London (AFP) Aug 1, 2023 - British energy giant BP on Tuesday announced a drop in second-quarter net profit as oil and gas prices retreated from peaks reached a year earlier following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
London (AFP) July 31, 2023 - The UK government said Monday it would issue hundreds of new oil and gas licences in the North Sea to secure energy reserves while still aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Dubai (AFP) July 31, 2023 - The national oil giant of the United Arab Emirates, host of this year's UN climate talks, said Monday it had accelerated its emission reduction goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045.
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 31, 2023 - The largest oil producer in the United Arab Emirates, which hosts this year's annual U.N.-backed climate summit, on Monday moved the goal post for a net-zero economy ahead by five years.
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 31, 2023 - If fully developed, new acreage in the U.S. territorial waters of the Atlantic Ocean could support at least four gigawatts of offshore wind energy, the government said Monday.
London (AFP) July 30, 2023 - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backed plans for new fossil fuel drilling off Britain's coast, saying in a Sunday newspaper interview he would be pragmatic and proportionate about reaching net zero.
Baghdad (AFP) July 30, 2023 - Iraq and Kuwait will work towards reaching a definitive agreement on demarcating their borders, including a contested maritime area of the Gulf, their foreign ministers said on Sunday.
Cairo (AFP) July 30, 2023 - Sweltering without air conditioning during the day and plunged into darkness at night, many Egyptians have responded with anger and ridicule to government measures for reducing energy consumption.
London (AFP) July 29, 2023 - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backed plans to permit new fossil fuel exploration off Britain's coast, as he pledged to be pragmatic and proportionate about achieving net zero in an interview published Saturday.
Baghdad (AFP) July 29, 2023 - A fire at an electricity substation in southern Iraq triggered a nationwide power outage Saturday, authorities said, just as demand peaks amid the searing summer heat.
University Park PA (SPX) Jul 28, 2023 - A Penn State-led team of researchers developed a potentially promising approach to make fuel cells more affordable. The new method reduces the amount of platinum-group metal (PGM) loadings by replic
London (AFP) July 28, 2023 - Britain's climate change mitigation policies could be under threat as political concerns over the country's cost-of-living crisis, energy prices and other factors collide with the aim to decarbonise by mid-century, observers say.
Chennai, India (AFP) July 28, 2023 - Environment ministers from G20 nations failed to agree on peaking global emissions by 2025 and other crucial issues to address the global climate crisis at their meeting in India on Friday.
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 28, 2023 - China has set itself the goal of reaching its peak of carbon dioxide emissions in 2030 and thereafter to reduce emissions to reach carbon neutrality by 2060. To achieve this, it needs to increase ph
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Jul 28, 2023 - Humans may never be able to tame the Sun, but hydrogen plasma - making up most of the Sun's interior - can be confined in a magnetic field as part of fusion power generation: with a caveat. Th
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 27, 2023 - Approved for construction in 2017, but beset by numerous environmental challenges, the Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the construction of the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline.
