European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 17, 2022. (YVES HERMAN / REUTERS) BRUSSELS – The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to fix a date by which new trucks and buses sold in Europe must have zero carbon dioxide emissions. The European Commission is […]
European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Sept 28, 2022. (YVES HERMAN / REUTERS) BRUSSELS – European Union countries voted on Monday in favor of weakening the bloc's planned law to cut methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, weeks after the EU pledged at the COP27 climate conference […]
A passenger walks past check-in counters at Adolfo Suarez Madrid Barajas airport Madrid on June 24, 2022. (OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP) BRUSSELS – The European Union reached a deal in the early hours of Wednesday on a law to increase the price that airlines have to pay when they emit planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions, […]
Tokyo and San Francisco, Dec 2, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation and SINAI Technologies lnc., a software company that supports the transformation of companies and organizations to achieve their net-zero targets, will commence collaboration on businesses that support decarbonization in November 2022. In December 2021, NEC established an ecosystem-based corporate venture […]
JAKARTA, Nov 15, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Pertamina and ExxonMobil have signed a cooperation agreement for developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) for cutting carbon emissions while supporting economic growth. Pertamina and ExxonMobil have signed a cooperation agreement for developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) as part of efforts to reduce carbon […]
This handout satelliste image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech shows a methane plume 3 kilometers long that NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation mission detected southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The UN’s environment watchdog said on Nov 11, 2022 that it will launch a public database of global methane leaks detected by space satellites – part of a […]
Steam rises from the coal-fired power plant Niederaussem, Germany, in this Nov 2, 2022 file photo. (MICHAEL PROBST / AP) SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are on track to rise around 1 percent this year, scientists said on Friday, warning this would make it harder for the […]
Commuters drive on one of the main roads from the forests of the Taunus region to the city of Frankfurt, Germany, Nov 8, 2022. (MICHAEL PROBST / AP) BRUSSELS – The European Union has agreed to a law to expand its forests, marshes and other "sinks" that absorb carbon dioxide (CO2), a measure that could […]
In this April 29, 2021 file photo, a coal-fired RWE power plant steams on a sunny day in Neurath, Germany. (MARTIN MEISSNER / AP) BRUSSELS – The European Union has agreed to a law that sets national targets to reduce overall carbon emissions by the end of the decade across sectors including agriculture, buildings and […]
JAKARTA, Nov 7, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – State-owned energy company PT Pertamina (Persero) supports Indonesia’s aspiration to reach net zero emissions by 2060. A screenshot of Pertamina’s president director and CEO Nicke Widyawati during a panel discussion of UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Sunday (6/11/2022). (ANTARA/Bayu) […]
WASHINGTON – Finance leaders from the Group of Seven on Wednesday pledged to increase emissions reductions efforts and climate support for developing countries despite energy cost and security challenges prompted by Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. The G7 finance ministers and central bank governors reaffirmed in a statement their commitment to achieving net zero […]
Vessels are parked along the anchorage near Pasir Panjang terminal port in Singapore on June 6, 2022. (ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP) LONDON – If shipping is the beating heart of global trade, its pulse is about to get slower. Faced with uncertainty about which fuels to use in the long term to cut greenhouse gas […]
The Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 29, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP) WASHINGTON – The US Supreme Court on Thursday imposed limits on the federal government's authority to issue sweeping regulations to reduce carbon emissions from power plants in a ruling that undermines President Joe Biden's plans to tackle climate change […]
HONG KONG, Jun 30, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – JL MAG Rare-Earth Co., Ltd. (“JL MAG” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, SZSE: 300748; HKEX: 6680), a leading producer of high-performance rare earth permanent magnets (“REPMs”) in China, is pleased to announce that the Company has been awarded the first […]