitment for 1,000 jobs in clean energy

    Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:39 PM

    New workers, funded by 2021 infrastructure law, are expected to work on issues like improving efficiency of batteries to store energy from wind and solar farms and expanding capacity of transmission lines

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    Activists behind Shell climate verdict target 30 multinationals

    Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:34 AM

    Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth sets its sights on big firms with legal bases in the Netherlands, after a court ruled in May that Shell must reduce its environmental footprint

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    U.S. to hold record offshore wind auction next month in clean energy push

    Thu, 13 Jan 2022 06:18 AM

    The leases are projected to one day host projects able to generate up to 7 gigawatts of electricity, enough to power 2 million homes

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    Argentina capital hit by major power outage amid heat wave

    Wed, 12 Jan 2022 12:31 PM

    Argentine electricity distributors have reported power outages as high temperatures generated a spike in demand for energy to cool homes and businesses

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    Costa Rica hydro plant gets new lease on life from crypto mining

    Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:10 PM

    The plant was forced to reinvent itself because the government stopped buying electricity during the pandemic, while cryptocurrency miners are seeking clean, cheap energy

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    Last year was fourth warmest for U.S. on record, report says

    Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:19 AM

    The nation experienced 20 weather and climate disasters with losses exceeding $1 billion each - the second-highest annual number of such costly events on record

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    U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped 6.2% in 2021 - report

    Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:40 PM

    The rise was driven by a jump in the use of coal-fired electricity and drivers returning to the roads after the first year of the coronavirus pandemic

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