BP profit plunges by 70pc
Britain鈥檚 BP said on Tuesday net profit plunged in the first quarter as the struggling energy giant undergoes a major overhaul back to its fossil fuel business...
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ADB investments lock Bangladesh in costly fossil fuels: analysis
About 83 per cent of the investments by the Asian Development Bank in electricity generation since 1973 has gone into building fossil fuel-based power plants in Bangladesh, revealed an analysis of ADB data.
Richest countries put more mony in fossil fuel: report
The richest nations, including the G-7 countries, are increasingly investing in fossil fuel projects in developing countries like Bangladesh, obstructing global carbon emission reduction targets, said a report released by US-based Global Energy Monitor on Tuesday.
TI Bangladesh urges renewable energy-based national plan
Transparency International Bangladesh on Sunday urged a new national energy plan prioritising renewable energy and eliminating the influence of fossil fuel lobbies...
The hypocrisies of COP29
COP29 was always going to be memorable, for no other reason than the hosting country, Azerbaijan, is a petrostate indifferent to the issue of emissions and scornful of ecological preachers. It has seen its natural gas supply grow by 128 per cent between 2000 and 2021. Between 2006 and 2021, gas exports rose by a monumental 29,290 per cent. A dizzying...
Fossil fuel lobbyists overwhelm COP29
At least 1,773 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP29 climate negotiations, according to an analysis...
Oil executives work COP29 as NGOs slam lobbyist presence
Oil executives and lobbyists descended on COP29 in Baku for 鈥榚nergy day鈥� Friday, as environmental groups denounced the presence of the fossil fuel industry at the UN climate talks.
Bangladeshi CSOs stage demo against fossil fuel expansion in Baku
A group of Bangladeshi civil society organisations on Friday staged a demonstration at the ongoing COP29 at the Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan鈥檚 capital Baku against fossil fuel expansion.
Fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2024
Planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from oil, gas and coal rose to a new record high this year, according to preliminary research Wednesday that found no sign the world was moving away from fossil fuels as planned...
Asian govts urged to accelerate energy transition
The two-day energy finance conference of the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis began in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday with a call on the governments of Asian countries to accelerate energy transition to get rid of costly and unreliable fossil fuels...