The latest deadline for countries to submit plans for slashing the greenhouse gas emissions fueling climate change has passed. Only 15 countries met it—less than 8% of the 194 parties currently…Continue readingOnly 15 countries have met the latest Paris agreement deadline. Is any nation serious about tackling climate change?
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In our Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast the lowest annual petroleum consumption in Japan in 2024 since at least 1980, in part due to its aging and declining population. Japan’s reduced…Continue readingJapan’s oil consumption slumps as population ages rapidly
Japan has recorded its warmest autumn since records began 126 years ago. “This year was 1.97 degrees Celsius higher than usual… making it the hottest autumn since 1898, when statistics began,”…Continue readingJapan witnesses warmest autumn on record
BP and its partners have given the green light to a $7bn gas project in Indonesia. The project is an additional development of the Tangguh liquefied natural gas project in Papua,…Continue readingBP greenlights $7bn Indonesia gas project
In July 2024, global temperatures reached unprecedented levels, breaking historical records with an average of 17.16°C. This extreme heat has led soil water to evaporate, leaving the vegetation and biodiversity more…Continue readingGlobal drought threatens food supplies and energy production
Despite a much publicized pause on the approval of liquefied natural gas terminals in the United States, a federal regulatory agency Thursday approved the construction of the nation’s largest LNG terminal,…Continue readingFlouting Biden pause, agency OK’s largest LNG terminal in US
Researchers for the banking on climate chaos report, now in its 15th edition, analysed the world’s top 60 banks’ underwriting and lending to more than 4,200 fossil fuel firms and companies…Continue readingBanks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal
A report by Global Energy Monitor found that coal power capacity grew by 2% last year, driven by an increase in new coal plants across China and a slowdown of plant…Continue readingWorld’s coal power capacity rises despite climate warnings
UAE’s integrated gas processing company ADNOC Gas has entered into a multi-year liquified natural gas (LNG) supply agreement with JERA Global Markets, a subsidiary of Japan’s JERA. The agreement, valued between…Continue readingADNOC Gas signs multi-year LNG supply deal with JERA Global Markets
As many as eight in 10 brown bear cubs born this year in a remote part of northern Japan have died amid a shortage of salmon, with experts blaming rising sea…Continue readingBrown bear cubs in Japan die of starvation amid salmon shortage
Extreme rainfall accompanied by deadly flooding hit the United States and several other countries over the weekend and last week. In the U.S., flooding claimed five lives in Upper Makefield Township,…Continue readingDeadly flooding hit several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common
Schools in Delhi closed after monsoon rains caused landslides and flash floods on Monday. More than 50 people died across northern India, including in the Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states. In…Continue readingGlobal warming is supercharging weather events, say scientists
A team of scientists has completed the most comprehensive study of (macro)plastic waste in the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, a 2,250-kilometer-long deep-sea trench in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean. At least…Continue readingJourney to the deep: Plastic pollution in the Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Deep-Sea Trench
According to analysis of seabed ecology undertaken after drilling tests in 2020 in Japan – the country’s first successful extraction of cobalt crusts from deep-sea mountains – there was a decrease…Continue readingDeep-sea mining causes huge decreases in sealife across wide region, says study
Mud engulfs houses and cars as island of Kyushu bears brunt of annual rainy season that is worsening with climate change. Six people died and three others were missing after the…Continue reading‘Heaviest rain ever’ causes deadly floods and landslides in Japan
Japan experienced its warmest spring on record this year, the national weather agency said Thursday, as greenhouse gasses and El Nino send temperatures soaring worldwide. Temperatures across March, April and May…Continue readingJapan reports warmest spring on record
The researchers were able to identify the country of origin for 232 objects, with the largest percentage being from Japan at 33.6%. China was next at 32.3% followed by South Korea…Continue readingMore than 90% of identifiable trash in North Pacific Garbage Patch comes from just six countries
Two years ago, a multibillion-dollar natural gas export project planned for Alaska appeared all but dead, the victim of tough economics and Donald Trump’s trade wars. But now it’s got fresh…Continue readingAnother big Alaska fossil fuel project gets Biden team’s blessing
ExxonMobil’s Uaru development is targeting approximately 1.319 billion barrels of oil. MODEC has won a contract to undertake engineering and design for a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) to…Continue readingMODEC wins contract for FPSO of ExxonMobil’s Uaru oil project
MidOcean Energy, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company formed and managed by EIG, has agreed to acquire the stakes of Tokyo Gas in four integrated LNG projects in Australia for $2.15…Continue readingMidOcean to acquire Tokyo Gas’ stakes in Australian gas projects for $2.1 billion
The spot price of Australian thermal coal is higher than that of coking coal, an unprecedented situation that highlights just how the global market for the polluting fuel has been upended…Continue readingSpot Australian thermal coal has surged
Japan has begun restarting nuclear plants that have been idle since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledging to get at least nine reactors up and running by…Continue readingAsia goes nuclear
Japan is enduring one of its worst heat waves on record, raising concern about potential power shortages amid surging demand, even as officials urged people to keep their air-conditioners running to…Continue readingJapan Swelters Through a Punishing Heat Wave
From the U.S. to China, in Europe, India and Japan, fossil fuels are staging a comeback, clean energy stocks are taking a hammering, and the prospects for speeding the transition to…Continue readingThe great climate backslide: How governments are regressing worldwide