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Jo Reynolds: Geophysics Graduate

Insight from a young geophysicist joining the sector, working for BP's offshore operations.

Type: Feature

Negotiators agree on rulebook for Paris Agreement at United Nations meeting

A SET of rules for enacting the Paris Agreement to limit climate change was agreed by 196 countries at the UN’s 24th Conference of Parties climate summit (COP24). However the final rulebook has sparked criticism over vague language and a lack of serious commitments.

Type: News

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Adam Duckett on searching for the positive news

Type: Feature

Preventing epidemics before they break out

Coalition seeks sustainable vaccine development

Type: News

Kraft Heinz abandons Unilever bid

Deal dropped after “vehement” Unilever response

Type: News

Doubts raised on downstream plans for Johor

Investment struggles at Malaysia hub, agency warns

Type: News

Linde wheels out CO2 scrubbing for frackers

MGCU can clean up to 98% of CO2 in shale production

Type: News

Sweden could build up to ten nuclear reactors

Abolishes tax, provides confidence for investment

Type: News

Russia Saudis agree to stabilise oil market

Will act alone, if required, to freeze production

Type: News

PNNL turns sewage into biocrude

Process could be used for other wet organic waste

Type: News

BP takes stake in Abu Dhabi onshore fields

Continues expansion after years of asset sales

Type: News

Uranium: Under the sea

LCW Supercritical Technologies and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have taken a milestone step in seawater extraction of uranium.

Type: News

An ‘evolution’ in renewable energy

GENERAL Electric (GE), the American multinational conglomerate, is close to completing the world’s first commercial wind project with integrated power storage. Located in rural County Kerry, Ireland, the project could help the country to cope with rapidly increasing energy demand, and to achieve its renewable energy goals.

Type: News

Shell makes pledge to be net zero by 2050

SHELL has announced that it aims to cut emissions from its operations to net zero by 2050 or sooner, along with stepping up action to reduce the emissions produced by customers.

Type: News

China pledges to be carbon neutral before 2060

IN what has been called a surprise announcement by multiple media outlets, Xi Jinping, President of China, informed the United Nations General Assembly that China aims to be “carbon neutral” before 2060.

Type: News

Shell's CEO to step down next year

SHELL’S CEO, Ben van Beurden, is preparing to step down next year after nearly a decade as head of the giant energy firm, Reuters reports.

Type: News

UKAEA and CNL announce tritium partnership as UK signs fusion agreement with Canada

THE UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) have announced a partnership to develop technologies related to managing tritium. The announcement comes alongside an agreement between the governments of the UK and Canada to strengthen collaboration in fusion.

Type: News

EU prepares ban on PFAS in consumer products as industry seeks exemptions

THE EUROPEAN Union will push ahead with proposals to ban PFAS in consumer products, the EU’s environment commissioner Jessika Roswall told Reuters this week.

Type: News

Stanford scientists recreate pain outside the human brain

STANFORD researchers have grown one of the most important neural pain pathways outside the human body – a medical breakthrough which could advance treatments for chronic pain conditions.

Type: News

UK approves first fracking test in five years

Council moves ahead despite thousands of objections

Type: News