Kinshasa (AFP) March 9, 2023 - A US investment firm has proposed to stop a controversial oil auction in DR Congo's rainforests, bidding to exploit carbon credits instead of drilling in the environmentally sensitive areas.
Stockholm (AFP) March 8, 2023 - The Ukrainian government was not involved in the sabotage last year of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, the country's defence minister said Wednesday.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2023 - Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a conductive polymer coating - called HOS-PFM - that could enable longer lasting, more powerful lithium-ion batterie
Nairobi (AFP) March 8, 2023 - The United States' candidate to head the World Bank, Ajay Banga, on Wednesday called for a revamp of the development model to better meet the challenge of climate change.
Doha (AFP) March 7, 2023 - Denmark, an active foreign aid donor, on Tuesday slammed as a total embarrassment the fact rich nations have failed to raise a promised $100 billion a year to help poor countries battle climate change.
London (AFP) March 6, 2023 - Most workers on Britain's offshore rigs want energy firms taken into public ownership to help fairly fund the transition to net zero, a survey showed Monday.
Houston (AFP) March 6, 2023 - Sultan Al Jaber, the president of this year's UN climate talks, on Monday said the oil and gas industry must lead the fight against climate change.
Brussels (AFP) March 5, 2023 - The European Commission on Sunday hailed a first international treaty to protect the high seas agreed by UN member states as a historic moment.
Dubai (AFP) March 3, 2023 - The UAE's state oil giant ADNOC said it will raise about $2.5 billion in a flotation of its gas business - the world's biggest IPO this year - as it announced final pricing on Friday.
Buenos Aires (AFP) March 2, 2023 - A major power outage crippled several of Argentina's provinces on Wednesday, including parts of Buenos Aires, plunging millions of people into darkness for at least two hours as summer temperatures soared, officials said.
Milan (AFP) March 1, 2023 - Italy's deficit on Wednesday was revised up significantly for the past three years to take into account government tax credit schemes, including one to make homes more energy efficient.
Beaumontois-En-Perigord, France (AFP) Feb 28, 2023 - A French farmer steps away from his barn and fills up a tractor with fuel made from the manure of his cows, an attempt to put their climate-damaging methane to good use.
Paris (AFP) Feb 28, 2023 - A French court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark case against TotalEnergies for a massive oil project in Uganda and Tanzania after several NGOs filed a suit to suspend the controversial project.
Beijing (AFP) Feb 27, 2023 - China has launched an investigation into suspected illegal mining practices in the lithium capital of Asia Yichun, authorities said, an area reportedly responsible for around one tenth of the element's global supply.
Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (AFP) Feb 27, 2023 - On the teeming savannah of northwest Uganda, antelopes gaze beyond a metal fence as a giant rig is raised above cleared tracts of grasslands to make way for oil drilling.
Rome (AFP) Feb 26, 2023 - An Italian scheme to make homes more energy efficient has been wildly popular, but the government is seeking to rein in its out of control costs amid fears it could send the deficit soaring.
