Brussels (ESA) Sep 21, 2020 - Last week, at her State of the Union address before the European Parliament, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, proposed a new target of a 55% cut in greenhouse gas emission
Washington (AFP) Sept 18, 2020 - A US aircraft carrier passed the Strait of Hormuz to enter the Gulf Friday amid Washington threats to enforce UN sanctions without the backing of Security Council partners, the Navy announced.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 18, 2020 - The European Union is set to announce sanctions on Monday against three companies from Turkey, Jordan and Kazakhstan which are accused of violating a UN arms embargo on Libya, diplomats told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Athens (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 - Greece's defence minister on Wednesday dismissed reports that his country would spend 10 billion euros on an arms overhaul announced at the weekend.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen vowed Wednesday that Europe would lead the global search for a coronavirus vaccine while rebuilding its shattered economy with a green recovery plan.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 - The European Commission will propose cutting emissions in Europe by 55 percent by 2030 in response to the climate emergency, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 - All new electricity supply growth worldwide can now come from zero-carbon sources, according to a plan released by businesses and environmental advocates Wednesday that charts the path to a net-zero world by 2050.
Sydney (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 - The Australian government's plan for a gas-fired recovery of its coronavirus-hit economy ignited fears Wednesday that it would lock in fossil fuel dependence for another generation in a country already ravaged by climate change.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2020 - Nanogenerators capable of converting mechanical energy into electricity are typically made from metal oxides and lead-based perovskites. But these inorganic materials aren't biocompatible, so the ra
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 15, 2020 - Researchers have used biosolids to produce hydrogen from wastewater, in new technology that supports the comprehensive recycling of one of humanity's unlimited resources - sewage. The innovati
Stanford CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2020 - Batteries fade as they age, slowly losing power and storage capacity. As in people, aging plays out differently from one battery to another, and it's next to impossible to measure or model all of th
Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2020 - The heads of more than 150 global companies, including Apple and Google, have urged European leaders to set a higher target for reducing climate-heating emissions, says the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).
Dar Es Salaam (AFP) Sept 13, 2020 - Tanzania and Uganda signed an agreement Sunday to commence construction on a 1,445-kilometre (900 mile) oil pipeline through East Africa that conservation groups say threatens livelihoods and fragile ecosytems.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 13, 2020 - Environmental campaigners Greenpeace said Sunday they had lifted a blockade of an oil refinery imposed to protest plans to expand it, after nearly three days of the action.
Caracas (AFP) Sept 13, 2020 - Oil has washed up to Venezuela's west coast after a leak in a pipeline that takes crude to the country's main refinery, national oil company PDVSA said on Saturday.
Istanbul (AFP) Sept 13, 2020 - A Turkish research ship at the centre of a row with Greece over gas exploration has left disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean and returned to the coast in a move hailed as a positive first step by the Greek prime minister.
