Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Aug 26, 2024 - A fire that engulfed around fifteen fuel tankers in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region killed one driver and injured seven others on Monday, local authorities said.
Jaisalmer, India (AFP) Aug 26, 2024 - Whirring wind turbines in India's Thar desert supply critical green energy for the world's most populous nation, but those living in their shadows say it comes at their expense.
New York (AFP) Aug 26, 2024 - Global oil demand is unlikely to fall by 2050 despite progress on renewable energy, the US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil said Monday, pointing to rising population and demand for energy worldwide.
Washington (AFP) Aug 24, 2024 - The United States warned Saturday of a potential environmental disaster in the Red Sea after Huthi rebels struck an oil tanker off the Yemeni coast.
Oslo (AFP) Aug 24, 2024 - Protesters including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and members of Extinction Rebellion on Saturday tried to blockade of a gas and oil processing plant in southwest Norway.
Port Of Spain (AFP) Aug 24, 2024 - Coast guard officers in Trinidad and Tobago have fired on intruders who attempted to board the wreck of a mysterious oil tanker that capsized off the Caribbean country months ago, its energy ministry said Saturday.
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 23, 2024 - In a world overrun by petroleum-based plastics, scientists are searching for alternatives that are more sustainable, more biodegradable and far less toxic to the environment. Two new studies b
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 23, 2024 - For the past decade, disordered rock salt has been studied as a potential breakthrough cathode material for use in lithium-ion batteries and a key to creating low-cost, high-energy storage for every
Johannesburg (AFP) Aug 22, 2024 - South Africa's advertising regulator has ruled that a TotalEnergies claim it promotes sustainable development was misleading, in what it said Thursday was the body's first decision on corporate greenwashing.
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 - Inside the next generation of fusion vessels known as spherical tokamaks, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) envisioned a hot region with flowin
Paris (AFP) Aug 22, 2024 - A major new study published Thursday on the effectiveness of climate measures such as taxes or subsidies in reducing greenhouse gases has found stand-alone measures fail to make a big difference.
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 - The blades of propellers and wind turbines are designed based on aerodynamics principles that were first described mathematically more than a century ago. But engineers have long realized that these
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2024 - A University of Central Florida (UCF) researcher has created an innovative technology designed to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) and transform it into valuable fuels and chemicals, potentially mitigat
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2024 - While the U.S. federal government has set non-binding clean energy targets, most economically advanced nations have implemented mandatory policies to increase renewable electricity production. In th
Caracas (AFP) Aug 20, 2024 - An oil spill has dumped black sludge on beaches along Venezuela's northwestern coast and affected fishing in the area, residents and environmental activists said Monday.
Port Of Spain (AFP) Aug 20, 2024 - Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday announced they had refloated the mysterious oil tanker that capsized off the Caribbean country six months ago and spilled some 50,000 barrels of oil.
