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Catching the number 1: Aberdeen trials hydrogen buses
Nov 10, 2020 (AFP)
Now it's preparing to launch a fleet of the world's first hydrogen-powered double-decker buses, as it tries to reduce air pollution and transform itself into a ...
Swiss financial sector still stuck in fossil fuels: report
Nov 09, 2020 (AFP)
"Overall, the Swiss financial centre now invests four times more resources in companies producing electricity from fossil sources such as coal or gas than in th...
Malaysia's Petronas aims for 'net zero' emissions by 2050
Nov 05, 2020 (AFP)
The firm, a significant contributor to Malaysian government revenues, said it would aim to slash emissions by steps such as improving the energy efficiency of i...
How to fix the movement for fossil fuel divestment
Nov 04, 2020 (SPX)
A strong media presence and divestment pledges from high-profile investors notwithstanding, the movement has had little, if any, impact on the market valuation ...
Norway court begins review of Arctic oil licenses
Nov 04, 2020 (AFP)
The case is being watched closely in a country that owes its vast wealth to its abundant oil and gas reserves, as it could impact its future oil production. Gre...
French company abandons plans to import US gas
Nov 03, 2020 (AFP)
"Engie has decided not to continue business talks with NextDecade on the project to supply gas," an Engie spokeswoman said. The company had been in talks on a n...
Norway oil giant Equinor aims for carbon neutral by 2050
Nov 02, 2020 (AFP)
The company, 67-percent-owned by the Norwegian state, said the target "includes emissions from production and final consumption of energy," such as in cars and ...
Sensors driven by machine learning sniff-out gas leaks fast
Nov 02, 2020 (SPX)
"Our automated leak location system finds gas leaks fast, including small ones from failing infrastructure, and lowers cost as current methods to fix gas leaks ...
Ambitious but controversial: Japan's new hydrogen project
Nov 02, 2020 (AFP)
The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) is a joint Japanese-Australian project intended to produce plentiful, affordable fuel for Japan. Here are some questions...
Two children killed in blast targeting Iraq pipeline
Oct 31, 2020 (AFP)
An investigation had been launched into the latest explosion in Muthanna province, south of Baghdad, that killed "two children and wounded 28 people", state med...
Accountability key after Libya ceasefire: rights group
Oct 29, 2020 (AFP)
"Failure to see justice done will only hamper aspirations for a durable peace," warned the rights group's senior Libya researcher Hanan Salah. The Tripoli-based...
Solar hydrogen: let's consider the stability of photoelectrodes
Oct 28, 2020 (SPX)
However, here lies the main obstacle; conventional semiconductors corrode very quickly in water. Metal-oxide thin films are much more stable, but still corrode ...
In Pennsylvania, fracking debate triggers political tremors
Oct 27, 2020 (AFP)
Retired teacher Rose Friend, whose family has owned a home in the area for generations, says gas producers cut down her century-old trees and made her life mise...
NATO says Greece and Turkey cancel military exercises
Oct 23, 2020 (AFP)
The neighbours, while NATO members, are at loggerheads over energy drilling and maritime rights in the eastern Mediterranean and the alliance has set up a hotli...
US hails Libya ceasefire, urges foreign fighters to leave
Oct 23, 2020 (AFP)
"This agreement is a major step forward toward realizing the shared interests of all Libyans in de-escalation, stability and the departure of foreign fighters,"...
Tilting Venezuela oil tanker threatens 'environmental catastrophe'
Oct 23, 2020 (AFP)
The damaged tanker, which is in the waters separating Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago and is owned by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, threatens to spill 1...
Tilting oil tanker threatens 'environmental catastrophe'
Oct 22, 2020 (AFP)
The Nabarima tanker, anchored for several months in the Gulf of Paria, is used to store oil but video footage shared on October 16 by the Fisherman and Friends ...
NATO chief urges Athens and Ankara to talk
Oct 22, 2020 (AFP)
Athens and Ankara -- both NATO members -- are at loggerheads over energy exploration in disputed waters, and alliance commanders are worried about the risk of a...
As oil prices dive, Iraqi Kurds seek to diversify economy
Oct 21, 2020 (AFP)
Civil servants from the northern region's bloated public sector have gone without pay and many are now turning back to agriculture and other businesses to make ...
Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs
Oct 20, 2020 (AFP)
Amis de la Terre France (Friends of the Earth) and Survie (Survival) were among six Ugandan and French NGOs that filed a lawsuit against Total in October 2019. ...
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