Greenpeace activists protest at Russian LNG tanker on arrival

Greenpeace France activists have taken action at sea to highlight the historical responsibility of fossil fuels in triggering and financing international conflict and to call on Europe to divest from Russian oil and gas and push for investment in renewable energies. On board an inflatable, the activists displayed a banner reading “Fossil Fuels War” in

How India is spearheading the EV revolution

Electronic Vehicles (EVs) are dubbed as the future as the near total reliance on fossil fuels for automobiles is wringing a huge cost out of the environment. The heat is being felt all across the global automotive industry. India is quite a new entrant in this segment, and within a few years, and out of

‘Fossil fuels are choking humanity’: Major UN report sounds the alarm

The world’s leading climate scientists on Monday warned human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature, with people and ecosystems least able to cope being the hardest hit. The highly anticipated report from the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, approved by 195 member states, makes clear that minor, reactive or incremental

World’s top banks show minimal commitments to shift away from fossil fuels

Big banking is saying little on how they will combat climate change through their financing, shows a new study which finds minimal, clear commitments to aid financing away from fossil fuels. The top 10 banks – ranked as the largest funders of fossil fuel organizations – are talking more about climate change in general. However,

Is Putin’s Ukraine invasion about fossil fuels?

What is the relationship between Russia’s threats to Ukraine and the gas price crisis? Gas prices are soaring globally, largely because of the resurgence of demand for fossil fuels after the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, depleted storage and the difficulty of ramping up supply after the disruptions of the past two years. But prices have

Energy sector methane emissions 70% higher than official figures: IEA

Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from the global energy sector are 70% higher than officially reported, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, with the coal sector identified as the biggest single source. In its 2022 Global Methane Tracker report, the Paris-based watchdog said the world needed to step up its

GoI announces step one of National Hydrogen mission

The Ministry of Power on February 17 notified the first part of the National Hydrogen Mission policy on green hydrogen and green ammonia, aimed to boost production of hydrogen and ammonia using renewable energy. The ministry has waived the power transmission charges for 25 years for these units, allowed them to buy renewable power from

Facing Texas pushback, BlackRock says it backs fossil fuels

At the risk of being dropped from Texas pension funds, BlackRock Inc has ramped up its message that the world’s largest asset manager is a friend of the oil and gas industries. As a large and long-term investor in fossil fuel companies, “we want to see these companies succeed and prosper,” BlackRock executives wrote in

New MR tanker design beats IMO’s 2050 targets using fossil fuels

An MR tanker, designed by Sweden’s FKAB Marine Design, has been granted approval in principle (AiP) by Italian classification society RINA, claimed as the first AiP of a design using currently viable technology and fuels that achieves IMO 2050 targets. Conceived by the class society and designed by FKAB, the propulsion is based on combining

A new, sustainable way to make hydrogen for fuel cells

A new sustainable and practical method for producing hydrogen from water has been discovered by a team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan led by Ryuhei Nakamura. Unlike current methods, the new method does not require rare metals that are expensive or in short supply. Instead, hydrogen for