A projection shone on a plastics manufacturing facility by Greenpeace activists. The group says it wants action not words in ending the plastic garbage environmental shame.

EU's plastic garbage exports to Turkey reach all-time high

REM - Renewable Energy
By Newsbase 12 June 2026
Country has opportunity to move “zero waste” agenda item from rhetoric to actual implementation ahead of COP31 co-hosting, says Greenpeace.

Egypt's Sun Misr wins €46mn gas turbine maintenance contract in Jordan

MEOG - Middle East Oil & Gas
By bna Cairo bureau 11 June 2026
Egyptian maintenance firm Sun Misr has won an international tender worth €46mn issued by Arab Potash Company in Jordan for long-term gas turbine maintenance at the company's power generation station,

Italian energy major Eni enters The Gambia with award of offshore deepwater Block A1

AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas
By Newsbase 11 June 2026
Italian energy major Eni and the government of The Gambia have signed a petroleum exploration, development and production licence agreement for the Block A1 offshore the Republic of The Gambia.
Trump says US will hit Iran hard, signals move on Kharg Island oil hub in United States.

Trump says US will hit Iran hard, signals move on Kharg Island oil hub in United States

MEOG - Middle East Oil & Gas
By bnm Gulf bureau 11 June 2026
US President Donald Trump says the United States will hit Iran hard and signals an intention to take Kharg Island and Iran's oil infrastructure, comparing the approach to US policy on Venezuela.
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