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The models are wrong, climate change is accelerating faster than predicted
Scientists are starting to realise that the climate models they have been using to predict the rate of global warming are wrong as it becomes clear temperatures are rising faster than predicted.
IMF: Paying Africa’s Climate bill
The world's poorest countries, especially those in Africa, are struggling to pay for a climate crisis they cannot afford.
ENRG advances surveying at Niger uranium project Agadez within highly prospective Tim Mersoi Basin
ENRG Elements, which focuses on exploring and developing uranium and copper projects, has used radiometrics and a recent trenching program to identify potentially significant uranium mineralisation at its flagship Niger project.
China takes the lead in green technology
China has taken the lead in green technology. President Xi Jinping highlighting the country's dominance in key segments of this burgeoning industry that has drawn sharp criticiam from the US for non-market practises.
Romanian fuel distribution company JT Grup Oil plans Bucharest IPO
IPO announcement comes after Premier Energy announced a similar step earlier in April.
Ukraine's DTEK seeks $350mn to restore energy capacity after Russian attacks
Ukraine's leading private energy company, DTEK, has sounded the alarm, indicating an urgent need for $350mn to recuperate lost capacity from war damage.
Unstable dams mean Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster threatens Central Asia’s Fergana valley
Studies show Soviet-era radioactive waste disposal facilities became unreliable following 2017 landslide.
How Kazakhstan leveraged “uranium power” to hold reins in nuclear fuel dealings with China
Researcher says Kazakhstan is no mere “node in Beijing’s transregional geoeconomic strategy”. Such thinking obscures Chinese actors’ adaptive approach to local interests and overlooks gains Kazakhstani actors “skillfully extracted”.
Scarcity & security: European impact of Biden's LNG decision
Biden’s LNG freeze make little sense for both European and the US energy security, and won’t promote a green energy transition.
Europe unlikely to tackle Russian LNG imports anytime soon
The European Parliament voted in favour of rules earlier this month that would enable individual EU member states to block Russian LNG imports, by preventing Russian companies from booking capacity at gas infrastructure.
COMMENT: Can China compensate for Russia’s losses on the European gas market?
“Building the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline from Russia to China is a rational decision that would have made sense even before the war, but the project will never be able to replace Russia’s decimated gas trade with Europe."
FSUOGM: Novatek sees slight rise in gas supply in Q1
Iran eyes overseas power plant development
Iran plans to expand its power plant development projects overseas, including renewable energy generation.
AfrOil: Libya top African oil producer in March with 1.24mn bpd, surpasses Nigeria, says OPEC
The 'wet-bulb' set to kill hundreds of thousands of people if temperatures and humidity levels continue to rise
Temperatures are continuing to rise to new all-time highs as global warming accelerates. People have started to die because of the extreme heat and it’s only a matter of time before the “wet-bulb” effect kills large numbers of people.
Iran’s two major clubs officially sold to banks, petchem companies
Iran's Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi has confirmed the transfer of ownership of the country's top two football clubs, Persepolis and Esteghlal to the private sector to continue playing in the Asian football league.
COLLINGWOOD: Ukraine’s power blackout means a dark future
In the last week, two pieces of legislation have been passed, one in Kyiv and one in Washington, that appear to go some way to addressing the most pressing problems Ukraine faces in its war with Russia. They do not.
MEOG: Eni farms down Ghasha stake
DMEA: Egypt detains LPG tanker after grounding
PANNIER: Gulf investment commitments to Central Asia rival sums once pledged by China
Since Russia lost leverage in the region after invading Ukraine, many countries have sought to fill the gap. In terms of pledged capital, the Arab nations have become big players.
SEFE concerned as Russia targets gas storage tanks in Ukraine
German gas trader SEFE has expressed concern over recent Russian attacks targeting Ukraine's largest underground storage facility with a capacity of 30bcm.
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