2007
- July 30, 2007: The International Atomic Energy Agency begins inspecting Iran's nuclear facilities with a visit to Arak, the first such inspection since April.
- July 27, 2007: The United States and India conclude negotiations on US-India civil nuclear co-operation.
- July 26, 2007: Italy, Greece and Turkey signed a protocol on construction of the Greece-Italy natural gas pipeline.
- July 23, 2007: Hungarian oil and gas company MOL signaled that it could reconsider merging with Poland's PKN Orlen to avoid hostile takeover by Austria's OMV.
- July 16, 2007: Four reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan shut down automatically during the Chūetsu earthquake, which also caused radioactive leaks, a transformer fire and other damage.
- July 16, 2007: International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors confirm the closure of the Yongbyon reactor in North Korea. (BBC)
- July 13, 2007: Gazprom and Total S.A. sign a deal giving Total a stake of 25% in the Shtokman gas field development company.
- July 12, 2007: It was announced that participants in the ITER will consider Kazakhstan's offer to join the program.
- July 10, 2007: The Mexican leftist rebel group the Popular Revolutionary Army claimed responsibility for blasts on Pemex pipelines.
- July 9, 2007: Live Earth concerts are held at eleven locations around the world to raise awareness of global warming and promote action on climate change.
- July 6, 2007: San Francisco based solar farms developer Cleantech America announced its plan to create a 80 megawatt solar photovoltaic farm in San Joaquin Valley, California, which will be 17 times the size of the largest existing US photovoltaic farm, but smaller than the 354 megawatt SEGS solar thermal plant in the Mojave Desert.
- July 6, 2007: Royal Dutch Shell has announced that it is preparing to undertake a multi well, multi year drilling programme in the Beaufort Sea. This is the largest such programme in more than a decade. A study by the USGS has suggested the Arctic Ocean could contain up to 1/4 of the Earths petroleum reserves.
- June 29, 2007: The European Pressurized Reactor, under construction in Finland and 18 months behind schedule, is reported as having a number of safety-related design and manufacturing 'deficiencies'.
- June 28, 2007: Lithuania's parliament adopted a law on building a new nuclear power plant in Ignalina.
- June 28 2007: It is announced that people will be asked to commit to a 7-point pledge on global warming during the July 7 Live Earth concerts.
- June 28 2007: International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors visit North Korea to discuss arrangements for the delayed shutdown of the Yongbyon reactor.
- June 23 2007: Italy's Eni and Russia's Gazprom signed a memorandum of understanding of construction South Stream, a natural gas pipeline from Russia to Italy.
- June 22 2007: TNK-BP, a subsidiary of British BP, agreed to sell its stake in the Kovykta field, one of the largest natural gas fields in Russia, to Gazprom.
- June 19 2007: A preliminary study by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency indicates that China's greenhouse gas emissions have overtaken those of the United States for the first time, exceeding those of any other country.
- June 15 2007: Research is published into a promising new method for producing DMF, which has the potential to challenge bioethanol and biodiesel as a common liquid biofuel.
- June 8 2007: Norwegian Parliament approves the $30 billion merger of Norsk Hydro's oil and gas business with Statoil. The merged company, StatoilHydro will be the world's largest offshore oil and gas producer.
- June 7 2007: Leaders at the 33rd G8 summit agree to 'aim to at least halve global CO2 emissions by 2050' under an agreement to be negotiated within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
- June 5 2007: The British Antarctic Survey announces that the flow-rate of 300 previously unmeasured glaciers increased by 12% between 1993 and 2003, adding to concerns over glacier retreat and the rise in sea levels caused by global warming.
- June 4 2007: The United Nations Environment Programme estimates that 40% of the world population will be affected by the loss of glaciers and snow on the mountains of Asia due to global warming. (UNEP)
- June 4 2007: China publishes its first National Action Plan on Climate Change, expected to cut national carbon emissions by up to 1.5 million metric tons annually by 2010.
- May 25 2007: It is reported that the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican is to be fitted with over 1,000 photovoltaic panels to supply all its annual electricity requirements.
- May 24 2007: 38 miners are killed and 7 injured by a methane explosion at the Yubileinaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Oblast region of Siberia, Russia.
- May 23 2007: The British Government announce a carbon emissions trading scheme, the Carbon Reduction Commitment, that will apply to hotel chains, supermarkets, banks, and other large organisations.
- May 8 2007: 31 US states and 2 provinces of Canada launch The Climate Registry to record and track carbon emissions.
- May 8 2007: The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta blows up three oil pipelines in the Niger delta in the south of Nigeria.
- May 4 2007: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change agrees the summary report on mitigating climate change, despite some concerns raised by China, India and other developing countries.
- April 30 2007: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change meet in Bangkok to discuss the draft summary on the mitigation of climate change, part of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.
- April 24 2007: Ethiopian rebels from the Ogaden National Liberation Front kill 74 during the Abole raid on a Chinese-operated oil exploration facility in the Ogaden Basin.
