New York (AFP) Feb 15, 2024 - A pair of large investment companies with nearly $7 trillion in assets, said Thursday they exited a climate change investor initiative that aims to pressure companies to quickly cut carbon emissions.
Oslo (AFP) Feb 15, 2024 - Oil companies doing business in Norway expect to invest record amounts in exploration, drilling and pipeline transport in 2025, preliminary data published Thursday by Statistics Norway showed.
Port Of Spain (AFP) Feb 14, 2024 - At least two vessels, a barge and a tugboat, were involved in the accident last week that sparked a massive, ongoing oil spill in Trinidad and Tobago, the government of the Caribbean nation said Wednesday.
London (AFP) Feb 14, 2024 - British energy group Shell on Wednesday forecast that world demand for liquefied natural gas would jump more than 50 percent by 2040, fuelled by China dumping coal.
Manila (AFP) Feb 14, 2024 - The Philippine government said Wednesday it will file criminal charges against the owners of an oil tanker that sank off a central island nearly a year ago, causing severe marine pollution.
Paris (AFP) Feb 13, 2024 - Past and future UN climate talk hosts the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil said Tuesday they are forming a troika aimed at keeping alive the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Champaign IL (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - Scientists have found a way to boost ethanol production via yeast fermentation, a standard method for converting plant sugars into biofuels. Their approach, detailed in the journal Nature Communicat
Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - Research from Berkeley Lab, Lawrence Livermore and UC Davis sheds new light on how to access the sugars locked up in plants to produce petroleum-free fuels, chemicals, and medicines. Using microbes
Sendai, Japan (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - In an innovative stride towards enhancing the efficiency of hydrogen fuel cells, a research team has unveiled a novel method that significantly improves the electrochemical surface area (ECSA) of a
Paris (AFP) Feb 12, 2024 - Chile is embarking on a European hunt for investors in solar, wind and green hydrogen technologies as it looks to decarbonise copper mines and other industries reliant on fossil fuels.
Sanaa (AFP) Feb 12, 2024 - A vessel reported coming under a missile attack off Yemen's southern coast on Monday while transiting the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, security agencies said.
Paris (AFP) Feb 12, 2024 - Following the UN's COP28 climate talks in oil-fuelled Dubai, the COP29 conference is headed for the historic cradle of oil, Azerbaijan, which is in the midst of a gas boom.
Riverside CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - When it comes to making fuel from plants, the first step has always been the hardest - breaking down the plant matter. A new study finds that introducing a simple, renewable chemical to the pretreat
Riyadh (AFP) Feb 12, 2024 - Saudi Arabia's surprise decision to halt a planned expansion of its oil production capacity reflects ambitions to expand into other forms of energy, the Gulf kingdom's energy minister said on Monday.
Auckland, New Zealand (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - Cutting-edge University of Auckland research converted waste carbon dioxide into a potential precursor for chemicals and carbon-free fuel. Dr Ziyun Wang's researchers in the School of Chemical
Georgetown, Guyana (AFP) Feb 10, 2024 - Guyana on Friday expressed concern over a Venezuelan military build-up near the border of the disputed oil-rich Essequibo region, after an American think tank reported the movement of weapons and troops closer to the frontier.
