London (AFP) Oct 4, 2021 - Britain will aim to shift all of its energy production to renewable sources by the middle of the next decade, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.
Paris (AFP) Oct 4, 2021 - The science is painfully clear: to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius - given that we're already at 1.1C - means slashing carbon pollution in half by 2030, and to zero by mid-century.
Los Angeles (AFP) Oct 4, 2021 - A huge oil spill was killing wildlife and threatening California's beaches on Monday, in what officials said amounted to an environmental catastrophe.
Rotterdam, Netherlands (AFP) Oct 4, 2021 - Dozens of Greenpeace activists blocked a Shell oil refinery in the Dutch port of Rotterdam with boats on Monday in protest against fossil fuel advertising.
Newport Beach, United States (AFP) Oct 3, 2021 - Authorities in California's beachfront Orange County cities scrambled Sunday to mitigate the fallout from a major oil spill off the coast that caused substantial ecological impacts.
Vienna (AFP) Oct 3, 2021 - Austria's government unveiled on Sunday what it calls an eco-social reform of the tax system, a key promise of the conservative-green coalition.
Beijing (AFP) Oct 1, 2021 - China's top state-owned energy companies have been ordered to ensure there are adequate fuel supplies for the approaching winter at all costs, a report said Friday, as the country battles a power crisis that threatens to hit growth in the world's number two economy.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2021 - A team of bioengineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has invented a novel soft and flexible self-powered bioelectronic device. The technology converts human body motions - from bending a
Dongguan/Beijing, China (AFP) Sept 30, 2021 - From southern factories hustling to meet Christmas export orders to residents of northern towns panic buying candles, China is suffering widespread power cuts that threaten growth in the world's second-largest economy and hit global supply chains.
Milan (AFP) Sept 29, 2021 - The forthcoming COP26 summit - which could determine the viability of the Paris Agreement - will not be easy but an outcome matching the urgency of the crisis is an absolute necessity, the UN's climate chief said Wednesday.
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 29, 2021 - Regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran have met again in Iraq, several local sources said Wednesday, as talks aiming to ease tensions have continued under Iran's ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi.
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 28, 2021 - The price of Brent crude oil jumped Tuesday above $80 for the first time in almost three years on expectations for surging demand and concerns about supplies as the world slowly emerges from the pandemic crisis.
Vienna (AFP) Sept 28, 2021 - OPEC said Tuesday it expects oil demand to rise between now and 2045, and remain the dominant source of energy despite warnings that it must fall to combat climate change.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2021 - Goldman Sachs Tuesday lowered its annual economic growth forecast for China as nationwide power cuts hit millions of homes and halted production at factories, including some supplying Apple and Tesla.
Montreal (AFP) Sept 28, 2021 - Canada's second-largest pension fund said Tuesday it will withdraw from investing in the oil sector by the end of 2022.
Stratford CT (SPX) Sep 28, 2021 - Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company [NYSE: LMT] has approved the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), often referred to as biofuel, for the S-92 helicopter as an alternative to petroleum-based fu
