(Reuters) – Top U.S. solar panel manufacturer First Solar Inc on Wednesday said it has chosen Alabama as the home of its fourth domestic factory, giving the state a $1.1 billion investment that[...]
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Environment
Chile’s Codelco trials fully-electric loader in bid to cut emissions
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda EL TENIENTE MINE, Chile (Reuters) – A huge fully electric-powered 14-ton loading shovel has begun operating at Chile’s century-old El Teniente copper mine, in w[...]
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Costco to set new emission cut targets in deal with activist firm
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Costco Wholesale Corp will set new targets by next year to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, according to an activist investment firm that said the retailer had been a[...]
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Explainer-Britain’s insurers become test case for post-Brexit ‘unshackling’
By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – The British government and the Bank of England are reforming insurers’ capital rules, seen as a post-Brexit test of UK willingness to[...]
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U.S. nuclear plants expect government decision on credits by year-end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two companies that have applied for funding to keep struggling nuclear power plants open said they expect to hear from the U.S. Department of Energy by the end of the year. Both[...]
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Africa deserves right to use natural gas reserves – AfDB chief
By Simon Jessop and Emilie Madi SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Reuters) – The right of African countries to use their natural gas reserves should be reflected in any deal at the COP27 climate talks, the presi[...]
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