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Kazakhstan declares emergencies in cities hit by unrest
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
The southeastern city of Almaty, Kazakhstan's financial capital, was in chaos from late on Tuesday as police fired tear gas and stun grenades to quell unrest th...
Thousands protest Argentina oil exploration project
Jan 05, 2022 (AFP)
Carrying placards reading, "Oil is death", "A sea without oil tankers" and "No to pollution", demonstrators marched to drums, while classical dancers performed....
EU moves to label nuclear, gas energy as 'green'
Jan 01, 2022 (AFP)
The proposal, seen by AFP on Saturday, aims to support the 27-nation bloc's shift towards a carbon-neutral future and gild its credentials as a global standard-...
South Africa court halts Shell seismic survey plan in key ruling
Dec 28, 2021 (AFP)
Backing a suit filed by conservationists and local groups, the High Court in the Eastern Cape town of Makhanda declared Shell was "interdicted from undertaking ...
South Africa court suspends Shell seismic survey plan
Dec 28, 2021 (AFP)
Backing a suit filed by conservationists, the High Court in the Eastern Cape town of Makhanda ruled that Shell was "hereby interdicted from undertaking seismic ...
Rocket fired in attack on Chinese company in Iraq
Dec 28, 2021 (AFP)
Six people have been arrested as part of the investigation into the attack, said a security official in the restive, poverty-stricken province of Dhi Qar. "The ...
Climate crisis puts oil in the crosshairs, but dependence persists
Dec 26, 2021 (AFP)
"In 2021, several developments showed clearly that (the petroleum) industry doesn't have a future," said Romain Ioualalen at the activist group Oil Change Inter...
Israeli greens hail blow to UAE oil deal
Dec 23, 2021 (AFP)
The deal would have seen Gulf oil brought to Israel's Red Sea port of Eilat by tanker, then moved overland by pipeline to its Mediterranean port of Ashkelon, fo...
Cargo ship captain convicted over Mauritius oil spill
Dec 22, 2021 (AFP)
The MV Wakashio, a Japanese-owned but Panamanian-flagged vessel, ran aground in July 2020, spilling more than 1,000 tonnes of toxic fuel into the pristine water...
US unveils multinational operation to counter Houthis attacking Red Sea ships
Dec 18, 2021 (UPI)
Few specifics about Operation Prosperity Guardian were offered in the brief press release issued Monday by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announcing the initiat...
Nanodiamonds are key to efficient hydrogen purification
Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)
In a study published in Nature Energy this month, researchers led by Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) describe how nan...
Operator of leaking California pipeline charged with negligence
Dec 16, 2021 (AFP)
The charges were leveled against Amplify Energy, a Texas company operating the pipeline off Huntington Beach, and two of its subsidiaries -- Beta Operating Co. ...
WTO members to target fossil fuel subsidies, plastic
Dec 15, 2021 (AFP)
The European Union and Britain, but none of the other principal global polluters, were among 45 signatories to a WTO ministerial statement pledging to "seek the...
NASA-NOAA tech will aid marine oil spill response
Dec 15, 2021 (JPL)
The reliability of these seeps makes the area an important natural laboratory for scientists, including those with the Marine Oil Spill Thickness (MOST) project...
Iran to cut oil output, prioritise defence in 2022-23 budget
Dec 12, 2021 (AFP)
Iranian news agencies reported that the draft, presented Sunday, projects GDP growth of eight percent. President Ebrahim Raisi submitted the draft to parliament...
Gas field tremor terror haunts Dutch villages
Dec 12, 2021 (AFP)
"It was like a wave, we could feel it coming towards us," the burly father-of-three recalled. "When I woke up, the whole room was still shaking and my kids were...
Controversial North Sea oilfield project suspended
Dec 10, 2021 (AFP)
Siccar, which owns a majority 70-percent holding in the Cambo project, said in a statement it would now "evaluate next steps" in the proposed development that h...
S.Africa energy minister defends oil exploration plans
Dec 09, 2021 (AFP)
Environmentalists last week protested against Shell's plans to search for oil and gas deposits off South Africa's beloved Wild Coast -- a key tourist attraction...
US eyes NordStream pipeline as Russian pressure point over Ukraine
Dec 07, 2021 (AFP)
US officials made clear Tuesday after President Joe Biden's two-hour video call with Vladimir Putin that if the Russian leader does take military action against...
Protesters hit S.Africa beaches to oppose oil exploration
Dec 05, 2021 (AFP)
In Cape Town protesters held up the peace symbol, banners reading "Shell in Hell" and a giant model snoek fish to highlight their concerns about the potential i...
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