BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels
BP’s chief executive will scrap a target to increase renewable generation 20-fold by 2030, returning the focus to fossil fuels, as part of a strategy shift announced on Wednesday to…
‘Transitioning away’ from fossil fuels
COP28 has ended with a compromise solution. There was one side, led by the developed countries, and climate activists which emphasized fast-tracked and definite end to fossil fuel. There was…
Oil and coal sectors think more fossil fuels is the solution
If there is one thing the oil and coal industries can agree upon, it’s that the solution to the current global energy crisis is more fossil fuels. This was the…
Fossil fuels? Plastic? Trump says more is better
President Donald Trump has seen the future and it is oil. And plastic. Where most environmental scientists and most US allies fear that overuse of fossil fuels is driving the…
How big fossil-fuel-producing countries export emissions abroad
Black dust coats streets and collects on rooftops in the neighbourhood adjoining a sprawling cement factory in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. Activists and local residents accuse the plant operated…
After UN meeting, countries brace for COP28 fossil fuel fight
With two months left until the UN’s COP28 summit, countries are far from bridging the gap between those demanding a deal to phase out planet-warming fossil fuels and nations insisting…
LNG imports test EU resolve to quit Russian fossil fuel
Political pressure is building within the European Union to tackle the daunting challenge of closing a loophole in its efforts to stop using Russian fossil fuels: liquefied natural gas (LNG).…
Poland turns to fossil fuel soulmate Trump as coal output flags
"Whenever you need energy, just give us a call," US President Donald Trump said on a visit to Poland in the summer. Now, with winter setting in, Warsaw is taking…
Fossil fuel firms feel the heat over push for advertising ban
A push for a Europe-wide ban on advertising and sponsorship by fossil fuel companies is the boldest salvo yet in a campaign by environmentalists who accuse oil firms of “greenwashing”…
Indonesia’s palm oil-powered ‘green diesel’ fuels threat to forests
Indonesia’s ambitious biodiesel programme will increase the risks of deforestation as more tropical forest could be cleared to grow palm oil, environmentalists have warned, urging policymakers to implement a long-term…
