Wednesday, 18 September 2024

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India plans to expand domestic coal mining to meet growing power demand (AFP)
ClimateCoalEmissionsEnvironmentNews

India coal expansion risks massive methane growth: report

India's coal expansion could double methane emissions by 2029, threatening its climate goals, warns a new report.

FILE PHOTO: An Alaska Airlines aircraft flies past the U.S. Capitol before landing at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 24, 2022.   REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
AviationBusinessClimateEmissionsFinanceFuelNewsSustainable Aviation FuelTransport

AIR COMPANY gets Avfuel, Alaska Airlines backing in funding round

SAF manufacturer AIR COMPANY secures investment from aviation fuel supplier who will act as preferred distribution and logistics partner.

The Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, between Derby and Nottingham in central England, is due to close on September 30 (AFP)
ClimateCoalEnvironmentNewsPolitics

‘End of an era’: UK to shut last coal-fired power plant

The Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, a coal landmark in the UK, will close, marking the end of UK coal power.

'This price must be paid': Activist Daniel has been assaulted and prosecuted (AFP)
AgricultureAnalysisBiodiversityEnvironmentIndigenousMiningOilPoliticsResiliency

Three activists risking their lives for the planet

Three activists face violence opposing wildcat gold mining in Ecuador, illegal shrimp farming in Indonesia, and oil in Uganda.

FILE PHOTO: Storage tanks are seen at Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles Refinery, which processes domestic & imported crude oil in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
BusinessFuelNewsOil

Oil slips for first day in three ahead of Fed decision

Oil prices fall despite US inventories increase, with tensions in the Middle East and potential US interest rate cut looming over markets.

A rainbow appears to come down on pumpjacks drawing out oil and gas from wells near Calgary, Alta., Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Observers are criticizing Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean's suggestions on how the province might clean up its thousands of abandoned oil wells, saying they favour industry and lack input from the public. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
EconomyEnvironmentLegislationNewsOilPoliticsRegulations

Critics slam Alberta oil well clean up suggestion for favoring industry, lacking public input

Critics say Alberta's oil well cleanup plan favors industry, lacks public input, and may use public funds unfairly.

People gather outside American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) as more than 1,000 people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, according to a security source, in Beirut, Lebanon September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
BusinessElectionsEnvironmentIndustryNatural GasNewsOilPolitics

Energy execs say they believe VP Kamala Harris is indeed open to fracking

Top natural gas executives say they trust Kamala Harris's pledge to keep fracking, citing energy price concerns.

FILE PHOTO: The Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an oil storage facility, is seen in this aerial photograph over Freeport, Texas, U.S., April 27, 2020.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo
BusinessEconomyNewsOilPolitics

US to seek six million barrels of oil for reserve, amid low oil price

The Biden administration will buy up to 6 million barrels of oil for the SPR, replenishing after a 2022 sale.

FILE - A massive pipeline fire burns after a vehicle drove through a fence along a parking lot and struck an above-ground valve near Spencer Highway and Summerton on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in La Porte, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
EnvironmentInfrastructureNatural GasNewsTransmission

Flame from furious pipeline fire near Houston subsides but continues burning

A pipeline explosion in Deer Park, Texas, caused by a vehicle striking an above-ground valve, led to a fire, evacuation, and ongoing investigations.

FILE PHOTO: A sign of Citgo Petroleum is seen at its headquarters in Houston, Texas, U.S., January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
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Venezuela seeks 4-month pause in auction of shares in Citgo parent

Venezuela's lawyers requested a four-month pause on a U.S. court-ordered auction of Citgo shares, citing political turmoil.

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