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The US has announced preliminary tariffs to be imposed on solar panels developed by Chinese firms but exported from countries in Southeast Asia
The decision could hurt the Albanese government's chances of re-election next year – and kill Australia's chance of co-hosting a UN climate summit with island nations in 2026
Chinese companies have pumped in more than $100bn into foreign clean tech projects since 2023, research group says
The biggest chunk of the losses will likely be borne by workers in carbon-intensive sectors, which employ almost 32 million people across the world
The future of solar manufacturing in SE Asia depends on duties to be determined by US officials, but most Chinese solar suppliers have stopped shipping to the US due to the risk of retroactive tariffs
OpenAI's proposed data centres would need power equal to the output of about five nuclear reactors – at least 100 times the requirements of a standard large data centre
Ottawa joined the US and the European Union in putting 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles last month
The world is on track to add record amounts of solar energy capacity this year — a scenario that would be great for renewable goals, but will also pose some challenges
New report identifies market-leading companies that allegedly showcase corporate power’s adverse impact on democracy
UN Secretary General António Guterres says digital technologies help to ‘deepen distrust and fuel polarisation’
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