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Glencore buying in to Hydro Alunorte alumina refinery, MRN bauxite mining in Brazil

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—Hilde Merete Aasheim Hydro and Glencore will continue efforts to reduce carbon emissions from Alunorte through the fuel switch project that aims to substitute fuel oil with LNG, and the electrification of the coal boilers, bringing Alunorte to the first decile on the global carbon curve in 2025, thereby positioning Alunorte as a leading supplier (..)

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Aramco, Shandong Energy to collaborate on downstream projects in China; cooperation across H2, renewables and carbon capture technologies

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The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco), one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, and Shandong Energy Group, are exploring collaboration on integrated refining and petrochemical opportunities in China. Shandong Energy Group is the third-largest coal mining group in China in terms of production volume.

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Tesla drivers have smoke blown in their faces | Opinion

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There is, of course, some kind of cursed crossover in the Ven diagram that includes both the Rick rollers of coal and the people who hate science, but anyway, let’s digress. I wouldn’t say he sounds smug and self-satisfied, because I hate understatement too much, but I would say he seems unlikely to buy an electric car any time ever.

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IEA: global energy efficiency progress drops to slowest rate since start of decade

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China continued to implement policies designed to shift households and businesses from coal to gas boilers, mainly for air quality reasons. Oil represented the largest share of final demand, at around 41%, but demand growth slowed to 1.5% In 2018, higher oil prices helped dampen demand for road transport fuels.

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Calor introduces Neste BioLPG to the UK market; targeting fully renewable by 2040

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The UK government’s Clean Growth Strategy outlines ambitious new policies to phase out the use of high carbon fossil fuels such as heating oil and coal typically used off the gas grid for domestic heat during the 2020s. Millions of them currently rely on aging heating oil and central heating systems.

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IEA WEO-2012 finds major shift in global energy balance but not onto a more sustainable path; identifies potential for transformative shift in global energy efficiency

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The WEO finds that the extraordinary growth in oil and natural gas output in the United States will mean a sea-change in global energy flows. barely rises in OECD countries, although there is a pronounced shift away from oil, coal (and, in some countries, nuclear) towards natural gas and renewables. Oil demand reaches 99.7

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Rasmussen Poll Finds 71% of Adults Believe It Is At Least Somewhat Important for the US to Change Dependency on Fossil Fuels in Near Future

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A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 73% of Adults believe it is at least Somewhat Important for the country to change its dependency on fossil fuels like coal, gas and oil in the near future. 29% of Americans think the United States will buy less oil from the Middle East in five years’ time than it does today.

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