Fossil fuels

Green jet fuel costly, but securing demand is key to wider adoption: Industry leaders

Mr Mario Mifsud, vice-president for sales and trading of renewable fuels for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region at sustainable fuel producer Neste, said demand for the green fuel must be mandated.

China coal plant building surges despite record renewable energy additions

Despite the rapid growth of renewable energy, coal remains a key source of energy for power generation in China. PHOTO: REUTERS

MPA offers more LNG bunkering licences to address growing demand for cleaner marine fuels

Industry experts say that demand for LNG bunkering has grown significantly over the past few years.

Activist group claims responsibility for Berlin power outage

About 38,000 households and 2,000 businesses are still without power.

BP’s sudden CEO swop is the shock investors wanted to see

BP is replacing its CEO with Meg O’Neill, its first external boss in its 115-year-old history and a fossil-fuel enthusiast who underscores the company's hard pivot back to oil and gas.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Dec 18, 2025

FILE PHOTO: A view of the dome of the U.S. Capitol building, during a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown that would otherwise begin October 1, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S., September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo

Hydrogen plays part in global warming, shows study

A hydrogen charging robot charging an electric vehicle at the World Hydrogen Expo on Dec 4, in South Korea.

EU eases 2035 combustion-engine ban to boost car industry

An exhaust pipe of a car with a combustible engine expels fumes in Berlin on December 16, 2025. The European Union looks set to scrap a landmark 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars on December 16, as part of a package of reforms aimed at supporting Europe's embattled auto industry. The ban was hailed as a major win in the fight against climate change when it was adopted in 2023, but carmakers and their backers have lobbied hard over the past year for Brussels to relax it, in the face of fierce competition from China and a slower-than-expected shift to electric vehicles (EVs). (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Singapore’s green levy on flights is a world first. Will others follow?

Can an air hub stay competitive while making flying greener? Singapore is betting so.

News analysis

China’s climate balancing act: Mixed signals over coal undercut clean energy drive

A man works near a coal power plant at Zhangjiakou in China's northern Hebei province in this November 2021 file picture. PHOTO: AFP

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