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  Marine Insurance Premiums Reach $40 Billion as Offshore Energy Sector Struggles
Global marine insurance premiums reached $39.92 billion in 2024, representing a 1.5% increase over the previous year, according to the International Union of Marine Insurance’s latest annual statistics report released today. The modest growth...
Caribbean authorities enhance collaborative efforts on climate and land use strategies at gathering in Barbados
Representatives of 12 Caribbean Countries along with Hon. Adrian Forde- Minister of Environment and National Beautification, Blue and Green Economy, Barbados. Photo: Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land ManagementDelegates representing...
    
  Green light for redevelopment of site to create new further education campus in Leitrim
Planning permission has been granted which will further the development of a new Centre for Further Education and Training in Mohill. An application submitted on September 10 sought approval for the partial demolition, renovation and extension...
    
  Prince William plays football with Brazilian pro on climate trip
Britain's Prince William kicked around a football with Brazil's Cafu and chatted with youth from around the world about their biggest environmental concerns on a visit to Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The future king's first visit to Brazil is...
    
  Big Oil spent over $26 million to lobby California officials in first 9 months of 2025
Chevron and the Western States Petroleum Association together spent a total of $19.8 million in the first three quarters of 2025. The oil and gas industry spent over $26 million in the first three quarters of 2025 in their successful effort to...
    
  WASCAL launches 3rd cohort of International Master’s Programme in Energy and Green Hydrogen
The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) has announced its third cohort of candidates selected to pursue the International Master's Programme in Energy and Green Hydrogen (IMP-EGH). The 60 students,...
    
  REC Ltd. Sanctions Record ₹7,500 Crore for Brookfield's 1.04 GW Hybrid Energy Project in Andhra Pradesh
REC Ltd., a state-owned Maharatna Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC), today announced a historic sanction of ₹7,500 crore to finance a 1.04 Gigawatt (GW) hybrid energy project in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The total investment for the project is...
    
  Young ADIPEC takes students into the tech-driven future of energy sector
MUDHI ALOBTHANI (ABU DHABI) The Young ADIPEC programme marks its 13th edition this year with a renewed focus on innovation, sustainability, and technology-driven learning. Held under the patronage of Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister...
    
  Harrison Bench ’27: Pioneering a Future in Environmental Law and Policy
Image Harrison Bench ’27 has always been a self-starter and highly motivated to make a lasting impact. He describes his professional career, thus far, as being marked by a robust passion for identifying and promoting policy solutions to the...
    
  Morocco earmarks 560 million dirhams for energy transition and sustainable development in 2026
Morocco’s Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development announced that its proposed 2026 budget amounts to 560.4 million dirhams, including 116.6 million dirhams in investment credits. The draft, which will be presented next week...
    
  Lithuania’s energy storage tender oversubscribed by 80 per cent
The Lithuanian Ministry of Energy announced that its support program for legal entities to install high-power electricity storage systems has ended. The measure was allocated 45 million euros, but the responsible local agency, the Environmental...
    
  Mayors pledge coordinated climate action ahead of UN conference in Brazil
SAO PAULO — Just days ahead of the U.N. climate conference to be held in Brazil, a group of 300 mayors gathered Monday in Rio de Janeiro to pledge coordinated climate action and address rising heat that is hurting many of their residents. The...
    
  SM Energy, Civitas Merger Creates A New Shale Giant
Silhouette of two oil pumps or pumpjacks in a field in sunset. getty Big shale oil and gas producers SM Energy and Civitas Resources announced on Monday that they will merge in a deal valued at $12.8 billion. The result of the merger is a new...
    
  Bugallon Green gets P826-M loan for Pangasinan solar plant
YUCHENGCO-LED Bugallon Green Energy Corp. has secured a P826-million loan from Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) to fund the construction of its 25-megawatt (MW) solar power project in Bugallon, Pangasinan. In a statement on Monday, Bugallon...
    
  Alternergy gets SEC ‘green equity’ label
ALTERNERGY Holdings Corp. has become the first publicly listed company in the Philippines to receive the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) “green equity” label, the company said in a statement on Monday. The certification marks the first...
Envision Energy and ACWA Power Agree to Cooperate on Global Clean Energy Ecosystem
The partnership establishes a comprehensive framework to accelerate renewable energy development across Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, China, and other strategic markets through wind turbine supply, technological cooperation, and operational...
    
  Expansion adds new building, green space to Buffalo art museum
(Photograph courtesy of Wendel) By Robert L. Reid In Buffalo, New York, an art museum increased in size and in the scope of amenities offered. From an expansive new green space to a new indoor area that is itself a work of art, the facility’s old...
    
  ADIPEC reflects UAE’s global stature in leading energy dialogue: Mansour
Sheikh Mansour affirmed that Abu Dhabi’s hosting of ADIPEC reflects the UAE’s global stature in leading the international dialogue on the future of energy and strengthening collective efforts to achieve energy security and sustainability for the...
    
  Obriki Hails Tinubu Over Carbon Market Framework, Climate Change Fund
1 Victor Okpomor President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been commended for the approval and adoption of a national carbon market framework and the activation of Nigeria’s climate change fund This commendation was given by Hon. Tamarankro Juliano Obriki,...
Mazama Energy Unveils the World’s Hottest Enhanced Geothermal System
This breakthrough sets a new global benchmark for geothermal technology and marks a critical step towards delivering low-cost, carbon-free baseload power at terawatt-scale, targeting less than 5 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). A New Era for Data...