Ottawa (AFP) Sept 26, 2008 - Canada will ban the export of tar-like bitumen from the Alberta oil sands to countries that don't match Canadian targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.
Ottawa (AFP) Sept 24, 2013 - Canada should boost energy exports to Japan as the resource-poor Asian country looks to diversify its fuel sources, their prime ministers said Tuesday.
Ottawa (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government pledged on Tuesday to achieve net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, if re-elected in an upcoming ballot.
Ottawa (AFP) Sept 3, 2020 - Canada on Thursday threw its support behind groups fighting to safeguard caribou that are threatened by a recent US approval of oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which borders the Yukon.
Montreal (AFP) Sept 28, 2016 - Canada approved on Tuesday a massive Can$36 billion ($27 billion USD) project by Malaysia's Petronas to build a liquefied natural gas pipeline along its Pacific Northwest coast, targeting Asian markets.
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 4, 2023 - No continent has been hit harder by climate change than Africa, and yet none has more potential for a future centred on green energy, a top expert has told AFP in an interview.
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2024 - California began legal action Monday against oil giant ExxonMobil over a decades-long campaign of deception about plastics recycling that has worsened a global pollution crisis.
Los Angeles (AFP) Sept 16, 2023 - The US state of California sued five of the world's largest oil companies on Friday, alleging the firms caused billions of dollars in damages and misled the public by minimizing the risks from fossil fuels, according to a court filing.
Milan (AFP) Sept 29, 2021 - The forthcoming COP26 summit - which could determine the viability of the Paris Agreement - will not be easy but an outcome matching the urgency of the crisis is an absolute necessity, the UN's climate chief said Wednesday.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 23, 2011 - Germany's parliament Friday blocked a law allowing the storage of carbon dioxide underground, as Europe's top economy wrangles over energy policy following Japan's nuclear disaster.
Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2020 - The heads of more than 150 global companies, including Apple and Google, have urged European leaders to set a higher target for reducing climate-heating emissions, says the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).
Washington (AFP) Sept 5, 2010 - The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes a threat, a senior US official said.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 5, 2024 - Hundreds of African political and business leaders filed into China's Great Hall of the People on Thursday eager to forge new partnerships, sign contracts and make industry connections.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana (AFP) Sept 3, 2008 - US President George W. Bush said Wednesday that he would release oil from the US strategic reserve upon requests from companies in the wake of Hurricane Gustav.
Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2008 - US President George W. Bush said Monday that deadly Hurricane Ike's trail of devastation through key US oil refining areas would bring upward pressure on already soaring gasoline prices.
Washington (AFP) Sept 2, 2008 - US President George W. Bush said Tuesday it was a little early to know Hurricane Gustav's impact on US oil facilities, but that the killer storm appeared to have largely spared key infrastructure.
