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Big fossil fuel producers' plans far exceed climate targets, UN says

The UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) annual production gap report measures the difference between governments' planned production of fossil fuels and production levels which are...

A sign informs customers that fuel has run out at a petrol station in Hemel Hempstead, Britain, September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo

Global energy shortage or a coincidence of regional crises?

Birds and a plane are seen flying above emission from the chimneys of a chemical plant located near Port Botany in Sydney, Australia June 2, 2017. Photo :Reuters

Australian PM refuses to commit to phasing out fossil fuels

FILE PHOTO: A wind farm is shown in Movave, California, U.S., November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Global green electricity demand grows, but emission remains high: Study

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Ditch new fossil fuel spending to reach net zero emissions - IEA

FILE PHOTO: Methane bubbles are seen in an area of marshland at a research post at Stordalen Mire near Abisko, Sweden, August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Urgent methane cuts needed to rein in climate change: UN

File photo of climate protestors displaying a banner outside the venue where Swiss bank Credit Suisse holds the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Zurich, Switzerland on 26 April, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

When giant banks aggressively promote fossil fuels

Greta Thunberg. Photo: Collected.

Activist Greta Thunberg to testify to US Congress on fossil fuel subsidies

Shafiqul Alam, environmental economist. Sketch: TBS

Internalising the external costs of fossil fuels

Heavy equipment excavate anthracite coal from a strip mine in New Castle, Pennsylvania, US, July 13, 2020. Picture taken July 13, 2020. REUTERS/Dane Rhys/File Photo

How private equity squeezes cash from the dying US coal industry

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EU to seek fossil fuel phase-out in energy charter treaty talks

File Photo: US President-elect Joe Biden delivers a pre-Thanksgiving speech at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, US, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

Biden poised to halt fossil fuel leasing on federal land

Investing in off-grid renewables creates growth by connecting some of the 3.5 billion people who currently lack access to sufficient electricity. Photo: Reuters

Renewable energy for European electricity exceeds fossil fuels in 2020