The EU needs nuclear power and gas as stable sources of energy while it manages the transition to a low-carbon economy, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.
A gas explosion at a restaurant ripped through a busy street in a major Chinese city on Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, state media reported.
Hungarian leader Viktor Orban and other eastern Europeans on Thursday poured scorn on the EU's ambition to achieve net zero carbon emissions as the rising cost of energy frayed tempers at a summit in Brussels.
In a grassy plain in South Africa, once the world's largest gold producer, prospectors have stumbled upon a new treasure: helium.
G20 leaders meeting in Rome next week will help pave the way for UN climate talks that follow, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Wednesday, urging world powers to take coordinated action.
Australia-based mining giant Rio Tinto on Wednesday announced plans to cut direct carbon emissions 50 percent by 2030, ramping up previous targets as the firm tries to green its highly polluting operations.
In the far north of the United Kingdom, where the wind blows and the sea rages, the islands of Orkney and Shetland have long relied on oil and gas for prosperity.
Two businessmen went on trial Monday over their involvement in a large offshore gas storage project blamed for causing hundreds of small earthquakes off…
Spanish renewable energy giant Iberdrola has committed to invest 6 billion pounds ($8.2 billion, 7.1 billion euros) to create Britain's biggest offshore wind development, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the company said on Monday.
The technology was originally designed for space: urine and waste are used to create a fertiliser that can help astronauts grow produce like tomatoes or lettuce.
The climate crisis threatens a double blow for the Middle East, experts say, by destroying its oil income as the world shifts to renewables and by raising temperatures to unliveable extremes.
British petrochemicals manufacturer Ineos on Monday announced it will invest more than 2 billion euros (1.69 billion pounds) in zero-carbon green hydrogen production in Europe.
In speeches and communiques from top finance officials at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank this week, one word was ubiquitous: climate.
The US government on Wednesday unveiled plans to build up to seven major offshore wind farms along the country's coasts as part of its push to supply…
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia -- one of the world's biggest producers of oil and gas -- is aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060.
Norway's new centre-left government said Wednesday it wants to toughen the country's targets for reducing emissions by 2030 while preserving its economically important oil sector.
