News of fossil fuels

The new energy crisis could suit Argentina

11-03-2022 11:30 Fossil fuels are back in fashion. Western leaders are now searching frantically for exploitable oil and gas deposits that are beyond Putin’s reach.

by James Neilson

Energy & Environment

Climate crisis puts oil in the crosshairs, but dependence persists

27-12-2021 23:20 The climate crisis has put the end of oil onto the agenda, but achieving that is a colossal task given the world economy's deep dependence on petroleum.

INTERVIEW

Rafael Grossi: Climate crisis could give nuclear energy a second wind

08-11-2021 12:50 As the climate crisis deepens and the need to transition away from fossil fuels becomes more urgent, attitudes to nuclear energy may be shifting, says Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency

ENVIRONMENT

CO₂ reaches its highest level in more than four million years

08-06-2021 15:43 Based on geological evidence collected over the six decades scientists have been tracking atmospheric CO₂, this year's peak appears to be the highest in as long as 4.5 million years.

Climate Change

Progressive climate policy can reduce extreme poverty, says study

27-04-2021 13:07 Researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have found that ambitious climate policies could reduce extreme poverty in developing countries if governments opted for robust taxes on emitters that were then fairly distributed to help the poor.

News of fossil fuels

The new energy crisis could suit Argentina

Climate crisis puts oil in the crosshairs, but dependence persists

Rafael Grossi: Climate crisis could give nuclear energy a second wind

CO₂ reaches its highest level in more than four million years

Progressive climate policy can reduce extreme poverty, says study

Pesos get political with new bills featuring ‘national heroes and heroines’

'Nightmare' as gunman murders 19 children, two teachers in Texas

The English (non-indicted) witness

Season ends in familiar fashion as Boca see off Tigre to take title

Study: One in four young people in Argentina neither study nor work

El drama de Coco, el perro que está varado en Ezeiza hace dos días y que podrían deportar

Encuesta: Máximo Kirchner y Mauricio Macri, los dos políticos con peor imagen en el Gran Buenos Aires

Dalbón le prestó a Alberto Fernández $3 millones para pagar la tasa judicial en el juicio contra Patricia Bullrich

La diputada de Milei justificó su uso de pasajes: "Voy a ir a todos los rincones del país"

Guillermo Moreno: "Va a acontecer una catástrofe en la Argentina"