A roundup of this week's top stories:
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Biden vows to make 50% of US cars electric by 2030
US President Joe Biden has vowed to dramatically increase the market share of electric vehicles in the US to account for 50% of all car sales by the end of the decade...
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Mura Technology brings its innovative plastic recycling to Japan
Mura Technology has partnered with engineering company KBM and Mitsubishi's chemicals arm to develop its first hydrothermal plastic recycling technology project (Hydro-PRT) in Japan...
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Vattenfall combines strip farming & solar power in Dutch pilot project
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has been awarded a permit in the Netherlands for a pilot project that combines strip farming and solar panels...
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Benchmark green-hydrogen project planned in Switzerland
Three energy companies, Alpiq, EW Höfe AG and SOCAR Energy Switzerland are planning to build an electrolysis plant in Switzerland that will sets new benchmarks in terms of energy efficiency...
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EU launches public consultation on revised chemicals labelling
The European Commission has begun a public consultation on the revision of its CLP Regulation, which relates to the classification, labelling and packaging of chemical products...
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Russia's Rosatom to build four new floating nuclear plants in Siberia
Russian state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom has announced it will build four new floating nuclear power plants, specifically to power mining operations in northern Siberia...
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Vectura bidding war averted as Carlyle refuses to raise offer
Private equity firm Carlyle has refused to increase its offer for UK respiratory firm Vectura shortly before the five-day bidding war with rival Phillip Morris International (PMI) was due to commence...
