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Germany Moves to Cut Air Ticket Tax as Bundestag Vote Nears

The measure seeks to restore 2024 tax levels to ease pressure on Germany's aviation market.

Cade Opens Probe Into $2.8 Billion Serra Verde–USA Rare Earth Deal

IEA Says Fossil-Fuel Methane Stayed Near Record Highs in 2025 as G7 Rallies for Faster Cuts

Germany Agrees 50/50 Heating Cost Split as Law Keeps Gas and Oil Boilers

Belgium Moves to Nationalize Nuclear Fleet, Halting Decommissioning

UK to Phase Out Traditional Tumble Dryers in Shift to Heat‑Pump Models

U.S. Pays Nearly $900 Million to Pull Bluepoint and Golden State From Offshore Wind

California Gas Prices Near $6 as Oil Shock Collides With Refinery Cutbacks

Government Says 43% of Transplanted Central Vista Trees Died

40 Ex-Bureaucrats Urge Assam to Scrap Order Sending Forest Guards on Poll Duty

House Panel Subpoenas California Air Regulator Over 2035 Zero-Emission Car Mandate

Merz Questions Germany’s 2038 Coal Exit and Backs New Gas Power

Ottawa and Alberta Strike Methane Deal-in-Principle With April 1 Targets in Doubt

UK Approves Up to £100m to Restart Teesside CO2 Plant

Salina Cruz Coker Project Hits 76% Completion, Sheinbaum Says

Supreme Court Backs HC Order Allowing Mangrove Removal for Versova–Bhayandar Road

France’s Audit Court Flags €26.3 Billion Cost of Renewable Subsidies, Warns of Budget Risk

Germany Drops 2031 Nuclear Waste Repository Deadline in Draft Law

Spanish Congress Rejects EV Tax Break Extension Again, Ending 2026 Deductions

Newsom Condemns EPA Rollback in Munich, Warns of Blow to U.S. Auto Industry