Baku (AFP) Nov 16, 2024 - Former US vice president Al Gore told AFP Friday it was absurd for petrostates such as Azerbaijan to host UN climate talks, saying the selection process should be overhauled.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2024 - Raytheon, a business segment of RTX (NYSE: RTX), has secured a contract from the U.S. Army to advance directed energy wireless power beaming systems. This technology aims to improve power distributi
Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 - US President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum will head a new energy council - on top of serving as his Secretary of the Interior.
Baku (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 - The head of French oil giant TotalEnergies admitted the sector's role in climate change on Friday but insisted it was making continuous progress.
Baku (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 - Oil executives and lobbyists descended on COP29 in Baku for energy day Friday, as environmental groups denounced the presence of the fossil fuel industry at the UN climate talks.
London (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 - UK jets were scrambled to monitor a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying close to UK airspace, the defence minister in London said on Friday.
Baku (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 - You owe us! screamed a protest banner at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, where negotiations over how much rich nations most responsible for climate change should pay poorer ones are getting heated.
Baku (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 - Plastics and cryptocurrencies could be taxed like flying and fossil fuels to plug the gap in climate finance and help developing countries, according to a task force led by France, Kenya and Barbados.
Paris (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 - The world's major oil and gas companies have mostly vowed to stop leaking the extremely potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere, but big loopholes in their pledges risk exacerbating the climate crisis, a report warned Thursday.
Paris (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - The oil and gas sector's production hit an all-time high last year with annual investment in deposit exploration averaging $61.1 billion (57.5 billion euros) between 2022 and 2024, German NGO Urgewald said in a report Tuesday, contrasting how that outstrips government climate damage pledges.
Baku (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - A fresh draft of a UN climate deal released Wednesday offers wide-ranging options to raise funding for poorer countries, signalling that tough negotiations remain at the COP29 talks in Baku.
Paris (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - Planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from oil, gas and coal rose to a new record high this year, according to preliminary research Wednesday that found no sign the world was moving away from fossil fuels.
Baku (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - In the three months since becoming Bangladesh's interim leader following a student-led revolution, Muhammad Yunus has endured political turmoil, impatient cries for elections, and destructive flooding across the low-lying nation.
Edinburgh (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 - Two environmental groups kicked off a legal challenge in Scotland on Tuesday to block the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea, with activists optimistic of success after other favourable court rulings.
The Hague (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 - Dutch judges ruled Tuesday against an appeal by climate groups who said oil giant Shell was not doing enough to curb its greenhouse gas emissions, striking down a landmark judgement three years ago.
Baku (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 - Dozens of world leaders arrived in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump's election victory is keenly felt.
