Glasgow (AFP) Nov 10, 2021 - A draft UN climate summit text Wednesday urged countries to boost their emissions cutting goals by 2022 - three years earlier than planned - as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dashed back to Glasgow to check the pulse of negotiations.
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 - Scientists at ETH Zurich have built a plant that can produce carbon-neutral liquid fuels from sunlight and air. The next goal will be to take this technology to industrial scale and achieve competit
Busan, South Korea (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 - The desire to limit greenhouse gas emissions has increased interest in liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships, which produces considerably less emissions than those running on other fossil fuels. But LNG
Glasgow (AFP) Nov 8, 2021 - UN climate talks entered their final week Monday with countries still worlds apart on key issues including how rapidly the world curbs carbon emissions and how to help nations already impacted by global heating.
Paris (AFP) Nov 8, 2021 - French mining group Eramet said Monday it was reviving a joint project with China's Tsingshan to build a lithium production plant in Argentina to supply the booming electric car industry.
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 7, 2021 - The lifestyle of billionaires creates more than a thousand times more greenhouse gas emissions than the average person, according to a new report.
Glasgow (AFP) Nov 7, 2021 - COP26's first week saw keynote pledges to end deforestation, phase out coal, and mobilise trillions for green investment. But observers say there is a gulf between host Britain's proclamations and the emissions cuts that must be achieved.
Tehran (AFP) Nov 7, 2021 - The Iranian army began on Sunday drills in the southwest of the country, near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where it said a stand-off with the US recently took place.
Basra, Iraq (AFP) Nov 5, 2021 - In Iraq's southern province of Basra, the oil flows freely but little of the wealth trickles down to the people, and many struggle to make ends meet.
Plymouth UK (SPX) Nov 04, 2021 - Tidal stream power has the potential to deliver 11% of the UK's current annual electricity and play a significant role in the government's drive for net-zero, according to new research. Scient
London (AFP) Nov 4, 2021 - More than half of the firms listed on London's leading FTSE 100 Index have pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050, the British government said on Thursday.
Glasgow (AFP) Nov 4, 2021 - Developing countries need up to 10 times more funding to protect themselves from increasingly ferocious effects of climate change than the world has currently earmarked, the UN said on Thursday.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 04, 2021 - Renewable energy has the potential to decrease electricity costs, create jobs, improve environmental health, and reduce medical costs for issues related to pollution and climate change. However, ren
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 04, 2021 - More than 300 million tons of plastic waste are produced annually, which causes serious environmental issues because of plastic's life cycle and the difficulty of eliminating it. Consequently,
Glasgow (AFP) Nov 4, 2021 - Global CO2 emissions are set to rebound to pre-pandemic levels next year, according to an assessment published on Thursday as countries signed up to fossil-fuel cutting pledges criticised as too vague by campaigners.
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Nov 04, 2021 - Traditionally, the primary fideld, where curvature is playing a pivotal role, is the theory of general relativity. In recent years, however, the impact of curvilinear geometry enters various discipl