- April 19 2007: The Norwegian prime minister announces that the government has agreed to unilaterally cut Norway's carbon emissions by 30% by 2020, and proposes carbon neutrallity for 2050.
- April 18 2007: The United States and Japan sign the United States-Japan Joint Nuclear Energy Action Plan, the first time the US has agreed to develop nuclear power technology with a foreign state.
- April 16 2007: The First South American Energy Summit meets and establishes the South American Energy Council to co-ordinate regional energy policy.
- April 15 2007: Iran announces that it is seeking bids for two more nuclear reactors for the Iranian nuclear programme.
- April 9 2007: Iran announces that it has begun using 3,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium for its nuclear programme.
- April 2 2007: The United States Supreme Court rules that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases and must do so unless it can provide some scientific reason proving otherwise.
- March 24 2007: The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 1747, imposing additional sanctions on Iran due to its ongoing nuclear programme.
- March 19 2007: Over one hundred coal miners are confirmed dead in the Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster, Russia's worst mining accident in a decade.
- March 13 2007: A draft Climate Change Bill is published in the United Kingdom, outlining a framework for achieving a mandatory 60% cut in carbon emissions by 2050.
- March 9 2007: European Union leaders agree key elements of the EU Energy policy including a 20% cut in carbon emissions and a commitment to boost renewable energy to meet 20% of demand by 2020.
- February 20 2007: Funding for the world's largest wave farm is announced by the Scottish Executive as part of a 13 million pound package for marine power in Scotland.
- February 20 2007: Australia announces that normal incandescent light bulbs are to be phased out by 2010 to cut carbon emissions, becoming the first country in the world to ban them.
- February 16 2007: The G8 countries, plus Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa, agree the 'Washington Declaration', proposing a global carbon emissions trading system to replace the Kyoto Protocol by 2009.
- February 15 2007: Al Gore announces plans for Live Earth concerts across seven continents in July 2007 to raise awareness of global warming.
- February 15 2007: A judge rules that plans to build a new generation of nuclear power plants in the United Kingdom are unlawful because elements of the 2006 Energy Review were 'seriously flawed', 'inadequate', or 'misleading'.
- February 13 2007: North Korea agrees to shut down the Yongbyon nuclear reactor in exchange for fuel aid and steps towards normalization of relations with the United States and Japan.
- February 2 2007: An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report concludes that it is "very likely" that global warming has a human cause.
- January 19 2007: Russian Parliament adopts a law which will create Atomprom - a single holding company for the Russian civil nuclear industry, including nuclear power production, facilities construction, and fuel production, supply & trading.
- January 15 2007: Delegates from 16 East Asian countries sign the Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security, an agreement to promote energy security and find alternatives to fossil fuels.
- January 10, 2007: The European Commission publishes proposals for the first comprehensive European Union energy policy, aimed at achieving 20% cuts in carbon emissions and a 'post-industrial revolution'.
- January 8, 2007: In an escalation of the Russia-Belarus energy dispute, Transneft stops pumping oil into the Druzhba pipeline, resulting in supply cuts to Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.
- January 5, 2007: The head of the United States National Nuclear Security Administration, Linton Brooks, is forced to resign due to security issues.
2006
- December 19, 2006: The Pakistan government has formally launched the country’s first policy on renewable sources of energy.
- December 14, 2006: The Governing Board of the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that Mr. Nobuo Tanaka will succeed Mr. Claude Mandil as the Executive Director of the IEA from 1 September 2007.
- December 6, 2006: The UK government announce their 'ambition', supported by a tax exemption, that all new homes will be zero energy buildings by 2016.
- November 21, 2006: 7 governments sign an agreement to build the ITER tokamak, intended to test the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power.
- October 1, 2006: The Langeled pipeline, the World's longest underwater pipeline, starts piping gas between Norway and the United Kingdom.
- September 27, 2006: The Global Warming Solutions Act becomes the first law to require cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.
- September 14, 2006: The British Government issue a prospectus for investors in their proposed national Energy Technologies Institute.
- August 30, 2006: Six people shot dead while protesting against an open pit coal mine in Phulbari, Bangladesh.
- August 1, 2006: Former US President Bill Clinton signs an agreement to support the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group on behalf of the Clinton Foundation.
- July 31, 2006: The United Nations Security Council demands that Iran suspends uranium enrichment due to continuing concerns over Iran's nuclear power program
- July 13, 2006: Oil prices reach a record high of $78.40 per barrel in the oil price increases of 2004-2006.
- July 1, 2006: The European Union and 9 further European countries sign the ECSEE treaty to regulate energy trading in south east Europe.
- June 21, 2006: A Government commission publishes proposals to break Sweden's dependence on oil by 2020 as part of a long term oil phase-out in Sweden.
- April 11, 2006: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium as part of its resumed nuclear power program
- January 1, 2006: Gazprom, the world's largest supplier of natural gas, stops supplying Ukraine in the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute.
2005
- August 24, 2005: It is announced that the new city of Dongtan, China, will be designed to use zero net energy.
- June 2005: It is announced that the ITER international tokamak will be built in France to test the scientific and technological feasibility of a fusion power plant.