Nuclear agency’s board adopts safety plan
A 35-nation meeting of the U.N. nuclear agency has adopted a post-Fukushima nuclear safety plan — despite gripes by some nations that it is too timid.
View ArticleUN calls for peaceful resolution to Cyprus drilling dispute
Parties involved in a dispute over planned oil and gas drilling by Cyprus off the eastern Mediterranean island’s south coast should settle the issue peacefully, the United Nations said.
View ArticleTotal SA executives acquitted in Iraq oil-for-food trial
A French court on Monday acquitted oil giant Total SA, its chief executives and a raft of former French officials of corruption-related charges linked to the scandal-ridden U.N. oil-for-food program...
View ArticleRenewables, nuclear must triple to save climate, UN says
The world needs to triple the energy it gets from renewables, nuclear reactors and power plants that use emissions-capture technology to avoid dangerous levels of global warming, United Nations...
View ArticleUN: Oil search in Northern Somalia risks stoking tension
Two semi-autonomous areas of northern Somalia have largely avoided the violence that’s plagued the rest of the country for decades. Now oil exploration may change that, according to the United Nations.
View ArticleUN: World not close to avoiding dangerous warming
The report looks at the gap between what countries promise to do about carbon pollution and what scientists say needs to be done to prevent temperatures rising another two degrees. The two-degree level...
View ArticleMethane emissions threaten to undermine natural gas offensive
Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Total SA and BP Plc CEOs spoke in favor of using natural gas that would supplant dirtier coal-fired power. Demand for the energy is seen...
View ArticleUN agency: Iran’s role in nuclear probe meets standards
The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency acknowledged Monday that samples used to determine whether Iran tried to develop a nuclear weapon were collected by the Iranians instead of agency experts, but...
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