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UAE's Jaber urges Big Oil to join fight against climate change

A top oil executive from the United Arab Emirates on Monday urged the energy industry to join the fight against climate change, borrowing a famous line from a U.S. astronaut aboard a damaged spacecraft during the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.

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Davos 2023: EU to counter U.S. climate game changer with own green deal

The European Union responded on Tuesday to U.S. moves to boost its energy transition with its own plans to make life easier for green industry, saying it would mobilize state aid and a sovereignty fund to keep firms from moving to the United States.

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Factbox: U.S. climate deal has money for EVs, clean energy and even Big Oil

After years of failed attempts to pass major legislation to combat climate change, the U.S. Senate's Inflation Reduction Act is poised to become largest U.S. climate legislation in history.

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U.S. offshore wind bids soar past $3 bln

The Biden's administration's sale of offshore wind development rights off the coasts of New York and New Jersey surged past all expectations on Thursday to reach more than $3.3 billion, with bidding still not complete.

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Biden spending bill ignites debate over dairy methane pollution

As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to revive its ambitious social spending and climate plan in Congress, environmental groups and the farm industry are at odds over proposed subsidies aimed at offsetting agriculture’s substantial contribution to global warming.

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Part two of EU climate plan to tackle buildings, methane and natural gas

European Union policymakers have set out a second set of proposals to cut emissions across its economy this decade and to put it on track for net zero greenhouse gas output by 2050.

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UAE's Jaber urges Big Oil to join fight against climate change

Davos 2023: EU to counter U.S. climate game changer with own green deal

Factbox: U.S. climate deal has money for EVs, clean energy and even Big Oil

U.S. offshore wind bids soar past $3 bln

Biden spending bill ignites debate over dairy methane pollution

Part two of EU climate plan to tackle buildings, methane and natural gas

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