Ottawa (AFP) Sept 26, 2011 - More than 100 demonstrators were arrested Monday for storming the Canadian parliament to protest Ottawa's support for a proposed pipeline to bring oil from Canada's tar sands to the US Gulf Coast.
Dubai (AFP) Sept 3, 2007 - Greater investment between the Middle East and China is being hampered by a lack of understanding between the two cultures, a conference in the United Arab Emirates heard on Monday.
Ulaanbaatar (AFP) Sept 12, 2022 - Mongolia has launched a rail line that could help boost coal exports to China to 50 million tonnes a year, the country's president said, ending a decade-long wait for the crossing.
London (AFP) Sept 1, 2020 - Renewable energy is driving a new generation of mining that could threaten global biodiversity if left unchecked, researchers warned on Tuesday, as the imperative to find alternatives to fossil fuels ignites demand for metals and minerals used in green technologies.
Mexico City (AFP) Sept 24, 2008 - Mexico's state-run oil consortium Pemex announced Wednesday that it would temporarily reduce its crude oil output due to damage caused by Hurricane Ike on refineries in the United States.
Paris (AFP) Sept 10, 2024 - Concentrations in the atmosphere of the powerful greenhouse gas methane are rising at an accelerating pace, threatening efforts by countries to meet their climate targets, researchers warned on Tuesday.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 24, 2010 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will travel to China on Sunday to expand economic ties with the world's largest energy consumer and try to engage Beijing in a range of business and trade projects.
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 - Equities mostly fell Wednesday ahead of a crunch US inflation report, with investors increasingly nervous that a recent spike in oil will put fresh upward pressure on consumer prices and force the Federal Reserve to lift interest rates again.
Kuching, Malaysia (AFP) Sept 15, 2025 - Malaysia's verdant, river-crossed state of Sarawak is charging ahead with plans to become a regional green battery, but its renewable energy dreams could come at serious environmental cost, experts warn.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 5, 2024 - Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Thursday that Malaysia will press on with oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, after a leaked diplomatic document showed opposition from Beijing.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 11, 2007 - The best way of tackling greenhouse gas emissions is for countries to pass laws that enforce the use of existing energy-efficient technology, a UN climate change expert said Monday.
Washington (AFP) Sept 26, 2007 - The United States on Thursday was launching talks among the world's biggest greenhouse-gas polluters in the quest to spur action against dangerous climate change.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Sept 27, 2021 - A group of the 107 biggest companies in Brazil on Monday called for the Bolsonaro government to strengthen its environmental commitments, just one month ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
Caracas (AFP) Sept 8, 2025 - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he had deployed 25,000 troops along the Caribbean coast and the border with Colombia amid soaring tensions with US President Donald Trump.
Caracas (AFP) Sept 3, 2015 - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met in Beijing Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ways to stabilize oil prices, the government news agency AVN reported.
Caracas (AFP) Sept 12, 2018 - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro departed Wednesday for China in search of agreements to bolster the oil-exporting country's collapsing economy.
