Brazil sells rights to oil blocks near Amazon river mouth
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) - Brazil sold extraction rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of ...
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Sunny Greece struggles with solar energy overload
Kastron Viotias (Greece) (AFP) - In a field in central Greece that once grew clover and corn, maintenance worker Nikos ...
SAfrica’s coal dependency puts economy at risk: report
Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa's coal-dependent economy could lose billions in export revenue and thousands of jobs as more countries ...
TotalEnergies in landmark greenwashing trial in France
Paris (AFP) - Environmental groups took TotalEnergies to court Thursday in a landmark Paris trial, accusing the French oil and ...
TotalEnergies on trial in landmark greenwashing case in France
Paris (AFP) - French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies goes on trial in Paris on Thursday over allegations of misleading ...
Swiss glacier collapse could cost huge sums: insurers
Zurich (AFP) - The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely ...
Key climate target of airline decarbonisation ‘in peril’: IATA
New Delhi (AFP) - The airline industry's flagship goal of decarbonising by 2050 is now "in peril" due to climate-sceptic ...
German court sets climate precedent but rejects Peruvian farmer’s claim
Hamm (Germany) (AFP) - A German court on Wednesday rejected a climate case brought by a Peruvian farmer against energy ...
Fears for crops as drought hits northern Europe
Paris (AFP) - Parts of northern Europe have seen their worst drought in decades in recent weeks, with farmers from ...
US Senate blocks California’s electric vehicle mandate
Washington (AFP) - US senators on Thursday blocked California's landmark mandate phasing out gas-powered cars, dealing a blow to the ...
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