The Hague (AFP) Oct 10, 2023 - Environmental pressure group Extinction Rebellion said Tuesday it was ending its daily blockade of a major motorway in The Hague, after Dutch MPs voted to examine ways of scrapping fossil fuel subsidies.
Benguerir, Morocco (AFP) Oct 10, 2023 - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday she backed efforts to boost the lending firepower of the IMF and World Bank to combat poverty and climate change.
Riyadh (AFP) Oct 9, 2023 - Saudi Arabia on Monday unveiled a scheme to allow companies to purchase credits offsetting greenhouse gas emissions, part of the Gulf kingdom's stated goal of hitting net-zero emissions by 2060.
Paris (AFP) Oct 9, 2023 - Despite mounting efforts to limit climate change, the OPEC oil cartel said Monday it expects demand for crude to continue to grow for the next two decades.
Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 9, 2023 - Oil prices soared more than four percent Monday after Hamas launched an attack on Israel at the weekend, sparking concerns about possible supply shocks from the crude-rich region.
Paris (AFP) Oct 9, 2023 - Despite mounting efforts to limit climate change, the OPEC oil cartel said Monday it expects demand for crude to continue to grow for the next two decades.
Riyadh (AFP) Oct 8, 2023 - The president of the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai called on Sunday for governments to abandon fantasies such as hastily ditching existing energy infrastructure in pursuit of climate goals.
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 6, 2023 - Iraq on Friday signed an initial agreement with Turkmenistan to import much-needed gas for the country's insufficient and dilapidated electricity grid, officials said.
Paris (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 - The United States offered no additional funds to the world's largest climate fund on Thursday, overshadowing fresh support for nations most vulnerable to global warming and infuriating campaigners.
Dubai (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 - Emirati energy giant ADNOC said Thursday it had awarded contracts to build a major gas project, just weeks before the Gulf state hosts the COP28 climate conference.
Paris (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 - NGOs urged the G20 on Wednesday to move faster on reforming international financial systems to combat climate change and pandemics at IMF and World Bank annual meetings next week.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 04, 2023 - by David D. Nolte | Professor - Physics and Astronomy, Purdue On April 8, 1911, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes scribbled in pencil an almost unintelligible note into a kitchen notebook
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 - On a summer evening, Iraqis smoke shisha and go bowling at a sprawling riverside complex in Baghdad, one of the many new investments reviving the capital after decades of turmoil.
Dubai (AFP) Oct 3, 2023 - Emirati oil company ADNOC said Tuesday it would partner with a US firm to study the feasibility of a major project to extract carbon dioxide from the air.
Istanbul (AFP) Oct 2, 2023 - Turkey said Monday that an Iraqi oil pipeline that ceased operations in March because of a complex payments dispute involving the Kurdish autonomous region will resume pumping crude this week.
Washington (AFP) Oct 2, 2023 - The private sector must drastically increase its climate-related investments, most crucially in developing countries, for the world to reach net zero carbon by 2050, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report published Monday.
