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THE steep rise in the price of oil has some of us ruing the dropping of the electric car project
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OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments
MACDONALD DZIRUTWE and ESTELLE SHIRBON THE OPEC chief and ministers from major African oil producing countries defended investments in fossil
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19 countries plan COP26 deal to end financing of fossil fuels abroad – sources
KATE ABNETT and SIMON JESSOP AT least 19 countries plan to commit at the COP26 climate summit on Thursday to
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S.Africa’s banks say they can’t cut off funding for coal just yet
EMMA RUMNEY SOUTH African banks say they have to keep funding at least some coal projects for now because an
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Legal opinion puts governments ‘on notice’ over export finance for fossil fuels
MEGAN ROWLING GOVERNMENTS could face litigation if they do not step up efforts to stop their export credit agencies financing
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Biden proposal: $174 billion for EVs, new funds for renewable power
DAVID SHEPARDSON and NICHOLA GROOM 0606President Joe Biden’s vast infrastructure plan includes $174 billion to boost the markets for electric
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Africa looks likely to continue relying on power from fossil fuels for some time
THE narratives of “leapfrogging” to new technologies are pervasive when it comes to development in Africa. One example is skipping
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State oil firms risk wasting $400 bln as energy shift speeds up
JULIA PAYNE STATE-OWNED oil companies could squander about $400 billion on investments in the next decade on new oil projects
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Pull investments from companies not committed to environment, pope says
PHILIP PULLELLA POPE Francis has urged people to pull investments from companies that are not committed to protecting the environment,
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Cities promise to divest from fossil fuels to boost green recovery
MEGAN ROWLING THE mayors of 12 big cities in North America, Europe and Africa pledged on Tuesday to shift their
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