Lending credence to the Asia Pacific region’s importance in global emission trading market, the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) launched the Annual Greenhouse Gas Market report f

As uncertainty looms over the future of the Kyoto Protocol, the delegates of the Carbon Forum Asia 2011 met at Singapore in an attempt to iron out differences and arrive at new solutions.

Thailand aims to revive a long-stalled plan to become an oil trading and biofuel hub in Southeast Asia, challenging Singapore's dominance, its new energy minister said on Thursday.

Over two dozen countries, including Pakistan, will take part next week in a full-scale test of the Indian Ocean`s tsunami alert system, using the 2004 Sumatra quake as the basis for the exercise, U

Japanese and South Korean companies have won the highest marks in Asia for “responsible” investing, which remains in its infancy in these countries, in a new survey by Eiris, an environmental resea

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) said Monday that it won't restart its fire-hit oil refinery at Pulau Bukom, Singapore unless safety is ensured, even though the damage is limited to the vicinity of

China urged Myanmar to protect the rights of its companies after the Southeast Asian nation's president ordered the suspension of construction of a contested hydroelectric dam backed by Beijing.

Myanmar’s government suspended on Friday a controversial $3.6 billion, Chinese-led dam project, a victory for supporters of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and another sign of apparent reform

Royal Dutch Shell Plc finally put out a blaze at its massive Singapore refinery after firefighters struggled to contain it for a day and a half, forcing the firm to start shutting its biggest plant

A fire that forced Royal Dutch Shell to shut down some units and evacuate non-essential staff at its massive Singapore refinery on Wednesday has been contained after burning for nearly half a day.