(Bloomberg) — As delegates at the annual UN climate talks in Dubai celebrated last month’s historic deal to move away from fossil fuels, tens of thousands of laborers just across the Persian Gulf in Qatar were chasing a different goal: make the world’s largest natural-gas export facility even bigger. Most Read from Bloomberg At a […]
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A new species of fossil sponge dating back hundreds of millions of years has been discovered near the Cliffs of Moher on the west coast. The 315-million-year-old sponge, named Cyathophycus balori, is up to 50cm tall and is the largest known example of its kind anywhere in the world. It was discovered in the rocks […]
Lead claimant Rikki Held, 22, confers with members of Our Children’s Trust legal team before the start of the nation’s first youth climate change trial at Montana’s First Judicial District Court on June 12, 2023 in Helena, Montana. William Campbell/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption William Campbell/Getty Images Lead claimant Rikki Held, 22, confers with […]
By David Stanway and Gloria Dickie DUBAI (Reuters) – Negotiators at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai remained far apart on the future role of fossil fuels on Sunday as talks at the Dubai summit entered their final stage. The question of whether the world should, for the first time ever, agree on an eventual […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – China’s top climate diplomat on Saturday said a final agreement on fossil fuels at the United Nations COP28 summit was crucial – even if not perfect – but he declined to say whether the country could agree to eliminating coal, oil and gas entirely. An agreement by the world’s nearly 200 countries […]