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FILE PHOTO: General view of Aramco's oil field in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah, Saudi Arabia, January 12, 2024. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
BusinessFuelNewsOil

Saudi Arabia kicks off Aramco share sale with demand said to be high

In a landmark deal, Saudi Arabia has begun a secondary share sale in oil giant Aramco.

Jim Fairlie said restoring degraded peatland can help reduce carbon emissions (Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/PA)
BiodiversityCarbon ManagementNews

More than 10,000 hectares of Scottish peatland restored in a year

A record 10,360 hectares of peatlands in Scotland has been restored in the past year.

A general view of the Phillips 66 Company's Los Angeles Refinery, which processes domestic & imported crude oil into gasoline, aviation and diesel fuels, at sunset in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022.  REUTERS/Bing Guan
AutomotiveFuelNewsOil

US refiners boosting fuel output past 90% of capacity for summer driving season

Strong spring production levels have retail gasoline prices on par with a year ago, according to motorist group AAA.

AnalysisCoalEmissionsEnvironmentReportsSolar

Solar power in Chile: Study explores short-term health benefits of rapid expansion

A new peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, quantifies the short-term health benefits of an explosion in new solar...

Labour leader Keir Starmer detailed plans for a publicly-owned investment vehicle, called Great British Energy, to spearhead funding for green energy projects. (AFP)
ElectionsNatural GasNewsOilPoliticsUtilities

UK Labour pitches new energy policy in election battle

Labour leader Keir Starmer has detailed plans for a publicly-owned "investment vehicle" to spearhead funding for green energy projects.

FILE - A doctor checks a child, who is suffering from gastroenteritis due to hot weather, at a hospital in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on May 23, 2024. A new study by the United Nations children’s agency released on Friday May 31, 2024 says developing resilient energy systems to power health facilities in Pakistan could avert over 175,000 deaths by 2030. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih, File)
AnalysisClimateElectricityFuelReportsWeather

Improving energy resilience in Pakistan could avert 175,000 deaths by 2030, UNICEF says

The study, conducted by UNICEF’s Economist Impact Unit, comes as Pakistan is experiencing a heatwave that has sickened thousands of people.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of commodities trader Glencore is pictured in front of the company's headquarters in the Swiss town of Baar November 20, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Carbon ManagementClimateEmissionsNews

Glencore’s climate action plan wins more support from shareholders

Just 10% of investors rejected Glencore's 2024-2026 Climate Action Transition Plan at the annual general meeting on Wednesday.

FILE - A man views flood damage in Bridgewater, Vt., that submerged vehicles and threatened homes Monday, July 10, 2023. Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change, Thursday, May 30, 2024 after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
ClimateEmissionsFuelInfrastructureLegislationNewsOilPoliticsWeather

Vermont becomes 1st state to require oil companies pay for damage from climate change

Vermont has enacted a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change.

Oil rigs anchored in the Cromarty Firth, Invergordon (JAne Barlow/PA)
EconomyElectionsFuelNatural GasNewsOilPolitics

Starmer rejects claims many jobs at risk due to oil and gas stance

UK Labour party leader, campaigning to be elected, rejects claims not renewing North Sea oil and gas licences would cost thousands of jobs.

Children play near a poster for the uMkhonto weSizwe party in the township Botleng in Delmas, South Africa May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee
AnalysisCoalEditorialElectionsFuelPolitics

In South Africa’s coal belt ANC heartland, voters defect en masse

With the ANC on track to get 42% of the vote in the election, the anger in its coal-mining belt hints as to...

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