Paris (AFP) Dec 2, 2020 - Oil, gas and coal production must fall six percent a year in order to limit catastrophic global warming, the United Nations warned Wednesday, even as high-polluting nations bank on fossil fuels to drive their Covid-19 recoveries.
Wollongong, Australia (SPX) Dec 01, 2020 - A new University of Wollongong study overcomes a major challenge of thermoelectric materials, which can convert heat into electricity and vice versa, improving conversion efficiency by more than 60%
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 01, 2020 - Australian researchers have achieved a critical breakthrough by finding a much more efficient means of turning an abundant resource - water - into rare and valuable pure hydrogen; long heralded as a
The Hague (AFP) Dec 1, 2020 - Environmental groups faced off against Shell before a Dutch court Tuesday in a landmark bid to force the oil giant to meet emissions targets in the Paris climate accord.
New York (AFP) Dec 1, 2020 - Bank of America said Monday that it would not finance oil and gas drilling projects in the Arctic, the latest large US bank to take the step long sought by environmental advocates.
Yeongi-gun, South Korea (SPX) Dec 01, 2020 - Automobile exhaust emitted by fossil-fuel-based vehicles, especially those operating on diesel, is known to be a major source of fine dust and greenhouse gases . Using biodiesel instead of diesel is
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 30, 2020 - United States, British and Saudi forces concluded a four-day mine countermeasures training exercise in the Arabian Gulf, the U.S. Navy announced.
Copenhagen (AFP) Nov 30, 2020 - A four-percent drop in greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 and the green effects of the pandemic will help the EU meet two of its three 2020 climate goals, a report published Monday showed.
Washington (AFP) Nov 28, 2020 - A US aircraft carrier group has moved back into the Gulf region, but a navy spokeswoman said Saturday its return was not triggered by any threats after the killing in Iran of a top nuclear scientist.
Abergavenny, United Kingdom (AFP) Nov 28, 2020 - Hydrogen-powered car manufacturer Riversimple is hoping to steal a march on competitors ahead of Britain's promised green revolution that would see petrol-powered cars banned within 10 years.
London (AFP) Nov 27, 2020 - Hit by the coronavirus pandemic and a sharp drop in oil prices, biofuel demand has declined for the first time in two decades and may struggle to recover, according to experts.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2020 - Twenty years ago, wind energy was mostly a niche industry that contributed less than 1% to the total electricity demand in the United States. Wind has since emerged as a serious contender in the rac
Amherst MA (SPX) Nov 26, 2020 - An international team of about 100 scientists of the Borexino Collaboration, including particle physicist Andrea Pocar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, report in Nature this week detectio
Dubai (AFP) Nov 26, 2020 - Yemen's Huthi rebels confirmed they have given the green light for a UN mission to inspect and repair a long-abandoned fuel tanker which threatens to rupture and cause a massive oil spill.
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 25, 2020 - Scientists have developed droplet-based microbial factories that synthesize hydrogen when exposed to sunlight and air. The microbial factories could make hydrogen-based alternative fuels more economical.
Brussels (AFP) Nov 24, 2020 - The European Commission on Tuesday defended a German navy search of a Turkish-flagged cargo vessel, saying it was conducted properly under an EU mission enforcing an arms embargo on Libya.
