A Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region – the largest since the war began with about 1,000 soldiers and more than two dozen tanks and other armoured vehicles storming over the border this week – poses a threat to a major gas supply line from Russia to the European Union….
Renewables’ share of global energy consumption reaches nearly 15 percent, an all-time high. Global fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions hit record highs last year, even as renewables generated more energy than ever before, an industry report has found. Fossil fuel consumption rose 1.5 percent compared with 2022, while…
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev says Uzbekistan also interested in buying more oil and gas from Russia. Russia will build a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, the first such project in post-Soviet Central Asia, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has said as he met visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin said on…
Doha, Qatar — Israel must stop its war on Gaza, and the world needs to drop its “double standards” over the killings in the besieged enclave, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar told Al Jazeera. Tuggar was visiting Qatar as part of a delegation led by Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu….
NewsFeed A huge fire has broken out in Guinea’s capital Conakry after an explosion at a fuel depot. There are reports that dozens of injured people have been taken to two of the city’s main hospitals. Published On 18 Dec 202318 Dec 2023 Check out our Latest News and Follow…
Saudi Arabia, Russia and other members of OPEC+ agreed to voluntary output cuts for th first quarter of 2024. OPEC+ producers have agreed to voluntary oil output cuts for the first quarter next year in an attempt to boost the market, but crude prices fell after the move. Saudi Arabia,…
Thandile Chinyavanhu by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, November 24, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Nov 24 (IPS) – A just transition should be viewed as an opportunity to rectify some of the wrongs where women are not prioritised in the energy mix, yet their experience of the impact of climate change…
Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, November 17, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Nov 17 (IPS) – The need to act on the climate crisis has never been clearer. In 2023, heat records have been shattered around the world. Seemingly every day brings news of extreme weather, imperilling lives. In July,…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, November 08, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 08 (IPS) – Public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure and service provision are both costly and risky. Worse, PPPs typically fail to ensure universal, let alone fair access to public amenities. Public-private partnerships?…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, October 18, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 18 (IPS) – A senior manager of the world’s largest investment firm has ‘blown the whistle’ on ESG (environment, social and governance) ‘greenwashing’, especially on supposed climate finance. Wall Street whistle-blowerTariq Fancy…
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