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Investors with $39 trillion urge government to plan fossil fuel phase out

Investors managing $39 trillion have called on governments to raise their climate ambition, including setting plans to phase out fossil fuel use and forcing companies to set out science-based transition plans.

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Power drinkers - Aussie brewer offers beer for excess solar energy

How about a cool beer in exchange for your excess solar power? That's the offer from Asahi Group's Carlton and United Breweries in Australia, serving up Victorian Bitter to households who have rooftop solar power to spare, in what the companies involved believe to be a world first.

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Wind industry warns not building enough to curb global warming

The world's wind power industry is falling far short of installing the capacity needed to limit global warming, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council showed.

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EU readies reforms to energy treaty as climate criticisms mount

The European Commission is expected to propose reforms to an international energy treaty as early as Monday, EU officials said, after some governments have said the bloc should consider quitting the agreement because it could threaten climate goals.

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'Forgotten workhorse' hydropower needs government support, energy leaders say

Governments must provide incentives to help drive investment in hydropower as the "forgotten workhorse" if the world is to meet pledges to cut emissions and combat climate change, energy agencies say.

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Climate could pay the price as Europe's nuclear plants age

Nuclear power capacity able to supply roughly 60 million homes is scheduled to close this decade as utilities struggle to replace northwest Europe's ageing reactors, raising the risk of higher carbon emissions as fossil fuels plug the gap.

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Energy efficiency progress falters amid pandemic: IEA

Global progress toward energy efficiency has slowed to its lowest rate in 10 years due to subdued prices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Energy Agency says, dealing a setback to efforts to curb climate change.

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Investors with $39 trillion urge government to plan fossil fuel phase out

Power drinkers - Aussie brewer offers beer for excess solar energy

Wind industry warns not building enough to curb global warming

EU readies reforms to energy treaty as climate criticisms mount

'Forgotten workhorse' hydropower needs government support, energy leaders say

Climate could pay the price as Europe's nuclear plants age

Energy efficiency progress falters amid pandemic: IEA

A climate-themed version of Catan sparks new conversations

Opinion: Building climate resilience fails to protect human health

Montana’s Supreme Court debates climate law's constitutionality

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way