COP29 fight looms over climate funds for developing world
Paris (AFP) - The developing world needs trillions of dollars in climate aid, but who should pay for it?Wealthy nations?Big ...
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Britain’s last coal-fired power station closes
London (AFP) - The UK's last coal-fired power station will officially close its doors on Monday, making Britain the first ...
No peak oil demand ‘on the horizon’, phaseout a ‘fantasy’: OPEC
Paris (AFP) - OPEC said Tuesday that phasing out oil was a "fantasy", as the Saudi-led cartel forecast that demand ...
California sues oil giant Exxon over plastic recycling ‘myth’
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - California began legal action Monday against oil giant ExxonMobil over a "decades-long campaign of ...
‘End of an era’: UK to shut last coal-fired power plant
Ratcliffe on Soar (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station has dominated the landscape of the English East Midlands for ...
Climate demo blocks Hague motorway during police strike
The Hague (AFP) - Hundreds of climate activists blocked a major motorway running through The Hague Saturday, urging an end ...
The Hague to ban fossil fuel ads
The Hague (AFP) - The Dutch city of The Hague has become the first in the world to pass local ...
UK blocks approval of first coal mine in 30 years
London (AFP) - Environmental campaigners on Friday claimed a "huge victory" after a court ruling overturned a decision to allow ...
Support for Trump, questions for Harris in pro-fracking Pennsylvania
West Bethlehem Township (United States) (AFP) - For Pennsylvania farmer George Wherry, 85, fracking for natural gas under his otherwise ...
Coal generates less than 50% of Australian electricity for first time
Sydney (AFP) - Coal generated less than 50 percent of Australia's electricity in the last week of August, dropping to ...
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