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Fourth leak detected at Russian gas pipeline to Europe
Sep 29, 2022 (AFP)
The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines link Russia to Germany, and have been at the centre of geopolitical tensions as Russia cut gas supplies to Europe in suspected...
Fourth Nord Stream leak spotted, NATO sees 'sabotage'
Sep 29, 2022 (AFP)
The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines have been at the centre of geopolitical tensions as Russia cut gas supplies to Europe in suspected retaliation against Western...
NATO sees 'deliberate, reckless' sabotage in Nord Stream leaks
Sep 29, 2022 (AFP)
"All currently available information indicates that this is the result of deliberate, reckless and irresponsible acts of sabotage," the Western military allianc...
No timeframe for fixing Nord Stream pipelines: operator
Sep 29, 2022 (AFP)
The Swedish Coast Guard confirmed Thursday there were four leaks in total on the pipeline in the Baltic Sea -- two on the Swedish side and two on the Danish sid...
Argonne and Constellation sign long-term deal to develop carbon-free power generation
Sep 28, 2022 (SPX)
Energy generation and use in the U.S. is undergoing a rapid transformation in response to concerns about climate change. Carbon-free energy sources, such as win...
'Disturbing' Nord Stream leaks show danger of global methane emissions
Sep 28, 2022 (AFP)
The European Union has said it believes the leaks to the strategically important pipelines, Nord Stream 1 and 2, were caused by a "deliberate act". While not in...
Who could have sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines?
Sep 28, 2022 (AFP)
Although simultaneous accidents appear out of the question, the exact method used to attack the pipelines and the identity of the perpetrator remain unclear and...
Washington dismisses Moscow's finger of blame for gas leaks
Sep 28, 2022 (AFP)
The three outflows from the Russia-Germany Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines have sent natural gas prices soaring, exacerbating an energy crunch in Europe as it sta...
Petrol stations: running out of road?
Sep 26, 2022 (AFP)
Faced with the drive away from hydrocarbons as governments seek to fight global warming, compounded by fuel shortages due to the Ukraine conflict and consequent...
Green protest hits DR Congo ahead of climate summit
Sep 23, 2022 (AFP)
Kinshasa is due to host the pre-COP27 talks in October, before the main summit begins in Egypt in November. But the pre-COP27 meeting comes after the DRC put 27...
Indigenous Australians win court battle against fossil fuel firm
Sep 21, 2022 (AFP)
Dennis Tipakalippa, an Indigenous elder on the remote Tiwi Islands, filed the lawsuit against Santos in June, alleging the Australian gas and oil company failed...
UN raises funds to salvage stricken oil tanker off Yemen
Sep 21, 2022 (AFP)
The decaying 45-year-old FSO Safer, long used as a floating storage platform and now abandoned off the rebel-held Yemeni port of Hodeida, has not been serviced ...
Fortescue sees $6 bln bill to ditch fossil fuels
Sep 20, 2022 (AFP)
The Perth-headquartered company told investors that a goal of achieving zero emissions on mining iron ore operations by 2030 would come with a hefty price tag, ...
Norway's oil fund demands carbon neutrality by 2050
Sep 20, 2022 (AFP)
"We set a target of net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest for all companies," Carine Smith Ihenacho, the fund's chief governance and compliance officer, said...
Saudi Aramco says global energy transition goals 'unrealistic'
Sep 20, 2022 (AFP)
Speaking at a conference in Switzerland, Amin Nasser, head of the world's biggest crude producer, lamented a "deep misunderstanding" of what caused the current ...
Australian energy giant dumps major fracking project
Sep 19, 2022 (AFP)
Origin Energy sold its stake in the Beetaloo Basin project to Tamboran Resources, a local natural gas company, it said in a statement. The company said it expec...
Greenpeace blocks unloading of Russian gas in Finland
Sep 17, 2022 (AFP)
The activists demanded Helsinki stop importing Russian gas after Russia's President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine more than six months ago. "The shipment conta...
Uganda furious at EU parliament censure of mega oil project
Sep 16, 2022 (AFP)
France's TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation signed a $10-billion agreement earlier this year to develop Ugandan oilfields and ship th...
Producing hydrogen from seawater
Sep 15, 2022 (SPX)
Cerruti, a professor of materials engineering at McGill University, explained that while graphene is structurally sound, "one sheet of atoms is not something yo...
Russia says pipeline to China will replace Nord Stream 2
Sep 15, 2022 (AFP)
Asked in an interview with Russian television channel Rossiya-1 if Russia would replace the European Nord Stream 2 with the Asian Force Siberia 2, Novak said: "...
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