Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2025 - Scientists at Boston College have identified a previously unknown bacterium that thrives by feeding on waste from spent batteries, suggesting a potential new path toward self-sustaining recycling sy
Paris (AFP) Oct 23, 2025 - Oil and gas companies have increasingly come under legal attack over their role in contributing to global warming, yet unlike other industries that face tougher regulations they have not abandoned their climate marketing claims.
Paris (AFP) Oct 23, 2025 - A French court Thursday ruled oil and gas giant TotalEnergies had engaged in misleading commercial practices by overstating its climate pledges and ordered it to remove some claims, in what activists said was the first such ruling worldwide against a major oil company for climate misinformation.
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 23, 2025 - Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has announced a small, gradual reduction in diesel prices, which will drop to $2.78 per gallon from $2.80 on Dec. 15 and to $2.70 in February.
Swellendam, South Africa (AFP) Oct 23, 2025 - Powerful gusts shook an observation post perched on a hill at a wind farm in South Africa as two monitors scanned the landscape through binoculars.
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Oct 22, 2025 - Brazil awarded exploration rights to five offshore oil blocks on Wednesday, doubling down on a controversial drive to boost production in the run-up to UN climate talks it is hosting next month.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 22, 2025 - A research team led by GAO Xiang from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with XIA Chuan from the University of Electronic Scie
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 22, 2025 - The U.S. Treasury said Wednesday it imposed new sanctions on Russia over its lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine.
Lagos (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 - Growing up in southern Nigeria during the 1970s, Bubaraye Dakolo would easily catch 20 kilograms of fish within minutes. These days, a fisherman casts nets all night, only to bring back just about three kilograms.
London, UK (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 - Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered a simple yet transformative way to enhance sodium-ion battery performance - by keeping the water inside a key electrode material rather than re
Paris (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 - A Paris court is due to hand down a ruling Thursday whether French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies misled consumers with claims overstating its climate pledges, a case that could help shape greenwashing jurisprudence in Europe and beyond.
Taft, United States (AFP) Oct 20, 2025 - Every five years, the fading US town of Taft puts on a days-long Oildorado festival to celebrate its glory days at the center of California's black gold rush.
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Oct 20, 2025 - Petrobras said Monday it had received a license to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, enraging environmentalists who said the move would undermine Brazil's hosting of UN climate talks next month.
Caracas (AFP) Oct 18, 2025 - With US warships deployed off Venezuela's coast, President Nicolas Maduro said Saturday a plan to defend against what he called American threats is now complete.
San Cristobal, Venezuela (AFP) Oct 18, 2025 - US President Donald Trump said Friday that Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro had offered major concessions to ease tensions with Washington and confirmed a new strike on a drug-smuggling vessel, which reportedly left survivors.
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 17, 2025 - The U.S. Senate is poised to take up a bipartisan bill aimed at preventing the Trump administration from launching a full-on war with Venezuela over alleged ties to the international drug trade.
