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Zelensky urges Trump to pressure Xi to cut support to RussiaKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 28, 2025 Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged US President Donald Trump to pressure Chinese leader Xi Jinping to cut his support for Russia when the two leaders meet later this week. ... more
European court clears Norway of climate misconduct over oil licencesStrasbourg, France (AFP) Oct 28, 2025 The European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday that Norway did not breach its climate obligations when it awarded Arctic oil and gas exploration licenses in 2016. ... more
Norway faces European court climate ruling over oil licencesStrasbourg, France (AFP) Oct 28, 2025 The European Court of Human Rights will decide on Tuesday if Norway breached its climate obligations when it awarded Arctic oil exploration licenses in 2016. ... more
Ecuador announces small diesel price cut as national strike endsWashington 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. ... more |
Venezuela says US military exercises on nearby island a 'provocation'Port Of Spain (AFP) Oct 27, 2025 Venezuela on Sunday blasted the arrival in nearby Trinidad and Tobago of a US warship as a dangerous "provocation," amid mounting fears of potential attacks against the Venezuelan mainland. ... more
Hydrogen production made possible with treated wastewaterLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025 Princeton University engineers have demonstrated that reclaimed wastewater can be used for hydrogen generation, reducing reliance on clean water and lowering water treatment costs for hydrogen fuel ... more
Revolutionary microbe enables resilient renewable energy from food wasteLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2025 A research team at the University of British Columbia has discovered a new bacterium in the Natronincolaceae family that significantly contributes to producing renewable natural gas at Surrey Biofue ... more
World-first liquid hydrogen aviation tanks refuelled for milestone step in zero-emission flightLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2025 Fabrum, AMSL Aero, and Stralis Aircraft have completed the filling of newly developed composite liquid hydrogen tanks at Christchurch Airport, using hydrogen produced and stored on-site to prepare f ... more |
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Clean hydrogen technology collaboration launches across UK research sectorLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 27, 2025 Aston University has joined a nationwide initiative supported by GBP 800000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to develop next-generation hydrogen production from waste stea ... more |
TotalEnergies declines to appeal ruling on 'misleading' climate claimsParis (AFP) Oct 24, 2025 Oil and gas giant TotalEnergies said Friday that it would not appeal a French court ruling that it engaged in "misleading commercial practices" by overstating its climate pledges. ... more
US oil giants produce mainly at home but send more tax dollars overseasWashington (AFP) Oct 23, 2025 US fossil fuel giants produce most of their oil and gas domestically but pay billions more in taxes overseas than they do at home because of subsidies that have only grown during President Donald Trump's second term, a report said Thursday. ... more
French court convicts TotalEnergies over misleading climate claimsParis (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. ... more
Brazilian NGOs ask court to halt drilling off mouth of AmazonRio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Oct 23, 2025 A group of Brazilian NGOs said Thursday they had filed a lawsuit to halt exploratory drilling by state oil giant Petrobras off the coast of the Amazon region. ... more |
China says 'opposes' new US sanctions on Russian oil for Ukraine warBeijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2025 China said Thursday it "opposes" recent sanctions slapped by the United States on the two largest Russian oil companies over Moscow's war in Ukraine, saying they had "no basis in international law". ... more ![]() |
Oil and gas majors stick to their guns on climate advertisingParis (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. ... more
Finnish carbon-neutral ferry aims to set global benchmark for shippingVaasa, Finland (AFP) Oct 23, 2025 In Finland, one of the world's first large passenger ferries to go carbon neutral aims to set the global standard for sustainable shipping, even as efforts to slash the industry's emissions face a backlash. ... more
U.S. sanctions Russia, targeting oil companiesWashington 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." ... more
Artificial ocean carbon recycling system turns seawater CO2 into bioplastic feedstockTokyo, 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 ... more |
Brazil auctions off five oil blocks ahead of COP30Rio 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. ... more
Brazil greenlights oil drilling in sensitive Amazon regionRio 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. ... more
Nigerian monarch takes on oil giant in search of environmental justiceLagos (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. ... more
Paris verdict due in TotalEnergies 'greenwashing' caseParis (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. ... more |
California's oil capital hopes for a renaissance under TrumpTaft, 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. ... more
Venezuela says defenses against US deployment now readyCaracas (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. ... more
Maritime sector to decide on plan to cut emissions opposed by USLondon (AFP) Oct 17, 2025 Member states of the International Maritime Organization will decide on Friday whether to formally adopt a plan to cut carbon emissions in the face of opposition from the United States. ... more
US sinks international deal on decarbonising shipsLondon (AFP) Oct 17, 2025 An international vote to approve cutting maritime emissions was delayed by a year Friday in a victory for the United States, which opposes the carbon-cutting plan. ... more |
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Trump says Venezuela's Maduro offered 'everything' to ease tensionsSan 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. ... more |
China defends Russian oil purchases, slams USBeijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2025 China said Thursday that its purchases of Russian oil were "legitimate" and decried recent "unilateral bullying" measures by the United States as the trade row between the two countries continues to intensify. ... more
Most public land already open to energy production; Trump wants moreWashington DC (UPI) Oct 15, 2025 The Trump administration has vowed to open up public land to usher in an age of American energy dominance but in the Western United States there is little frontier left. ... more
US Republicans seek to shield oil giants as climate lawsuits advanceWashington (AFP) Oct 15, 2025 President Donald Trump's second term has seen the United States go all-in to boost Big Oil and block renewables - yet a wave of state and local climate-damage lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry continues to advance. ... more
Black gold, green promises: Brazil's climate paradoxRio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 Can oil, the climate villain, be used to pay for its own demise? ... more |
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