Tehran suffering worst drought in 50 years: water official
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) - Iran's capital is suffering its worst drought in half a century, a water resources official said…
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China aims to cut fossil energy use to below 20% by 2060
BEIJING, China (AFP) - China is targeting an ambitious clean energy goal of reducing fossil fuel use to under 20 percent…
5 years ago
Environment watchdogs condemn arrest of Ugandan activists
KAMPALA, Uganda (AFP) - Environmental watchdogs Saturday condemned the arrest of six Ugandan rights campaigners as a coordinated effort to silence…
5 years ago
Isolated and unpaid, Mongolian coal drivers queue at Chinese border
by Khaliun Bayartsogt Agence France-Presse TSAGAAN KHAD, Mongolia (AFP) - Snaking across the barren Mongolian desert, a convoy crawls along…
5 years ago
Oil & gas giant Total downplayed climate threat: study
PARIS, France (AFP) - The French oil and gas major Total deliberately downplayed the threat of global warming from the…
5 years ago
From oil to renewables, winds of change blow on Scottish islands
by Véronique DUPONT LERWICK, United Kingdom (AFP) -- In the far north of the United Kingdom, where the wind blows…
5 years ago
Energy crisis boosts oil demand: IEA
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Shortages of natural gas and coal have triggered a switch to oil, boosting demand for crude…
5 years ago
Putin says, ‘very important’ to ‘stabilize’ gas market
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday it was "very important" to stabilize the gas market, as…
5 years ago
Green energy springs from abandoned UK coalmine
by Olivier DEVOS Agence France-Presse Dawdon coalmine in northeast England was abandoned three decades ago, but is being brought back…
5 years ago
Iraq, UAE sign deal on 5 solar electricity plants
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) - Power-short Iraq inked an agreement on Wednesday for the UAE to build five solar electricity plants with…
5 years ago
Natural gas market soars to record heights
by Roland JACKSON Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - European and UK gas prices surged Wednesday to record peaks,…
5 years ago
India warns of possible power shortages
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India is facing possible energy supply problems in the coming months due to coal shortages…
5 years ago
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