Bagnols-Sur-Ceze, France (AFP) Sept 27, 2023 - In the cradle of France's atomic programme, researchers are using their nuclear know-how for a key project in the country's energy transition: recycling the raw materials in old electric car batteries, solar panels and wind turbines.
Paris (AFP) Sept 5, 2023 - France has said it will push for a deadline for the world to quit oil and coal, upping the stakes ahead of crunch UN talks where ending fossil fuel use will weigh heavily on the negotiations to curb climate change.
Paris (AFP) Sept 12, 2012 - France said Wednesday it would reconsider its plans to further develop the use of biofuel, once seen as a potential source of cheap alternative energy but now blamed for soaring food prices.
Paris (AFP) Sept 22, 2018 - Fountains were tinted black in several French towns Saturday during protests against plans by oil giant Total to drill near a coral reef at the mouth of the Amazon.
Paris (AFP) Sept 9, 2012 - France's new Socialist government unveiled plans this past week to introduce a tiered energy pricing system to encourage people to reduce their use of electricity, gas and heat.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 - A fourth leak has been detected in undersea gas pipelines linking Russia to Europe, the Swedish Coast Guard said Thursday, after explosions were reported earlier this week in what NATO called reckless sabotage.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 - Swedish authorities said Thursday a fourth leak was detected on undersea pipelines linking Russia to Europe following what NATO described as an act of sabotage.
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 12, 2018 - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi faces calls to quit after deadly protests in southern Basra crushed his fledgling, and vital, alliance with a popular Shiite cleric.
Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2011 - The US military has sent a small four-man team to Libya to help diplomats with plans to reopen an American embassy after Moamer Kadhafi's regime lost control of the capital, the Pentagon said Monday.
Oxford, United Kingdom (AFP) Sept 22, 2016 - Developed oil, gas and coal reserves, if exhausted, are enough to push Earth well past the threshold for dangerous climate change, according to a report published Thursday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 - Foreign governments are spending more than 30 times more on fossil fuel projects in Africa than on initiatives to lessen the impacts of the continent's second-biggest killer, air pollution, research showed Wednesday.
New York (AFP) Sept 22, 2015 - A campaign to abandon fossil fuels to boost the fight against climate change has rapidly picked up steam, with institutions worth $2.6 trillion pledging to divest, a study said Tuesday.
Sydney (AFP) Sept 20, 2022 - Australian mining giant Fortescue on Tuesday said it is putting aside US$6.2 billion to wean itself off fossil fuels by the end of the decade, hoping to gain a head start on competitors.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Sept 5, 2010 - With a key piece of evidence raised from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico and BP's Macondo well ruled a threat no longer, the focus shifts to what went wrong and who is to blame.
Goto, Japan (AFP) Sept 21, 2025 - Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country's first commercial-scale floating wind farm glimmer offshore, months before a key project in Tokyo's green-energy strategy begins.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Sept 2, 2010 - Crews managed to extinguish a massive blaze on a rig in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday and have not been able to locate an oil slick spotted earlier in the day, the Coast Guard said.
