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China says 'opposes' new US sanctions on Russian oil for Ukraine war
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
President Donald Trump announced the measures on Wednesday after plans for a fresh summit with Vladimir Putin collapsed, complaining that talks with his counter...
Brazilian NGOs ask court to halt drilling off mouth of Amazon
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
Petrobras began drilling on Monday, the same day it was granted a license after a five-year battle to explore for oil in the sensitive region, 500 kilometers (3...
Ecuador announces small diesel price cut as national strike ends
Oct 23, 2025 (UPI)
The announcement came shortly after the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador suspended a national strike that had blocked roads for a month to p...
US oil giants produce mainly at home but send more tax dollars overseas
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
The analysis, titled "America-Last and Planet-Last: How US Tax Policy Subsidizes Oil and Gas Extraction Abroad," looked at disclosures from 11 publicly traded U...
Oil and gas majors stick to their guns on climate advertising
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
It's a strategy rolled out since the early 2000s in the wake of the Kyoto Protocol on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, when firms largely dropped their denial ...
French court convicts TotalEnergies over misleading climate claims
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
The case could help set a legal precedent for the kind of environmental claims corporations, which are starting to face tighter regulations in the European Unio...
U.S. sanctions Russia, targeting oil companies
Oct 22, 2025 (UPI)
While the United States works toward a "peaceful resolution to the war," the Treasury said in a news release that the sanctions are designed to "increase pressu...
Brazil auctions off five oil blocks ahead of COP30
Oct 22, 2025 (AFP)
The auction came two days after state oil giant Petrobras was granted a controversial license to explore near the mouth of the Amazon river, a sensitive and bio...
NGOs accuse TotalEnergies of holding Mozambique 'hostage' on gas project
Oct 22, 2025 (AFP)
Paris verdict due in TotalEnergies 'greenwashing' case
Oct 21, 2025 (AFP)
It is the first such case in France targeting a major energy company and could set a legal precedent for corporate environmental advertising, which is starting ...
Nigerian monarch takes on oil giant in search of environmental justice
Oct 21, 2025 (AFP)
Now Dakolo, the monarch of Ekpetiama, a kingdom in the southern coastal state of Bayelsa, a custodian of peace and tradition and a former soldier, has risen to ...
California's oil capital hopes for a renaissance under Trump
Oct 20, 2025 (AFP)
Thousands flock to its parade of cowboys on horseback, antique cars and floats featuring oil pumps -- a hat tip to the Wild West of yore. This year, nine months...
Brazil greenlights oil drilling in sensitive Amazon region
Oct 20, 2025 (AFP)
Plans to expand oil exploration in Brazil, already the world's eighth-largest producer, are backed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who insists oil reven...
Venezuela says defenses against US deployment now ready
Oct 18, 2025 (AFP)
Washington accuses Maduro of heading a drug cartel and has deployed significant military assets -- including stealth warplanes and several US Navy ships -- as p...
Trump says Venezuela's Maduro offered 'everything' to ease tensions
Oct 18, 2025 (AFP)
Washington accuses Maduro of heading a drug cartel and has deployed significant military assets -- including stealth warplanes and seven US Navy ships -- as par...
Senate to take up bipartisan bill to prevent war with Venezuela
Oct 17, 2025 (UPI)
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., filed the bill Thursday to stop the administration from starting a war with Venezuela as U.S. forces attacked another alleged drug b...
Maritime sector to decide on plan to cut emissions opposed by US
Oct 17, 2025 (AFP)
The London-based IMO, which is the shipping body of the United Nations, voted in April for a global pricing system to help curb maritime carbon emissions. Leadi...
US sinks international deal on decarbonising ships
Oct 17, 2025 (AFP)
The London-based International Maritime Organization (IMO), a United Nations body that governs shipping, voted in April for a global pricing system to help curb...
China defends Russian oil purchases, slams US 'bulhging'
Oct 16, 2025 (AFP)
The rebuke came after President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to stop buying Russian oil, and that he would ...
US Republicans seek to shield oil giants as climate lawsuits advance
Oct 15, 2025 (AFP)
Now Republicans are moving to shut them down with a two-pronged strategy: pushing for a federal shield law and urging the Supreme Court to intervene. "The issue...
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