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Maritime industry agrees on carbon-reduction target
AFP, Published on 07/07/2023
» LONDON: The International Maritime Organization, overseer of the highly-polluting shipping industry, sealed a landmark deal Friday to improve its target to cut carbon emissions but green campaigners said it fell far short.
EU lawmakers adopt vast carbon market reform
AFP, Published on 18/04/2023
» STRASBOURG, France: The European Parliament adopted sweeping climate measures on Tuesday aimed at massively cutting EU greenhouse emissions, including the introduction of a carbon border tax on imports.
Tough US emissions rules to speed EV shift
AFP, Published on 12/04/2023
» NEW YORK: President Joe Biden's administration unveiled new proposed auto emissions rules on Wednesday, aiming to accelerate the electric vehicle transition with a target of two-thirds of the new US car market by 2032.
Coal still top threat to global climate goals: report
AFP, Published on 26/04/2022
» PARIS: The number of coal-fired power plants in the pipeline worldwide declined in 2021, according to research released Tuesday, but the fossil fuel most responsible for global warming still generated record CO2 emissions, threatening Paris climate goals.
China axes 15 coal plants abroad after Xi pledge, but loopholes remain: study
AFP, Published on 22/04/2022
» BEIJING: More than a dozen Chinese coal power projects overseas were cancelled after a ban last year on funding such plants, but loopholes could allow 18 others to still go ahead, according to a study published Friday.
China increases coal production as climate warming talks begin
AFP, Published on 02/11/2021
» BEIJING: China said it has increased daily coal production by over one million tonnes, easing its energy shortage as world leaders gather in Britain for climate talks billed as one of the last chances to avert catastrophic global warming.
Chile opens vast thermosolar power plant
Business, AFP, Published on 10/06/2021
» SANTIAGO: Chile has inaugurated Latin America's first-ever thermosolar energy plant, a vast complex dubbed Cerro Dominador in the Atacama desert that gives a boost to the country's quest for carbon-neutrality by 2050.
Flared natural gas latest prize in bitcoin miners' energy quest
AFP, Published on 16/05/2021
» WASHINGTON: As the value of bitcoin soars and concerns rise about the energy-intensive process needed to obtain it, cryptocurrency entrepreneurs in the United States believe they have found a solution in flared natural gas.
Michael Bloomberg pledges $4.5m to Paris climate deal
AFP, Published on 23/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: Former New York City mayor and billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg on Sunday promised US$4.5 million to fulfill the United States's commitment to the Paris climate agreement.
Weak investment risks new oil shock: IEA
AFP, Published on 16/11/2016
» PARIS - The lack of investment in new oil projects risks creating a new market upheaval in several years, the International Energy Agency warned on Wednesday.