energy

Smuggled gasoline rescues Venezuelans running on fumes

by Luis Bravo with Margioni Bermudez in Caracas Agence France-Presse MARACAIBO, Venezuela (AFP) — Cheap gasoline smuggled over the border…

Canada backs opposition to Alaska oil drilling threatening caribou

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada on Thursday threw its support behind groups fighting to safeguard caribou that are threatened by…

Naval drills in tense eastern Mediterranean ‘not helpful’: Berlin

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany on Wednesday criticised naval exercises in the eastern Mediterranean as "not helpful" in easing tensions…

Greece, Turkey draw in allies in Mediterranean war games

by Hélène COLLIOPOULOU with Raziye AKKOC in Ankara ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Greece and its EU allies held war games…

Turkey’s bid to become maritime powerhouse unsettles Mediterranean

by Gokan Gunes with Raziye Akkoc in Ankara Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey's big push into the Mediterranean…

Wind and solar power at record high in 2020, coal dips: analysis

by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Wind and solar produced a record 10 percent of global electricity in the…

UAE starts up first Arab nuclear plant

by Shatha Yaish DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Saturday announced the startup of…

France pulls plug on country’s oldest nuclear plant

by Béatrice ROMAN-AMAT Agence France-Presse FESSENHEIM, France (AFP) — France's oldest nuclear power plant will shut down on Tuesday after…

Germany eyes ‘world number one’ spot in green hydrogen

by Tom BARFIELD Agence France-Presse FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany on Wednesday said it aimed to become the world's "number…

Weak demand pushing oil, gas toward ‘terminal decline’: report

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Falling fossil fuel demand coupled with mounting risk for investors could…

Saudi Aramco Q1 profit dives, says virus to hit 2020 results

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Energy giant Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported a 25 percent slump in first-quarter net profits…

Oil collapse wipes out profits at Total

PARIS, France (AFP) — Total said Tuesday its quarterly profit fell by 99 percent because of dropping oil prices and…

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