World’s first commercial carbon storage facility begins operations, injecting CO2 deep under North Sea seabed

[ad_1] Oslo —The world’s first commercial service offering carbon storage off Norway’s coast has carried out its inaugural CO2 injection into the North Sea seabed, the Northern Lights consortium operating the site said Monday. The project by Northern Lights, which is led by oil giants Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, involves transporting and burying CO2 captured at…

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Climber dies trying to rescue injured Russian woman from Kyrgystan’s highest mountain; search halted

[ad_1] A search for a Russian climber stranded on Kyrgystan’s highest mountain has been suspended indefinitely due to severe weather conditions after another climber died trying to rescue her, the Central Asian country’s authorities said on Saturday. Natalia Nagovitsyna — whose husband died on a different mountain four years ago — broke her leg while…

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France summons U.S. ambassador over letter about response to rising antisemitism, calling allegations “unacceptable”

[ad_1] France has summoned the U.S. ambassador to Paris after the diplomat, Charles Kushner, wrote a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron alleging the country did not do enough to combat antisemitism. France’s foreign ministry issued a statement Sunday announcing it had summoned Kushner to appear Monday at Quai d’Orsay, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign…

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Economist Mohamed El-Erian says Jerome Powell “hasn’t looked forward enough” on interest rates

[ad_1] Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell signaled Friday that he could cut interest rates soon, which comes after months of pressure from the Trump administration. Allianz chief economic adviser Mohamed El-Erian tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that many economists think Powell should cut rates earlier as well, saying that he believes that Powell…

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