London (AFP) Sept 15, 2021 - Energy majors have agreed a common standard on reporting progress over net zero carbon emissions, allowing the world's biggest investors to properly track progress, a lobby group said Wednesday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 17, 2024 - Oil and gas giants have spent $5.6 billion on sports sponsorship through some 205 accords, said a study by research group New Weather Institute released on Wednesday that describes the outlays as sportswashing.
Spremberg, Germany (AFP) Sept 9, 2008 - One of Europe's biggest power firms inaugurated a prototype coal-fired power station on Tuesday it says is almost emissions-free but environmentalists were less than impressed.
Cairo (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 - When Egypt hosts a global climate summit in November, it will seek to represent Africa which shares little of the blame for global warming but suffers many of its worst impacts, its environment minister says.
Paris (AFP) Sept 19, 2023 - Many of the most polluting countries are failing to cut carbon emissions from their energy sectors quickly enough to meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a watchdog said on Tuesday.
Ottawa (AFP) Sept 4, 2015 - Ecuadoran villagers can seek to enforce in Canada a multibillion-dollar Ecuadoran judgment against US oil giant Chevron on pollution in the Amazon rainforest, Canada's top court said Friday.
Aguarico, Ecuador (AFP) Sept 17, 2013 - Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa called Tuesday for a global boycott of Chevron, as part of a campaign to highlight Amazon pollution that Quito has attributed to the US oil giant.
Quito (AFP) Sept 9, 2009 - Ecuador said Wednesday it was seeking US legal action against Chevron after the American oil giant released videos allegedly showing politicians paying off a judge in a high-profile environmental case.
Quito (AFP) Sept 28, 2025 - A protester was killed by Ecuadoran armed forces during a demonstration against increased fuel prices, the country's largest Indigenous organization said Sunday.
Tiputini, Ecuador (AFP) Sept 7, 2016 - Ecuador began pumping oil Wednesday from a massive field located partly on a protected nature reserve in the Amazon rainforest, drawing criticism from environmentalists and indigenous-rights groups.
Cape Town (AFP) Sept 10, 2009 - Coal-reliant South Africa on Thursday said it was unrealistic to expect developing nations to set targets for cutting harmful carbon emissions as this would hamper economic growth.
Mumbai (AFP) Sept 18, 2008 - The global economic downturn and the crisis in the US financial markets offers the chance for investment in green energy, former US vice-president Al Gore said Thursday.
Sydney (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 - East Timor leader Jose Ramos-Horta on Wednesday said China could help fund a vast fossil fuel project seen as crucial to the nation's economic future, dismissing Western concerns over Beijing's growing influence.
Washington (AFP) Sept 3, 2016 - A strong earthquake struck early Saturday in Oklahoma, where the incidence of temblors has been on the rise amid a boom in controversial hydraulic fracturing to release oil and natural gas.
Zeerijp, Netherlands (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 - The Dutch are proud of the way they have created a country by fighting back the ocean - but when they started making their own earthquakes it proved a step too far.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 4, 2019 - Tackling climate change is a top priority for the incoming European Commission, but a decades-old energy treaty protecting fossil fuel investments is proving a tricky obstacle, experts said Wednesday.
