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Cricketer Receives Anti-Doping Sanction For Cocaine Use

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Doug Bracewell tested positive for cocaine and its metabolite Benzoylecgonine (BZE) after a T20 match in January 2024. It was accepted that he had used the cocaine out of competition and for reasons unrelated to sport performance.

Delhi Pollution: How thermal plants that power your homes can help you breathe easier with this new tech

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

A study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) reveals that installing flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) systems in 12 coal-based thermal plants within a 300-km radius of Delhi could reduce sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions by up to 67%. However, slow progress in implementing this technology, despite government directives, remains a challenge.

China's Xi urges APEC unity in face of 'protectionism'

Energy-daily.com 

Lima (AFP) Nov 16, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for Asia-Pacific economies to "unite and cooperate" in the face of mounting "protectionism," at a summit in Peru. Speaking to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders hours before he is due to hold talks with US counterpart Joe Biden, Xi pointed to "challenges such as geopolitics, unilateralism and rising protectionism." "We must un

Trump taps oil exec, climate skeptic Chris Wright for energy secretary

Energy-daily.com 

Washington DC (UPI) Nov 16, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday announced Denver-based oil executive Chris Wright as his choice for to head the Department of Energy. Wright is the CEO of oil fracking and natural gas firm Liberty Energy and has questioned the role of fossil fuels in the Earth's changing climate and related weather events. "Chris has been a leading technologist and entrepreneur in energy

China says to scrap export tax rebate for aluminium, copper

Energy-daily.com 

Beijing (AFP) Nov 15, 2024
China's finance ministry said Friday it was cancelling export tax rebates for metals like aluminium and copper, and certain other goods, beginning next month. "The export tax rebate for aluminium, copper, and chemically modified animal, vegetable, or microbial oils and fats will be cancelled," a ministry statement read, adding that the measure would take effect from December 1. The move

COP29: TotalEnergies chief defends oil's climate 'progress'

Energy-daily.com 

Baku (AFP) Nov 15, 2024
The head of French oil giant TotalEnergies admitted the sector's role in climate change on Friday but insisted it was making "continuous progress". "Yes, we are part of the problem," Patrick Pouyanne told AFP on the sidelines of "energy day" at the UN COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan. But "we're in the mindset of continuous progress", he insisted, even "if we're never going fast enough"

Keir Starmer to meet Xi Jinping at G20 summit Monday: UK PM's office

Energy-daily.com 

London (AFP) Nov 18, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet China's Xi Jinping on Monday at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, the premier's office said. Starmer will meet the Chinese president "for the first time" and "seek serious, stable and pragmatic engagement with China", Downing Street said in a statement. It will be the first bilateral meeting between Xi and a British prime minister since Febru

COP29 success requires G20 'leadership': UN chief

Energy-daily.com 

Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 17, 2024
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on G20 leaders gathering in Rio de Janeiro to rescue stalled concurrent UN climate talks in Azerbaijan by showing "leadership" on cutting emissions. "A successful outcome at COP29 is still within reach, but it will require leadership and compromise, namely from the G20 countries," Guterres, who will attend the summit of the world's bigge

'Nobody can reverse' US progress on clean energy: Biden

Energy-daily.com 

Manaus, Brazil (AFP) Nov 17, 2024
US President Joe Biden on Sunday touted his administration's "clean energy revolution" during a visit to the Amazon in Brazil adding, in reference to President-elect Donald Trump, that "nobody can reverse it." "It's true - some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that's underway in America. But nobody - nobody - can reverse it," Biden declared in the city of Manaus.

Renewables revolt in Sardinia, Italy's coal-fired island

Energy-daily.com 

Cagliari, Italy (AFP) Nov 18, 2024
The bolts securing the towering wind turbine were unscrewed under cover of darkness, an act of sabotage symbolising a vehement pushback against renewable energy in Sardinia. Long summers and strong winds make the Italian island a prime location for wind and solar power, but intense investor interest has spooked locals who say Sardinia is being exploited. The loosened bolts were discovere