Monday, 3 February 2025

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A satellite image shows smoke and fire rising from an oil depot, amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, at Astakhov in the Kamensky district, Rostov Region, Russia, August 28, 2024. 2024 Planet Labs Inc./Handout via REUTERS
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Ukraine says it attacked oil facilities, military depot in Russia

Fire breaks out in Rostov region as Russian oil facility attacks form part of Kyiv's strategy to target energy infrastructure.

FILE PHOTO: Water vapour rises from a cooling tower of a China Energy ultra-low emission coal-fired power plant during a media tour, in Sanhe, Hebei province, China July 18, 2019. Picture taken July 18, 2019.  REUTERS/Shivani Singh/File Photo
CoalEmissionsNewsPoliticsRegulationsSolarWind

China to continue with low-carbon reforms, energy regulator says

The world's second-biggest economy has emerged as a global leader in the energy transition, though it still relies significantly on coal.

Chemical factories at Wilton, Teesside (John Giles/PA)
BusinessCarbon ManagementCoalEmissionsFuelHydrogenIndustryManufacturingNewsPolitics

Future of chemical sector ‘at risk’ in UK without plan to cut fossil fuels

Think tank calls for policymakers to support a transition to green chemicals industry in Britain to help decarbonise wider economy.

FILE PHOTO: A pipeline of state-owned Petroecuador is pictured as Ecuador is preparing to shut down oil production in the Yasuni Amazon reserve, in Via Auca, Orellana province, Ecuador July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Toro/File Photo
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Ecuador starts to shut down oil drilling on nature reserve

Ecuador begins shutting down oil wells in Yasuni reserve after voters approved a referendum to end drilling for environmental reasons.

The average household energy bill is set to increase by £149 from October after Ofgem said it was increasing its price cap (Jacob King/PA)
ElectricityFuelNewsPolitics

UK govt urges energy firms to support awareness campaign for winter bills help

The government plans a winter campaign to help customers struggling with energy bills, urging industry support and protection.

Ontario is looking to add some 5,000 megawatts to the grid as new energy minister Stephen Lecce lays out his plan to meet demand in the coming decades. Hydro workers perform maintenance on power lines in Renfrew County, Ont., July 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
AgricultureElectricityHydropowerNatural GasNewsNuclear PowerPoliticsSolar

Prime Ontario agricultural land to be protected amid energy expansion, minister says

'Energy agnostic' government will add 5,000 megawatts to the grid with gas, renewables and nuclear, but solar farms banned from prime agricultural land.

FILE - Waorani Indigenous women take part in a demonstration in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 20, 2024, demanding authorities comply with the decision to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of the country's share of the Amazon where they live. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)
ClimateEnvironmentFuelIndigenousNewsOilPolitics

Ecuador voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. It hasn’t happened

Government seeks a five-year extension to the end of Amazon oil drilling in Ecuador as activists say there is no 'political will' despite...

FILE PHOTO: A Gazprom worker walks next to pipelines at a gas measuring station at the Russian-Ukrainian border in Sudzha near Kursk, some 500 km (311 miles) south of Moscow, December 5, 2008.   REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov//File Photo
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Kremlin says Europe will pay more unless gas deal extended

Ukraine gas transit deal will not be renewed, says Kyiv, as Russia warns of higher prices from other sellers.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended the decision to withdraw winter fuel payments from millions of pensioner households (Andy Buchanan/PA)
EconomyElectricityFuelNewsPolitics

UK energy bosses meet minister as winter fuel squeeze defended

Government sticks to removal of UK winter fuel payment for pensioners but providers called on for talks on helping vulnerable households.

A view of a Lego figure on display inside their headquarters in Billund, Denmark, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt Pedersen
BusinessNewsOil

Lego to replace oil in its bricks with pricier renewable plastic

Famous toymaker aims to bring down the fossil fuel content in its products – without making renewable plastic Lego bricks more expensive for...

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