With rotor the size of 7 soccer pitches, China builds biggest floating wind power system

With rotor the size of 7 soccer pitches, China builds biggest floating wind power system

China has assembled the world’s largest single-unit floating offshore wind power system as it accelerates efforts to expand its marine economy and clean energy industry. Assembly of the 16-megawatt system has been completed in Beihai, in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Science and Technology Daily reported on Wednesday. All of its key parts, from…

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China steps into spotlight at UN climate talks

China’s emissions-cutting pledge is poised to take center stage at a United Nations climate meeting Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering — if predictable — broadside against the science surrounding planet-warming fossil fuels. Some 118 nations will outline plans to curb global warming, which is driving disasters worldwide — from catastrophic floods…

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Young activists won a landmark state climate trial. Now they’re challenging Trump’s orders

Billings, Mont. (AP) — Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are trying to convince a federal judge to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels. During a two-day hearing starting Tuesday in Missoula, Montana, the activists and their experts plan to…

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Shipping companies support a first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases, opposed by Trump officials

Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissions. The Getting to Zero Coalition, an alliance of companies, governments and intergovernmental organizations, is asking member states of the International Maritime Organization to support adopting…

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Last-minute changes to Senate’s 'big, beautiful bill' stun clean energy industry (and Elon Musk)

Last-minute changes to Senate’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ stun clean energy industry (and Elon Musk)

The Senate is making a final push to advance President Trump’s signature legislation with a flurry of last-minute changes that stunned Elon Musk and the already besieged clean energy industry while offering new support for fossil fuels. The controversy surrounding the bill’s energy approach is just one front in a frenzied final push with plenty…

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