Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (AFP) Sept 23, 2009 - Leaders of emerging and developed nations agreed Friday to a US plan to phase out government subsidies for fossil fuel blamed for global warming, a joint statement said.
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 6, 2023 - Statements by G20 ministers ahead of a key summit are woefully inadequate about addressing the climate emergency, the UN's climate change chief told AFP in an interview Wednesday, calling for stronger action from the nations responsible for most planet-heating pollution.
Jakarta (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 - G20 energy talks in Bali ended Friday with the world's leading economies pledging to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy, but there was no binding agreement as officials struggle to overcome discord over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Paris (AFP) Sept 20, 2015 - Making the global switch from climate-altering fossil fuels to renewables by 2050 would require an extra $1 trillion (880 billion euros) per year, but the bill will be covered by lower energy costs, a Greenpeace report said Monday.
Lille, France (AFP) Sept 19, 2007 - The French city of Lille is to power a 100-strong bus fleet using biogas fuel made from organic household waste, thanks to a pioneering recycling plant unveiled on Wednesday.
Colombo (AFP) Sept 7, 2020 - A massive fire that crippled an oil tanker off Sri Lanka has reignited in strong winds, the island nation's navy said Monday, just a day after the blaze was extinguished.
Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2023 - French startup Verkor said Thursday it has raised more than two billion euros ($2.15 billion) to build a gigafactory for electric car batteries, boosting Europe's efforts to develop a sector dominated by Asia.
Paris (AFP) Sept 2, 2009 - France will roll out a carbon tax on fuel in 2010, starting at 14 euros (20 dollars) per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said in an interview to be published Thursday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 22, 2009 - French industrial group Dassault and US joint venture Dow Kokam on Tuesday announced a preliminary agreement on a partnership to create batteries for electric and hybrid cars.
Paris (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 - French energy multinational TotalEnergies and German energy group RWE have won a contract to built a large offshore wind energy project with a potential to supply the equivalent of one million households with electricity, the French government said Wednesday.
Oslo (AFP) Sept 4, 2023 - Electricity was free in Norway's two biggest cities on Monday, market data showed, the silver lining of a wet summer.
Paris (AFP) Sept 25, 2012 - France's top court on Tuesday upheld energy giant Total's conviction for negligence in a 1999 shipwreck and oil spill that blackened much of the country's Atlantic coastline.
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 5, 2021 - French giant TotalEnergies signed a $27-billion contract to invest in oil, gas and solar production in Iraq Sunday, as the country faces an acute energy crisis.
Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2012 - President Francois Hollande Friday pledged to close France's oldest operational nuclear plant in 2016 and rejected seven proposals for shale gas exploration on health and environment concerns.
Paris (AFP) Sept 27, 2007 - Green taxes on gas-guzzling cars, lower speed caps on highways and eco-labels on supermarket food: French campaigners and businesses on Thursday unveiled a blueprint for a green revolution ahead of a high-profile environmental summit.
Paris (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 - The French government unveiled plans Wednesday to put an end to oil and gas production on its territory in a largely symbolic move it hopes will inspire bigger producing nations to copy.
