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US Publishes Interim Tax Credit Rules Meant to Restrict China Clean Energy Influence

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Feb 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday unveiled interim rules for enforcing provisions in President Donald Trump’s new tax law that restrict companies from claiming federal clean energy subsidies if they are overly reliant on Chinese-made equipment. The guidance, which applies to lucrative tax credits for clean energy manufacturing and electricity generation, …

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How the US Is Abandoning Joint Climate Action Under Trump

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By Eric Roston and Brian Kahn A globe at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil. Photographer: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images The US officially exited the Paris Agreement on Jan. 27. It’s the second time President Donald Trump has pulled out of the pact that commits almost 200 countries to keep global …

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Trump Set to Limit States’ Ability to Block Energy Projects in Water Rule

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(Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a rule revising Biden-era pollution protections for waterways, a move the Environmental Protection Agency said would speed permitting of energy and artificial intelligence infrastructure. The proposed rule would revise a 2023 rule by former President Joe Biden’s administration on Section 401 of the Clean Water Act that …

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COMMENTARY: Emissions Are Still Rising. That Doesn’t Mean We’re Failing

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By Lara Williams Lara Williams is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering climate change. Takeaways by Bloomberg AI The Paris Agreement aims to limit climate change to “well below 2C above pre-industrial levels” and pursue efforts to keep the increase close to 1.5C, but carbon emissions continue to grow. Many experts believe the 1.5C temperature target is …

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Is This Exxon’s New Climate Delay Tactic?

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The oil giant is pushing for a new carbon accounting method, which worries climate advocates but shows Exxon is sticking with its emission-reduction goals despite Trump’s attacks on low-carbon energy By Akshat Rathi and Kevin Crowley When you’re one of the biggest polluters, you have a vested interest in how pollution is counted. That is …

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Canada Signals Plans to Scrap Oil and Gas Emissions Cap

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By Nojoud Al Mallees and Thomas Seal The Canadian government signaled it plans to eventually lift the controversial cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector, doubling down instead on its industrial carbon pricing system to rein in pollution. In its first federal budget on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government unveiled its climate …

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US Officials to Skip UN Climate Talks Trump Derided as ‘Scam’

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By Jennifer A Dlouhy Pavilions at the Parque da Cidade, the main venue for the COP30 summit, in Belem, Brazil. Photographer: Alessandro Falco/Bloomberg High-level US representatives are staying away from the UN climate negotiations in Brazil, even as President Donald Trump seeks to influence energy policy globally. The plan to forgo senior representation at the …

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Australia Proposes Environment Law Overhaul to Speed Up Projects

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By Keira Wright and Paul-Alain Hunt Australia plans to overhaul national environmental laws to better protect nature, while speeding up approvals for major projects in sectors including natural gas, renewable energy and mining. On Thursday, the center-left Labor government will introduce long-awaited legislation to Parliament to amend the widely criticized Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation …

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Canada May Drop Oil Emissions Cap as Part of New Climate Plan

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Canada’s government is in discussions with energy companies and Alberta about eliminating a federal cap on emissions from the country’s oil and gas sector if the industry and province reduce their carbon footprint in other ways, three sources with knowledge of the talks said. The sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the …

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Trump’s EPA to Repeal Core of Greenhouse Gas Rules in Major Deregulatory Move

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(Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, as well as tailpipe emission standards for vehicles, setting off what it describes as the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history. Republican President Donald Trump’s pick to run the EPA Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s plan to …

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