Nairobi (AFP) Sept 5, 2023 - African leaders and global policymakers gather on Tuesday in Kenya for a climate summit aimed at showcasing the continent as a destination for investment in efforts to combat global warming.
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 5, 2023 - The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday $4.5 billion in clean energy investments in Africa during a landmark climate summit hosted by Kenya that is aimed at attracting funding for efforts to combat global warming.
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 4, 2023 - No continent has been hit harder by climate change than Africa, and yet none has more potential for a future centred on green energy, a top expert has told AFP in an interview.
Oslo (AFP) Sept 4, 2023 - Electricity was free in Norway's two biggest cities on Monday, market data showed, the silver lining of a wet summer.
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 4, 2023 - The head of the International Energy Agency urged the United States and China to set aside their differences and align on climate change, warning in an interview Monday that geopolitical fractures risked holding back the clean energy transition.
Washington (AFP) Sept 2, 2023 - Thousands of people were ordered to shelter in place at the Burning Man festival in the western state of Nevada on Saturday after heavy rains turned the desert site into a mud pit and forced organizers to close the gates.
London (AFP) Sept 1, 2023 - The UK will review its membership of a 1990s-era energy treaty that shored up use of fossil fuels and could pull out if vital modernisation is not agreed, a minister said on Friday.
London (AFP) Sept 1, 2023 - The United Arab Emirates is looking to deflect criticism of its rights record ahead of this year's UN climate talks, a London-based group said Friday, after obtaining a leaked recording.
Paris (AFP) Sept 1, 2023 - Orders for wind turbines were up in the first half of the year compared to 2022, after a rebound in purchases in North America and strong volumes in China, said a study published Friday.
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 1, 2023 - U.S. President Joe Biden has reversed a Trump-era amendment to hazardous materials regulations that allowed liquified natural gas to be transported by rail.
Dubai (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 - The United States should push for the release of an Emirati activist arbitrarily detained in the UAE since 2017 ahead of this year's UN climate talks in Dubai, rights groups have urged.
Paris (AFP) Aug 30, 2023 - Oil companies are paying popular influencers to pump their gas on social media, sparking a backlash from some climate-conscious fans for promoting planet-warming fossil fuels among young people.
Paris (AFP) Aug 29, 2023 - The European Union's fossil fuel energy production hit a record low the first half of the year, think tank Ember Climate reported Wednesday, although green sources are struggling to fill the gap.
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 29, 2023 - The Department of the Interior held the first offshore wind energy auction for the Gulf of Mexico region Tuesday, leading to one lease area receiving a high bid of $5.6 million.
Geneva (AFP) Aug 27, 2023 - UN experts have written to oil firm Saudi Aramco and its financial backers challenging them on allegations that their activities are fuelling climate change-related negative impacts on human rights.
Soma, Turkey (AFP) Aug 27, 2023 - Kneeling in the morning shade under a tree, Osman Arslan brews tea behind a coal-fired power plant that rises above his Turkish Aegean village like a beast.
