fossil fuels

Shortage of cooking oil looms as biofuels gain global appeal

Palm oil will benefit, but IEA sees impending feedstock crunch  by ANURADHA RAGHU / pic MUHD AMIN NAHARUL A GLOBAL…

5 days ago

A whale of a deal to save the oceans (and us)

The ocean helps to mitigate climate change, absorbing 93% of the heat trapped by GHG and about 30% of the…

2 weeks ago

Shell is selling ‘carbon neutral’ fossil fuels again

Emboldened by new industry guidelines, natural gas companies are renewing their efforts to sell “carbon neutral” fossil fuels, a controversial…

2 months ago

Clean energy sets US$1.1t record that’s bound to be broken

LAST year was a double milestone for decarbonizing the world’s energy system. It was the first year when investment in the…

2 months ago

Climate activist Greta Thunberg to storm into Davos

DAVOS – Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg returns to Davos on Thursday to press her battle against fossil fuels at…

2 months ago

UN chief slams oil firms for ‘big lie’ on global warming

DAVOS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres accused oil firms on Wednesday of peddling a "big lie" about their role in…

2 months ago

ExxonMobil dismissed own global warming forecast: study

WASHINGTON – ExxonMobil publicly downplayed climate change even though scientists for the oil giant had accurately predicted global warming from…

3 months ago

Japan delays carbon tax reform to curb living costs, Nikkei says

Japan is delaying plans to revise how it taxes carbon, the Nikkei newspaper reported, potentially slowing efforts to wean itself…

5 months ago

SE Asia can’t afford a climate relapse

IN THEORY, a European war that has driven up the price of oil, gas and coal — thereby exposing the…

6 months ago

Nations vet 3,000-page handbook to halt climate crisis

By AFP Paris, France – Nearly 200 nations gather Monday to grapple with a question that will outlive Covid-19 and Russia's…

1 year ago

Japan’s Eneos to Close Wakayama Oil Refinery on Falling Demand

By BLOOMBERG Japan’s Eneos Holdings Inc. will close one of its oil refineries next year due to falling domestic demand…

1 year ago

Why private equity won’t save fossil fuels

THERE’S a frequent warning made in recent years to investors seeking to pressure companies to offload their fossil fuel assets:…

1 year ago

China’s energy crisis may lead to a better grid

Thermal generators have switched off leading to production halts at aluminium smelters, textile plants and soybean processors by DAVID FICKLING…

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