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Bahrain aims for carbon neutrality by 2060
Oct 24, 2021 (AFP)
The Gulf kingdom "aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, in order to face the challenges posed by climate change and to protect the environment", its official...
Oil-reliant Saudi Arabia faces questions over 'net zero' pledge
Oct 24, 2021 (AFP)
They questioned plans by the world's top oil exporter to raise its production capacity despite the pledge, and Greenpeace raised doubts over the timing of Satur...
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia targets zero carbon emissions by 2060
Oct 23, 2021 (AFP)
The kingdom, one of the world's biggest polluters, said it would also join a global effort to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030. The UN says more than...
EU says it needs nuclear and gas for climate fight
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
While the European Union must drastically reduce its CO2 emissions to combat climate change, "it is obvious that we need more renewable and clean energy," she s...
Paris Climate Agreement targets require unprecedented fossil fuel cuts
Oct 22, 2021 (UPI)
The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, which includes 196 countries, sets a target of limiting global temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees...
Three killed in northern China gas explosion
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
Dramatic footage from a nearby car's dashboard camera, published by state media, showed a large cloud of smoke and dust erupting over the street, with people ru...
Helium: South Africa strikes new 'gold'
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
Popularly known for birthday balloons and squeaky voices, helium plays an underappreciated role in medical scanners, superconductors, and space travel. It's als...
Spanish trial opens into quake-linked offshore gas project
Oct 18, 2021 (AFP)
Operations at the plant, a giant underwater storage facility in the Gulf of Valencia, were suspended in September 2013, just months after it opened, following s...
Climate change a double blow for oil-rich Mideast: experts
Oct 17, 2021 (AFP)
Little has been done to address the challenge in a region long plagued by civil strife, war and refugee flows, even as global warming looks likely to accelerate...
Ineos announces major green hydrogen investment
Oct 17, 2021 (AFP)
Ineos will invest in emissions-free production using electrolysis -- an electrical current passing through water -- with wind, solar or hydro-electric power pro...
New Norway government to up climate ambitions but keep oil
Oct 13, 2021 (AFP)
The incoming government, formed from the Labour and Centre parties after September elections, said it wished to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent of...
EU floats ban on Arctic fossil fuel exploitation
Oct 13, 2021 (AFP)
The Arctic is thought to be hugely rich in resources, with major players including Russia, Canada and the United States vying for control. But climate warming d...
Putin says Russia aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060
Oct 13, 2021 (AFP)
"Russia in practice will strive for carbon neutrality of its economy," he said at an energy forum in Moscow. "And we set a benchmark for this -- no later than 2...
US Coast Guard probes anchor strike over California oil spill: report
Oct 05, 2021 (AFP)
Emergency responders say up to 131,000 gallons of thick, sticky fuel have fouled waters that are home to seals, dolphins and whales since a pipeline ruptured at...
California rushes to contain oil spill as wildlife, beaches hit
Oct 04, 2021 (AFP)
Birds and fish had begun washing up on the shore as a 126,000-gallon slick of crude oil choked waters south of Los Angeles, after spewing from a pipeline connec...
British military begins deliveries to ease UK fuel supply crisis
Oct 04, 2021 (AFP)
Troops in fatigues drove tankers from Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead 20 miles (32 kilometres) north of London after the military was put on standby las...
Greenpeace boats block Dutch Shell refinery
Oct 04, 2021 (AFP)
Campaigners from the environmental group used a sailing ship, kayaks and rubber dinghies to obstruct the entrance to the refinery, AFP journalists said. Dutch p...
California authorities rush to mitigate impact of major oil spill
Oct 03, 2021 (AFP)
As of Sunday, the oil plume from the 126,000-gallon (480,000 liters) spill of post-production crude was an estimated 5.8 nautical miles (6.7 miles, 10 kilometer...
Rivals Iran, Saudi held new round of talks in Iraq
Sep 29, 2021 (AFP)
Muslim Shiite-majority Iran and Sunni power Saudi Arabia, on opposing sides in multiple Middle East conflicts, have been engaged in talks since April at the hig...
New Line 3 pipeline ready to move oil from Canada to US: Enbridge
Sep 29, 2021 (AFP)
The Can$7.3 billion project had faced pushback from environmental activists and indigenous groups, but it was much less controversial than other proposed pipeli...
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