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Saudi says climate policy should not 'crush' less powerful
Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)
Speaking at a conference on economic cooperation with Africa, the Gulf kingdom's energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said more must be done to help the ...
Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1 mn over North Sea protest
Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)
Greenpeace protesters boarded the White Marlin vessel for several days at the start of 2023, demanding the fossil-fuel giant stop drilling and pay for its clima...
Fossil fuel plans by producing nations threatens 1.5C limit: UN
Nov 08, 2023 (AFP)
The future of fossil fuels will be a key flashpoint when world leaders meet at the COP28 climate conference later this month, tasked with salvaging the world's ...
Innovative Catalyst Design Sets Stage for Sustainable Hydrogen Production
Nov 06, 2023 (SPX)
The focus of the study at POSTECH revolves around optimizing catalysts used in water electrolysis, a method that allows for the extraction of hydrogen from wate...
Airbus Advances Sustainable Ocean Transit for Aircraft Components
Nov 06, 2023 (SPX)
The transformation of the marine fleet underlines Airbus' initiative to slash its industrial CO2 emissions dramatically, targeting an average annual reduction f...
Qatar signs second 27-year gas supply deal with China's Sinopec
Nov 04, 2023 (AFP)
Doha will supply three million tonnes of gas a year under the deal, QatarEnergy said, announcing another agreement granting the Chinese oil giant for a further ...
Climate experts warn of fossil fuel tactics at COP28
Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)
This year's United Nations climate summit is being chaired and hosted by the United Arab Emirates, a country dubbed "an oil company with a state attached" by on...
Energy giant Shell announces rise in profits
Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)
"Shell delivered another quarter of strong operational and financial performance, capturing opportunities in volatile commodity markets," chief executive Wael S...
HRW accuses Uganda of crackdown on activists protesting oil project
Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)
The $10-billion project by TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation to develop oilfields in Uganda has been hailed by President Yoweri Muse...
Indigenous Australian wins reprieve in gas pipeline fight
Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)
Fuel producer Santos -- one of Australia's largest energy companies -- is planning to lay an underwater pipeline off the country's northern coast, pumping gas f...
China set to build new Sri Lanka refinery, says minister
Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)
Kanchana Wijesekera said the government would shortly enter into an investment agreement with Sinopec to build the refinery next to the Chinese-run port at the ...
Targets to end fossil fuel at COP28 crucial: EU climate chief
Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)
The European Union is willing to take "additional steps" to help developing countries, particularly regarding climate damages, revealed the newly-minted commiss...
Oil exec and climate champion? The man steering COP28
Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)
Sultan Al Jaber, the United Arab Emirates climate envoy, minister of industry and advanced technology and CEO of the state-owned oil firm ADNOC, will lead the C...
Trudeau faces backlash over Canada carbon tax exemption
Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)
Amid calls to provide relief from soaring costs of living, his ruling Liberals last week announced a three-year carbon tax exemption for home heating oil that a...
A potentially cheaper and 'cooler' way of hydrogen transport
Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)
As humanity combats the ongoing climate crisis, one avenue researchers focus on is the transition into alternative sources of energy such as hydrogen. For sever...
UK to hasten new oil, gas exploration in North Sea
Oct 30, 2023 (AFP)
The Conservative government has argued that drilling for new oil and gas is necessary to bolster Britain's energy security after Ukraine's invasion by Russia --...
Construction of controversial Canadian pipeline complete
Oct 30, 2023 (AFP)
The Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline aims to bring natural gas from eastern British Columbia province to be liquified in a facility on the Pacific coast, before b...
Bumper profits ebb at US oil giants as they tout big fossil deals
Oct 27, 2023 (AFP)
The two petroleum heavyweights -- which in recent weeks have unveiled large takeovers of midsized fossil fuel players -- both reported third-quarter profits tha...
Finland says working with China on pipeline probe
Oct 26, 2023 (AFP)
Finnish police have recovered an anchor, believed to be from a Chinese vessel, that appears to have caused the breach in the Baltic Sea pipeline to Estonia this...
Climate activists ordered to do unpaid work for Ashes Test protest
Oct 24, 2023 (AFP)
The district judge also banned the trio -- two men in their twenties and a 69-year-old woman -- from going near the famous London ground for a year, as part of ...
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