France is aiming to end all oil and gas production by 2040 under a landmark law to ban exploration, after the draft bill was presented at a cabinet meeting. The move will allow the French government to turn down over 40 exploration requests already made across...
India added a record 5,400MW of wind power in 2016, breezing past its 4,000MW target for the period. In a statement, India’s Ministry of New Renewable Energy said: “This year’s achievement surpassed the previous higher capacity addition of 3,423MW achieved in the previous year.” The state of...
A group major global oil firms have announced agreement to create a US$1 billion fund to reduce their climate change impact. Announced on the day the Paris climate change agreement came into force last week, the fund will focus on reducing leaks of natural gas, capturing...