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Tropical storm Beryl intensifies to an “extremely dangerous” category 4 hurricane in an extreme weather first
Tropical storm Beryl intensified into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane in less than 42 hours in a never-before-seen acceleration of destructive power for the time of year.
Global access to energy starts to fall for the first time in a decade, says IEA
Population growth means that for the first time in a decade access to global energy has begun to fall despite the massive investment going into clean energy to fight the climate crisis, the International Energy Agency said in a new report.
Protests begin in Serbia against Rio Tinto lithium mining project
Nearly two thousand people gathered in the town of Loznica to protest against the controversial lithium mining project.
KSE: Assessing Russia`s shadow fleet
Russia’s shadow fleet currently consists of 435 tankers and aims to circumvent sanctions on Russian oil, specifically the G7/EU price cap.
AfrElec: South Africa’s state utility Eskom allowed to run five polluting coal plants until 2030
Energo :Russia’s coal sector battered by sanctions
Russia’s coal sector battered by sanctions
Russia's coal industry, one of the country's largest raw materials sectors, is on the brink of financial collapse as it grapples with the severe impact of international sanctions.
Kazakhstan courting international investment to curb methane emissions
Astana to present methane emissions reduction plan at COP29.
Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries have done little damage to Russia’s economy so far
Ukraine continues to attack Russian refineries with drones but as drones only carry a 5-50kg explosive payload, rather than the 500kg carried by bombers, they can’t destroy a refinery, only damage it.
Extreme wildfires have doubled in two decades, due to climate crisis
A new study, in "Nature Ecology & Evolution", reveals that the frequency and intensity of severe wildfires worldwide have doubled over the last two decades due to climate change.
Over a billion people's food supplies threatened by the accelerating climate crisis by 2050
Extreme heat this summer has already killed 1,300 Muslims on the annual hajj to Mecca, but climate change threatens the lives of far more people if crops start failing due to rising heat and water stress, recent research has shown.
China’s Energy Singularity produces first net energy positive fusion reaction
The Shanghai-based commercial fusion energy company Energy Singularity announced on June 19 it has successfully built the world’s first fusion reactor that puts out more energy than it takes in to run it.
Fossil fuel use reaches global high
A new report finds that fossil fuel energy use rose to a record high in 2023, despite efforts to combat climate change.
Israel emerging as source of tension in Azerbaijan’s special relationship with Turkey
War in Gaza and domestic politics in Turkey create cracks in Azerbaijani-Turkish alliance.
Hungary receives exemption from Russian sanctions for Paks NPP project
Hungary receives exemption for the €12bn project by Rosatom to add two 1,200 MW blocks to Hungary's only commercial nuclear power plant.
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