Brussels (AFP) Sept 18, 2009 - EU nations on Friday agreed on what industry sectors to help if they face a problem of companies moving outside the bloc to escape stricter European rules on tackling climate change.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 18, 2021 - The European Union and the United States on Saturday called on more nations to join a pledge to slash methane gas emissions and cut warming by at least 0.2 degrees Celsius by 2050.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 19, 2012 - European lawmakers want tough regulation of shale oil and gas exploration and member states should be cautious as they proceed, especially over 'fracking' recovery systems, a statement said on Wednesday.
The Hague (AFP) Sept 24, 2015 - The Dutch government brushed aside calls by environmentalists and opposition parties Thursday to drop an appeal against a landmark court ruling ordering it to slash greenhouse gases by a quarter by 2020.
Alblasserdam, Netherlands (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 - At a windswept container park near the sprawling port of Rotterdam, a crane slots a 30-tonne white battery into a transporter vessel, enough to provide eight hours of zero-emissions freight.
The Hague (AFP) Sept 2, 2008 - The Dutch government said Tuesday it would aim to purchase only environmentally-friendly goods by 2010.
Dubai (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - Dubai said on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with China Sonangol to build a crude oil refinery aimed at meeting rising domestic demand.
Paris (AFP) Sept 22, 2014 - Phasing out coal as an electricity source by 2050 would bring the world 0.5 degrees Celsius closer to the UN's targeted cap for climate warming, an analysis said on the eve of Tuesday's UN climate summit.
Paris (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 - Planet-heating methane spewing into the atmosphere from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines only has a modest impact on climate change, say scientists, but sharply highlights the risks of fossil-fuel driven greenhouse gas emissions.
Washington (AFP) Sept 2, 2023 - Thousands of people were ordered to shelter in place at the Burning Man festival in the western state of Nevada on Saturday after heavy rains turned the desert site into a mud pit and forced organizers to close the gates.
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Sept 13, 2019 - At the dawn of an era scientists have dubbed the Anthropocene, driven by human impact on the planet, the energy industry's four-yearly gathering was forced onto the defensive on climate change.
Geneva (AFP) Sept 27, 2023 - The UN called for rapid decarbonisation of the shipping industry on Wednesday, warning that the price tag could top $100 billion a year as the sector's emissions continue to swell.
Mexico City (AFP) Sept 13, 2011 - A Bangladeshi has become the third to die from a group of workers who fled a Mexican oil rig ahead of a Caribbean tropical storm and were rescued by the navy, according to the oil firm.
Honolulu (AFP) Sept 4, 2016 - A decade ago, there were just 115 western gray whales left in the world, and their feeding grounds near Russia's Sakhalin Island, north of Japan, were being drilled for oil.
Nicosia (AFP) Sept 2, 2020 - Cyprus has welcomed the lifting of a US arms embargo as proof it is a reliable partner in the Eastern Mediterranean, as Washington's ambassador stressed the move was not aimed at Turkey.
Nicosia (AFP) Sept 12, 2020 - Cyprus has condemned a Turkish naval exercise off the divided island's coast as illegal, ahead of a visit by top US diplomat Mike Pompeo to discuss heightened tensions in the Mediterranean.
