Bethesda MD (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 - Apparently, China sees the Moon as a future source of fuel for terrestrial power and space dominance. At the moment Chinese nuclear scientists are studying lunar surface material samples brought bac
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 - Nanodiamonds may be tiny, but they can help with one of the biggest problems facing humanity today: Climate change. Hydrogen, a clean-burning fuel, leaves nothing but water when consumed. Many count
Dalian, China (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 - Even though the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) concluded in a storm of controversies, the world's growing energy crisis and environmental pollution (e.g., the global 36.7 b
Los Angeles (AFP) Dec 16, 2021 - The operators of a California pipeline that leaked crude oil onto beaches south of Los Angeles in early October were charged Wednesday with negligence by federal prosecutors.
Berlin (AFP) Dec 15, 2021 - The proportion of Germany's energy derived from renewables is set to fall year-on-year in 2021 for the first time since 1997, federal environment agency UBA said on Wednesday.
Geneva (AFP) Dec 15, 2021 - Dozens of countries pledged on Wednesday to intensify efforts to get rid of fossil fuel subsidies and tackle plastics pollution in an effort spearheaded by the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Imavere, Estonia (AFP) Dec 15, 2021 - Estonia's thriving wood pellet industry is pitting environmentalists who warn it increases logging and harms biodiversity against supporters who say it makes good use of wood that would otherwise go to waste.
Singapore (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 - Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed paper-thin biodegradable zinc batteries that could one day become an environmentally sustainable option for
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 15, 2021 - Just off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, thousands of gallons of oil seep through cracks in the seafloor and rise to the surface each day. But this isn't a disaster zone: It's one of the lar
Lisbon (AFP) Dec 14, 2021 - Portuguese utility Galp Energia and Swedish battery maker Northvolt said Tuesday that they were joining forces to build in Portugal one of Europe's first lithium conversion plants at a cost of 700 million euros ($790 million).
Tehran (AFP) Dec 12, 2021 - Iran plans to cut oil output and prioritise defence spending in its 2022-2023 draft budget because of sanctions and US-Israeli threats linked to its nuclear programme.
Garrelsweer, Netherlands (AFP) Dec 12, 2021 - Teacher Daan Schoolland was asleep with his partner when the earthquake struck the northern Dutch hamlet of Garrelsweer in the middle of the night.
Chorin, Germany (AFP) Dec 12, 2021 - Germany is expanding its power grid to aid the transition to renewable energies, but local residents in some areas are holding up the process over concerns about wildlife.
London (AFP) Dec 10, 2021 - A controversial oilfield project opposed by environmentalists off the Scottish coast has been paused, operator Siccar Energy said Friday, one week after partner Royal Dutch Shell signalled its exit.
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 10, 2021 - Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy) have designed a new system that allows more to be got from biomass (such as forest and agr
Gornje Nedeljice, Serbia (AFP) Dec 10, 2021 - Farmhouses and cornfields dot the gentle, rolling plains of Serbia's Jadar Valley, but underneath the bucolic surface lies one of Europe's largest lithium deposits - the source fuelling the latest round of unrest in the Balkan nation.
