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Canada proposes emissions cap on oil and gas sector
Nov 04, 2024 (AFP)
The goal of the system, which would be phased in over several years, would be to reduce emissions to 27 percent below 2026 levels or 35 percent below 2019 level...
Rwanda to stop registering petrol taxi-bikes in 2025
Nov 04, 2024 (AFP)
"The goal is to promote the use of cleaner, more efficient energy and reduce gas emissions," Minister of Infrastructure Jimmy Gasore told AFP. The new rule will...
Hydrogen: A Key Element for Sustainable Aviation
Nov 02, 2024 (SPX)
"While there is a long way to go for hydrogen aviation to be realized at scale, we hope that our analysis of both onboard system design and enabling infrastruct...
'Waiting in vain': year on from pledge, world clings to fossil fuels
Nov 01, 2024 (AFP)
Countries are being urged not to lose sight of that historic agreement ahead of November's COP29 climate negotiations, where fossil fuels are not top priority. ...
COP29 at risk from graft, fossil fuel interests: report
Oct 31, 2024 (AFP)
Azerbaijan's hosting of the COP29 talks in November is the second straight year the world's premier climate negotiations have been hosted in a country deeply ti...
Oil prices tumble as Iran fears ease, yen weakens after Japan polls
Oct 28, 2024 (AFP)
Israel carried out air strikes on military sites in Iran on Saturday in response to Tehran's October 1 missile barrage, itself retaliation for the killing of Ir...
Report details fossil fuel threat to 'Amazon of the seas'
Oct 26, 2024 (AFP)
Issued to coincide with the UN's COP16 summit on biodiversity in Colombia, the report warned expansion in oil, gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Indo-P...
G20 affirms commitment to transition from fossil fuels
Oct 25, 2024 (AFP)
Recalling commitments made last year at the COP28 summit in Dubai, the statement recognized plans to accelerate action in this "critical decade, so as to achiev...
Turkmenistan's 'Gateway to Hell' lit gas pit faces closure
Oct 25, 2024 (AFP)
The 20-metre-deep Darvaza crater in a remote stretch of the Karakum desert has been burning for decades, continuously fed by methane gas seeping from the ground...
Iran, Saudi plan joint military exercises: Iranian media
Oct 22, 2024 (AFP)
The two Middle East rivals, which have long backed opposing sides in conflict zones across the region, severed diplomatic ties in 2016. However Shiite Muslim-do...
Oil-rich Iraqi Kurdistan votes, shadowed by economic struggles
Oct 20, 2024 (AFP)
Iraqi Kurdistan presents itself as a relative oasis of stability in the turbulent Middle East, attracting foreign investors due to its close ties with the Unite...
Shell pipeline oil leak in Singapore contained
Oct 20, 2024 (AFP)
The spill started Sunday morning on a pipeline running between two islands, Bukom and Bukom Kecil, Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) sa...
Husker researchers assess hydrogen energy potential from ancient rift
Oct 17, 2024 (SPX)
The rift, extending from beneath Lake Superior through states including Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas, is being studied for hydroge...
U.S. stealth bombers strike 'hardened' underground weapons sites in Houthi-run parts of Yemen
Oct 17, 2024 (UPI)
"Precision strikes" by U.S. Air Force long-range stealth B-2 warplanes targeted five hardened underground weapons storage sites housing various weapons componen...
Iowa Supreme Court mulling Summit pipeline lawsuit
Oct 15, 2024 (UPI)
The state's high court held a hearing last week over the appeal of a district court decision. A landowner brought the appeal to the supreme court after the lowe...
Israel tells US will not hit Iran's nuclear or oil facilities: media
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
Israel has vowed to counterattack after Iran fired ballistic missiles at the country on October 1, launched in response to Israel's killing of Tehran-aligned mi...
Iran condemns 'illegal and unjustified' US sanctions on oil industry: ministry
Oct 13, 2024 (AFP)
In a statement, foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei defended Iran's attack on Israel and "strongly condemned" the sanctions, saying they were "illegal and...
U.S. expands sanctions on Iran's oil industry in response to Oct. 1 missile attack
Oct 11, 2024 (UPI)
In the latest round of actions against the Islamic Republic, the Treasury Department targeted its so-called "ghost fleet" of third-party tankers and vessels whi...
Iran oil minister visits key site after Israeli threats
Oct 06, 2024 (AFP)
The visit comes after an Israeli official said the country was "preparing a response" after Iran launched a barrage of missiles this week at Israel, its sworn e...
Petrobras announces 'huge' gas discovery in Colombia
Oct 03, 2024 (AFP)
The discovery, the largest since the 1990s, comes as Colombia faces pressure on its energy supplies, derived mainly from hydroelectric power, amid a severe drou...
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