International body warns of oil supply crisis, calls for urgent steps to cut usage
The International Energy Agency on Friday urged governments to urgently implement measures to cut global oil consumption within months following ...
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Reality check: Global CO2 emissions near record levels
Global CO2 emissions caused mainly by burning fossil fuels are set to rebound in 2021 to pre-COVID levels, with China’s ...
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Satellites used to track methane leaks in climate fight
A yellow streak representing high concentrations of methane, a dangerous greenhouse gas, is visible over southern Iraq on a map ...
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Oil & gas giant Total downplayed climate threat: study
The French oil and gas major Total deliberately downplayed the threat of global warming from the 1970s onwards, according to ...
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Renewable energy powers ahead in 2020: report
Renewable energy grew at its fastest rate in two decades, driven primarily by gains in China and wind power, the ...
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No saving the planet without booming India
Global efforts to arrest climate change and keep Earth liveable will fail without a jumbo-sized effort from India to halt ...
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OPEC+ to reconvene to navigate crude market volatility
The OPEC+ grouping of oil producers will hold its third ministerial summit of the year via videoconference Thursday to discuss ...
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We are not asthmatic, but why do we struggle?
“Wheeze, pant, pant, cough, cough, ahem!” Gina caught her breath as she gasped arduously and forced steady breathing. Lately, she ...
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Markets, oil prices down in Asia but bitcoin nears $50,000
Hong Kong—Markets fell in Asia on Friday in holiday-thinned trade with investors awaiting developments in US stimulus talks, while bitcoin ...
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Japan PM seeks ‘carbon neutrality’ by 2050
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday set a 2050 deadline for the world’s third-largest economy to become carbon neutral, ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.