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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
Niamey (AFP) July 27, 2023 - On the road linking Niger's capital Niamey with the south of the country, illegal fuel warehouses have closed and intrepid black-market touts waving petrol canisters at passing cars have become an endangered species.
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.
Cairo (AFP) July 27, 2023 - Egypt's prime minister announced a number of measures Thursday, including planned power cuts, to cut down on energy consumption as the country and wider region endure a brutal heatwave.
London (AFP) July 27, 2023 - Shell joined other energy majors Thursday in posting sliding profits after oil and gas prices weakened from peaks reached in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Sydney (AFP) July 26, 2023 - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto said Wednesday it was unlikely to meet its 2025 greenhouse gas reduction targets, citing underlying emissions growth in parts of its business.
