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Panel of nearly 100 countries to draw up guidelines for industries that mine raw materials used in low-carbon technology

Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker met Sunday with Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director General for Energy of the European Commission, to discuss means of booting bilateral cooperation.

"COP 27 in Sharm El Sheikh was a wonderful host and a step towards addressing climate change, accelerating energy transition, and contributing to the close partnership with Egypt in dealing with the energy sector,” Jørgensen stated.

The EU is promising storage will eventually be available — but manufacturers in Europe’s poorer regions are worried it won’t be within reach. 

In a reminder of just how much danger the world is in, a thick blanket of hazy smog smothered Dubai Sunday as most world leaders jetted off.

U.S. LNG exports have enjoyed strong, bipartisan support stretching back to President Obama’s second term when LNG pioneers convinced then Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to join them in a leap of faith to authorize long-term natural gas exports. Ernie and the entrepreneurs were right. As a result of the shale revolution, natural gas production has grown faster than consumption and the U.S. has been able to export the surplus gas via pipelines and LNG tankers.

The data keep stacking up against tenuous “peak oil” claims. While the International Energy Agency forecasts that global oil demand will peak within the next decade, it also confirms that fossil fuels are necessary for the “secure operation of...

As COP28 approaches, the dispute over the phase-out of fossil fuels threatens to once again torpedo progress at the climate conference. Europeans have a chance to break this impasse and achieve meaningful progress by engaging with major fossil fuel producing countries like the Gulf monarchies

As the climate warms, Copenhagen is likely to see more torrential rain storms like the one that inundated the city in 2011. Since then, the Danish capital has taken action, redesigning parks and streets to quickly drain away vast amounts of water.

Speakers discuss the impact of recent crises on Europe's global role at a two-day conference in Florence.