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World's Tallest Dam Project Gets New Life With Fresh World Bank Funding

Construction on Tajikistan’s massive Rogun Dam project has taken significant steps forward over the last year, seeming to put to rest doubts about the project’s viability that had bubbled up last…

  • World's tallest dam Rogun in Tajikistan receives $300 million World Bank grant
  • Project expanded to 1,155 meters, increasing water level by 49 meters
  • Completion could make Rogun the world's tallest dam at 335 meters

EU Weighs One-Year Delay to Methane Rules as Winter Energy Risks Rise

The European Union is considering delaying methane reporting rules for imported oil and gas by as much as a year as tight fuel supplies and rising prices collide with Brussels’ climate agenda.

  • EU considers one-year delay for methane reporting rules on imported oil and gas.
  • Delay prompted by fuel supply shortages, rising prices, and conflict with EU climate agenda.
  • French President Macron and several EU nations advocate for the postponement.

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