Diesel still needed to meet climate goals, Merkel says.
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Sunday against a swift abandonment of diesel cars after a series of emissions scandals, saying...
UK fracking may produce less fuel than claimed, says geologist.
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Prof John Underhill argues that geology is fundamental but has been forgotten in assessments of UK’s shale gas capability
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Inside the oil spill that followed Trudeau to China.
Under Alberta securities law, which protect the province’s investors, the company is required to report litigation or investment risks, which could include major oil...
Fracking not viable in UK’s “deformed” rocks.
The UK’s new dash for unconventional oil and gas has come 55 million years too late, according to a leading Scottish academic.
Professor John Underhill,...
Court lets Exxon off hook for pipeline spill in Arkansas neighborhood.
A federal appeals court has let ExxonMobil largely off the hook for a 2013 pipeline spill that deluged a neighborhood in Mayflower, Arkansas, with...
Swiss, EU move closer to linking emissions trading systems.
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland and the European Union have moved closer to linking their carbon emissions trading systems (ETS) after the European Commission and...
Suniva, seeking tariffs on foreign solar panels, faces tough questions from ITC.
At a federal hearing Tuesday to decide whether domestic makers of solar panels need tariff protection from imports, members of the U.S. International Trade...
Australia emits mercury at double the global average.
A report released this week by advocacy group Environmental Justice Australia presents a confronting analysis of toxic emissions from Australia’s coal-fired power plants.
The report,...
Al Gore interview: Fixing democracy to combat climate change.
It is more than ten years since Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change to the masses. At its heart, it showed...
Greens call for bolder climate change approach in Scotland.
The Scottish Greens have called for a “bold” approach to tackling climate change by introducing a target date of 2040 for zero net carbon...
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