December 2, 2021 Energy Department funding experiments to fight methane with plasma, copper The funding, $35 million in total, is being awarded to 12 projects.
December 1, 2021 Adoption of renewables still too slow to limit climate crisis — IEA Growth in the sector is set to hit an all-time record this year, but that's not enough to reach net zero emissions by 2050, says the agency.
November 30, 2021 Steel’s path to go green will cost industry up to $278 billion Steel production generates an estimated 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions and some processes can’t easily run on electricity.
November 29, 2021 Glencore’s Australian coal mine revealed as methane super-emitter The Hail Creek coal mine leaked an estimated 230,000 tonnes of methane a year in 2018 and 2019, according to researchers.
November 29, 2021 Lundin Energy exploring sale of $10 billion Nordic oil producer The sale could rank as one of the largest European oil and gas deals in years.
November 27, 2021 Spain rejects Berkeley Energia’s uranium plant Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition denied Berkeley Energia’s request to build Europe’s only open-cast uranium mine.
November 25, 2021 Digital Technology Supercluster launches Earth X-ray for low-impact mining project Aim is to help mining exploration companies precision-target deposits beneath the Earth's surface in a way that changes the economics of discovery and increases the sustainable production.
November 24, 2021 Pinched by energy crisis, Spanish coal plant slated for closure fires up The As Pontes coal plant in Spain's Galicia region, has been idle since July and is slated for closure.
November 24, 2021 Scientists improve technique for conversion of CO2 emissions into fuel feedstock Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have improved the selectivity of electrochemical reduction, which allows for the conversion of CO2 emissions into a fuel feedstock.
November 23, 2021 Coal phase-out may take longer than countries are willing to admit – report Wood Mackenzie points out that the world will need coal-fired power to ensure an orderly transition to a low-carbon world.
ERG signs long-term gallium supply deal with Mitsubishi Kazakhstan, which currently produces no gallium, is set to become the world's second-largest producer. December 20, 2025 | 08:34 am
