Berlin (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 - German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer said Tuesday it aims to become climate-neutral by 2030, slashing or compensating all of its greenhouse gas emissions.
New York (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 - A New York judge sided with Exxon Mobil on Tuesday in a closely-watched environmental case, concluding the oil giant did not mislead investors in its climate change disclosures.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 - The motions of plasmas may be notoriously difficult to model, but they can be better understood by analysing what happens when protons are scattered by atoms of hydrogen. In itself, this property is
Dresden, Germany (SPX) Dec 09, 2019 - Nuclear physics usually involves high energies, as illustrated by experiments to master controlled nuclear fusion. One of the problems is how to overcome the strong electrical repulsion between atom
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 09, 2019 - Using a clever technique that causes unruly crystals of iron selenide to snap into alignment, Rice University physicists have drawn a detailed map that reveals the rules of the road for electrons
Madrid (AFP) Dec 9, 2019 - Mohamed Nasr, head of environmental affairs in Egypt's foreign ministry, is chair of the Africa Group, a 54-nation negotiating bloc at the UN climate conference under way in Madrid.
Los Altos CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2019 - The burgeoning bioenergy sector must peak and decline in the next 30 years to alleviate extreme pressure on land, warns researchers in a new analysis published in Global Change Biology. They assert
Ankara (AFP) Dec 9, 2019 - Turkey and Libya could hold joint exploration activities in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday after the two governments signed a maritime deal.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 9, 2019 - Japan is weighing inviting Iran's President Hassan Rouhani for a state visit, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday, as local media reported the trip was likely to happen this month.
Paris (AFP) Dec 7, 2019 - Oil and gas groups were accused Saturday of seeking to influence climate talks in Madrid by paying millions in sponsorship and sending dozens of lobbyists to delay what scientists say is a necessary and rapid cut in fossil fuel use.
Washington (UPI) Dec 6, 2019 - Reports that the U.S. is considering sending an additional 14,000 troops to the Middle East are flat out wrong, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said in a statement Friday.
Vienna (AFP) Dec 6, 2019 - The climate crisis was the unexpected guest at this week's gathering of the OPEC bloc of oil producers and its allies which this time happened to coincide with the UN's climate summit in Madrid.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) Dec 6, 2019 - Two former prime ministers in Central Asian Kyrgyzstan were sentenced to long jail terms on corruption charges Friday in a trial that roiled the national elite and fuelled suspicion toward China.
Argonne IL (SPX) Dec 04, 2019 - Researchers find new way to convert carbon dioxide into a usable fuel source. The concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is steadily increasing, and many scientists believe that it
London (AFP) Dec 4, 2019 - Energy giant Shell won a court order on Wednesday to prevent environmental activists from boarding installations in the North Sea oil fields off Scotland.
Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2019 - Every character has a back story, and so do high-temperature superconductors, which conduct electricity with no loss at much higher temperatures than scientists once thought possible. To figure out
