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Climate activists block financial institutions in Oslo
Oslo (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Climate and pro-Palestinian activists, including Greta Thunberg, on Friday temporarily blocked access to Norway's central bank and occupied the headquarters of the country's largest bank in protest at their Israeli and fossil fuel investments. The actions in Oslo were part of a civil disobedience campaign intended to last around 10 days, with the aim of influencing parliamentary elections scheduled for September 8. Members of environmental group Extinction Rebellion and a pro-Palestinian gro ... read more |
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Greta Thunberg, activists block Oslo main street in oil protestOslo (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 Greta Thunberg and more than 100 more climate activists blocked Oslo's main avenue and a bank branch on Thursday to demand Norway shutter its oil industry, police and organisers said. The ac ... more 
Clean hydrogen's iridium problem? Solved in an afternoonEvanston IL (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 For decades, researchers around the world have searched for alternatives to iridium, an extremely rare, incredibly expensive metal used in the production of clean hydrogen fuels. Now, a powerf ... more 
Court halts TotalEnergies South African oil explorationJohannesburg (AFP) Aug 14, 2025 /> A South African court has refused environmental authorisation for planned offshore drilling by French energy giant TotalEnergies near the foot of Africa, in a ruling seen by AFP Thursday. T ... more 
German gas drive fuels fears of climate backslidingFrankfurt, Germany Aug 13, 2025 Germany's conservative-led government has launched a drive to rapidly build more gas-fired power plants, fuelling fears about climate policy backsliding and sparking unease even within its own ranks. ... more |
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Oil executives held in Albania over tax evasion caseTirana, Albania (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 The Chinese chief executive of Albania's largest oil producer was refused bail on Wednesday, amid a tax evasion investigation involving several Bankers Petroleum executives, authorities said. ... more 
Sticky business: India's purchases of Russian oilNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 India is the second largest buyer of Russian oil, saving itself billions of dollars on discounted crude - a key source of revenue for Moscow's military offensive on Ukraine. ... more 
Shell net profit retreats on lower energy pricesLondon (AFP) July 31, 2025 British energy giant Shell on Thursday said its net profit slid 23 percent in the first six months of the year, hit by lower oil and gas prices. ... more 
New Zealand reverses ban on offshore oil and gas explorationWellington (AFP) July 31, 2025 New Zealand's government voted Thursday to open the country for new oil and gas exploration, reversing a ban put in place under former prime minister Jacinda Ardern. ... more 
Norwegian cousins battle over oil, climate policyOslo (AFP) July 30, 2025 As teenagers in Norway, Andreas Bjelland Eriksen and his younger cousin Vebjorn Bjelland Berg survived a mass shooting together - a trauma that united them. ... more |
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Fossil-fuel pledge in EU-Trump deal sparks climate fears
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) July 29, 2025 The EU is promising colossal new US fossil fuel purchases under its trade deal with President Donald Trump, raising concerns for the bloc's climate fight - should the mammoth pledges come true. As part of the framework agreed Sunday, the EU said its companies would buy $750 billion of liquefied natural gas, oil and nuclear fuels from the United States - split equally over three years - to replace Russian energy sources. Many experts believe the eye-watering figure to be unrealistic - and poi ... read more
Top court takes aim at fossil fuels in sweeping rulingParis (AFP) July 24, 2025 An historic climate ruling by the world's highest court could make it legally riskier for fossil fuel companies to do business and embolden lawsuits against oil and gas expansion, experts say. ... more |
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US Treasury chief says China talks could cover Iran, Russia oil buysWashington (AFP) July 21, 2025 The next round of US-China talks could include Chinese purchases of Russian and Iranian oil, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday, a move that would shift the focus of trade negotiations into national security issues. ... more 
U.N. report cites 'flagrant' violations by Russia and North KoreaWashington DC (UPI) Jul 17, 2025 Russian and North Korean officials violated U.N. resolutions regarding arms, troops and refined petroleum shipments throughout 2024 and beyond, a U.N. report says. ... more 
Baghdad and Arbil agree to resume Kurdish oil exports: governmentBaghdad (AFP) July 17, 2025 The Iraqi government announced Thursday an agreement to resume crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region after a more than two-year halt and amid drone attacks on oil fields. ... more 
Drone hits oil field in Iraq's Kurdistan for second dayArbil, Iraq (AFP) July 17, 2025 A drone loaded with explosives struck an oil field in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region on Thursday, Kurdish forces said - the second attack in two days on the Norwegian-operated site. ... more
New drone attacks hit three oil fields in northern Iraq: Kurdish forcesArbil, Iraq (AFP) July 16, 2025 Explosive-laden drones hit three oil fields in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdistan region early Wednesday, Kurdish forces said, a day after a similar attack shut operations at a US-run field. ... more |
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