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Top court upholds Canada's carbon tax, key to climate plan

Mar 25, 2021 (AFP)

The federal government imposed the levy in 2019 in order to meet its obligations under the 2015 Paris climate agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 pe...

Banks provide $4 tn to oil since climate deal: NGOs

Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)

While financing dropped last year as oil output plunged thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the report found that it was still higher than in 2016, the year aft...

Anger as UK fails to rule out further North Sea drilling

Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)

The government made the announcement as it unveiled a new "North Sea Transition Deal", aimed at helping lower carbon emissions in the energy sector. The deal sa...

Maritime trade to slow down after ship blocks Suez Canal

Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)

Here are questions and answers about the incident and its consequences: - What happened? - The Taiwan-run MV Ever Given had sailed from Yantian, China, and was ...

Canada opposition chief calls climate change 'real'; party says no

Mar 20, 2021 (AFP)

In a virtual policy conference that opened Thursday, 54 percent of delegates voted against a proposal recognizing that "climate change is real" and that the par...

UK energy giants pivot towards cleaner fuels

Mar 18, 2021 (AFP)

National Grid, which distributes energy to British homes and businesses, announced a multi-billion-pound overhaul to focus more on electricity. And oil giant BP...

Environmental groups file complaint against Chevron's green claims

Mar 16, 2021 (AFP)

"The complaint claims that Chevron is consistently misrepresenting its image to appear climate-friendly and racial justice-oriented while its business operation...

UK's oil consultant contract for climate talks sparks concern

Mar 10, 2021 (AFP)

Ahead of the crucial negotiations aimed at accelerating emissions cuts and agreeing more ambitious net-zero targets, the industry watchdogs warned that BCG's in...

Novel hydrogen fuel purification membrane paves the way for greener future

Mar 09, 2021 (SPX)

Solar hydrogen production through photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting reaction is an attractive "green" method of hydrogen fuel production, owing to its ...

Ship runs aground off Mauritius with fuel aboard

Mar 08, 2021 (AFP)

It is the second shipwreck in less than a year off Mauritius, after a tanker struck a reef in July and leaked 1,000 tonnes of fuel in the country's worst enviro...

Saudi, Qatari, Israeli planes join USAF B-52 in Persian Gulf show of force

Mar 08, 2021 (UPI)

The B-52, a heavy bomber, from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., "flew through the CENTOM AOR [Central Command area of responsibility] Mar. 7. Multiple partner nation...

U.S. Navy joins, Oman, France, Britain in mine countermeasures exercises

Mar 08, 2021 (UPI)

The annual exercise, Khunjar Hadd 26, was held in the Gulf of Oman, and involved Oman's navy and air force, and the navies of the United States, France and Brit...

Pollution checks on Siberia river after pipeline fire

Mar 07, 2021 (AFP)

First reports suggest around 700 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (a mixture of propane and butane) could be on site, Rostekhnadzor spokesperson Andrei Vil sai...

Drone attacks eastern Saudi port, missile targets Aramco facilities

Mar 07, 2021 (AFP)

"One of the petroleum tank areas at the Ras Tanura Port in the Eastern Region, one of the largest oil ports in the world, was attacked this morning by a drone" ...

Turkey's military heads join naval drills off Aegean

Mar 06, 2021 (AFP)

Akar and the air force, army and navy chiefs landed by helicopter on the Oruc Reis off the Aegean Sea, the defence ministry said in a statement, without specify...

Monitoring methane emissions from gas pipelines

Mar 05, 2021 (ESA)

Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases, second only to carbon dioxide in its overall contribution to climate change. The energy sector, including oi...

Mexico lawmakers pass controversial energy reforms

Mar 03, 2021 (AFP)

The changes spearheaded by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador have prompted warnings that Mexico is in danger of breaching its international commitments on t...

Israel accuses Iran of 'environmental terrorism' after oil spill

Mar 03, 2021 (AFP)

Storms last month washed tonnes of sticky tar ashore along Israel's entire Mediterranean coastline, staining 160 kilometres (96 miles) of beach from its borders...

ExxonMobil touts carbon storage as key climate strategy

Mar 03, 2021 (AFP)

The US oil giant, long criticized by environmentalists for dragging its feet on climate change and renewable energy, emphasized the potential for CCS in reducin...

Gold-phosphorus nanosheets catalyzes nature gas to greener energy selectively

Mar 03, 2021 (SPX)

Yet the difficulties lie in activating methane and preventing methanol from over-oxidation. Methane takes a stable non-polar tetrahedral structure with high dis...