Fossil fuels

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.

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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

Fight over fossil fuels torpedoes key text of UN environment report

Major oil producers Saudi Arabia and the US have opposed phasing out fossil fuels, which are used to make plastic.

Multilateralism works even as US and fossil fuel industry oppose climate action, UN chief says

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks with Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni during the Reuters NEXT conference, in New York City, New York, U.S., December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Shell heist: Jail for man who helped company acquire misappropriated fuel worth nearly $13.6m

Koh Koon Yian's case was linked to the largest marine gas oil heist in Singapore’s history.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 23, 2025

European Union climate commissioner Mr Wopke Hoekstra said that the proposed accord was acceptable, even though the bloc would have liked more.

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