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November 05, 2025
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Nuclear waste could help drive clean hydrogen energy transition



London, UK (SPX) Nov 05, 2025
Scientists at the University of Sharjah have published research indicating that nuclear waste may be used for sustainable hydrogen production, potentially offering a path to long-term clean energy. Their work, published in Nuclear Engineering and Design, reviews how radioactivity in nuclear waste can be harnessed with advanced technologies to split water into hydrogen and oxygen without generating carbon emissions. The researchers highlight that global nuclear waste stockpiles exceed 4 million cub ... read more

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Hydrogen production made possible with treated wastewater
Los 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
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Illinois team creates aviation fuel from food waste with circular economy benefits
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Air travel continues to rise, making jet fuel a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a new process for converting ... more
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Industrial microbe enables conversion of carbon monoxide to ethanol
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 30, 2025
A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, working with a colleague from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, has experimentally clarifie ... more
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Plugging nanoscopic cracks to make hydrogen cleaner and cheaper
New York NY (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
Columbia researchers are working with industry partners to improve energy conversion efficiency and remove potentially toxic chemicals from a vital industrial process. ... more
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Norway faces European court climate ruling over oil licences
Strasbourg, 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
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World-first liquid hydrogen aviation tanks refuelled for milestone step in zero-emission flight
Los 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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Zelensky urges Trump to pressure Xi to cut support to Russia
Kyiv, 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
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AI can help double oil-well productivity: Saudi Aramco CEO
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Oct 28, 2025
AI and digitalisation can double an oil well's productivity, the head of Saudi Aramco said on Tuesday, insisting fossil fuels would provide a big slice of the world's energy needs for decades. ... more

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European court clears Norway of climate misconduct over oil licences
Strasbourg, 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
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Venezuela claims CIA 'false flag' attack foiled, as US deploys bombers
Caracas (AFP) Oct 28, 2025
Venezuela claimed Monday to have dismantled a CIA-financed cell plotting a false-flag attack on a US warship deployed to the southern Caribbean, as Washington stepped up pressure on Caracas by flying bombers nearby. ... more
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US B-1B bombers fly off coast of Venezuela: flight tracking data
Washington (AFP) Oct 27, 2025
A pair of B-1B bombers flew over the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela on Monday, flight tracking data showed, in the third such show of force by US military aircraft in recent weeks. ... more
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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
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Revolutionary microbe enables resilient renewable energy from food waste
Los 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
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Clean hydrogen technology collaboration launches across UK research sector
London, 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
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NGOs accuse TotalEnergies of holding Mozambique 'hostage' on gas project
Johannesburg Oct 27, 2025
Mozambican and international NGOs on Monday accused TotalEnergies of holding Mozambique "hostage" over the French fossil fuel giant's demand of "ultra-favourable" conditions to restart its gas project in the country's north. ... more
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Venezuela's Maduro to US: 'No crazy war, please!'
Caracas (AFP) Oct 24, 2025
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday launched a plea in English as tensions mount between Washington and Caracas: "No crazy war, please!" ... more
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TotalEnergies declines to appeal ruling on 'misleading' climate claims
Paris (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
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US oil giants produce mainly at home but send more tax dollars overseas
Washington (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
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French court convicts TotalEnergies over misleading climate 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. ... more
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Brazilian NGOs ask court to halt drilling off mouth of Amazon
Rio 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
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Ecuador announces small diesel price cut as national strike ends
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. ... more
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China says 'opposes' new US sanctions on Russian oil for Ukraine war
Beijing (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
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Oil and gas majors stick to their guns on climate advertising
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. ... more
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Finnish carbon-neutral ferry aims to set global benchmark for shipping
Vaasa, 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
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U.S. sanctions Russia, targeting oil companies
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." ... more
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Artificial ocean carbon recycling system turns seawater CO2 into bioplastic feedstock
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 ... more
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Brazil auctions off five oil blocks ahead of COP30
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. ... more
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Brazil greenlights oil drilling in sensitive Amazon region
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. ... more
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Nigerian monarch takes on oil giant in search of environmental justice
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. ... more
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Paris verdict due in TotalEnergies 'greenwashing' case
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. ... more
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California's oil capital hopes for a renaissance under Trump
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. ... more
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