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A street light is seen during a sunrise in Dili, East Timor Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
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Diesel-dependent East Timor remains slow on energy transition

In one of the world's youngest countries, pledges to develop renewable power have yet to be met while East Timor's gas fields start...

The report was released on Tuesday (Jane Barlow/PA)
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UK offshore emissions reduction of 50% by 2030 ‘appears within reach’

Report shows cuts to North Sea emissions have continued, on track to meet net zero target for 2050.

The Greek-flagged Sounion was struck on August 21, 2024 by Yemen's Huthi rebels (EUNAVFOR ASPIDES)
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Oil tanker ablaze off Yemen threatens environmental disaster

Yemeni rebels' Red Sea oil tanker attack leaves Greek-flagged ship on fire while carrying a million barrels of crude oil.

Grassy Mountain, peak on left, and the Grassy Mountain Coal Project are seen north of Blairmore, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. At least two groups are asking Alberta's energy regulator to call off hearings on coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains while the province's top court rules on whether the applications are valid.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Groups want Alberta coal hearings adjourned while Appeal Court considers applications

Two groups have asked Alberta's energy regulator to pause coal exploration hearings in the Rockies until a court rules on the applications' validity.

The Chevron logo is pictured after the U.S. government granted a six-month license allowing Chevron to boost oil output in U.S.-sanctioned Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa/File Photo
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US oil firms evacuate staff, cut drilling ahead of Storm Francine

U.S. Gulf oil producers evacuate staff, halt output as Tropical Storm Francine threatens Texas and Louisiana coasts.

Pembina Pipeline Corp. logo is shown in a handout. Pembina Gas Infrastructure Inc. has signed a deal to buy a group of midstream assets from Veren Inc. for $400 million.
PGI is owned by Pembina Pipeline Corp. and private equity firm KKR. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
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Pembina Gas Infrastructure signs $400M deal to buy midstream assets from Veren

PGI will acquire four batteries in the Gold Creek and Karr areas, which handle natural gas and liquids.

FILE PHOTO:Smoke and steam billows from a coal-fired power plant in Suralaya, Banten province, Indonesia, July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo
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Indonesia has yet to receive promised G7 funds to reduce coal use

Minister overseeing mining complains of inadequacies in financing mechanism designed to ease Indonesian transition from coal, backed by G7.

FILE PHOTO: Flue gas and steam rise out of chimneys and smokestacks of an oil refinery during sunset on a frosty day in the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko/File Photo
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Morgan Stanley cuts Brent forecast as market signals demand softness

Brent crude oil forecast cut as global market faces a period of demand weakness, says bank.

FILE PHOTO: Gas bubbles from the Nord Stream 2 leak reaching surface of the Baltic Sea in the area shows disturbance of well over one kilometre diameter near Bornholm, Denmark, September 27, 2022.  Danish Defence Command/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Kremlin says Germany is right to investigate Nord Stream blasts

Russia approves as Oalf Scholz announces thorough investigation into Nord Stream explosion.

Shoshone-Paiute tribal member Michael Hanchor visits his mother’s grave, March 15, 2024, in Owyhee, Nev., on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation that straddles the Nevada-Idaho border. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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A remote tribe is reeling from cancer. What role did the US play?

From petroleum in the groundwater to a history of dangerous herbicides, the Shoshone-Paiute tribes are pressing federal officials for answers on pollution.

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