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China generated over half world's coal-fired power in 2020

China generated 53% of the world's total coal-fired power in 2020, nine percentage points more that five years earlier, despite climate pledges and the building of hundreds of renewable energy plants, a global data study showed on Monday.

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UK’s CO2 emissions ‘fell by almost 11% last year’

The UK saw a 10.7% fall in carbon dioxide emissions last year.

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Oil Majors Look To Exit Tunisia

European oil majors Shell, Eni, and OMV are looking to sell their oil and gas assets in North African country Tunisia, sources in the industry told Reuters on Friday.

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Daily (26.03.2021): Oil prices dropped by about 4% on Thursday, on the pace for the third consecutive week of losses amid mounting lockdowns in Europe

Oil prices pulled back on Thursday and are on the track to reach the third straight week of losses as a new round of coronavirus restrictions in Europe revived worries about demand, counterbalancing the potential impact of a blocked Suez Canal. Hence, Brent crude shed by $2.46 or 3.8% to settle at $61.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, U.S. WTI crude dropped by $2.62 or 4.3% to close at $58.26 per barrel.

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Brussels rules out double carbon compensation for EU steelmakers

“Several options are being considered” for the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), which will impose a carbon price on imported goods coming into the European Union, said Mette Koefoed Quinn, a senior official at the Commission’s climate directorate.

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