Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Oct 08, 2014 - Environmentalists warned Wednesday that planned power lines on Malaysia's Borneo would threaten the island's tribsespeople, urging the Asian Development Bank to shelve a $45 million loan to export electricity from controversial dams.
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Oct 08, 2014 - Kyocera, IBM Japan, Tokyu Communitywill start a demonstration test of an automatic demand response (ADR) network this October. ADR is a mechanism that automatically optimizes the balance between sup
Oslo, Norway (UPI) Oct 8, 2014 - Though cash from the petroleum industry was lower than expected, the Norwegian government said Wednesday the sector was producing ample value for the economy.
Washington (UPI) Oct 8, 2014 - U.S. refinery startups and a steady supply of oil from the Middle East are helping keep U.S. gasoline prices at historic lows, motor club AAA reports.
Upton NY (SPX) Oct 08, 2014 - Increasing the oil content of plant biomass could help fulfill the nation's increasing demand for renewable energy feedstocks. But many of the details of how plant leaves make and break down oils ha
The Hague, Netherlands (UPI) Oct 8, 2014 - Dutch energy company Shell said Wednesday it started production from a deepwater field in Malaysia, where output should reach 135,000 barrels per day.
Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Oct 08, 2014 - With a simple mutation, yeast can grow in higher than normal temperatures. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology demonstrate this in an article to be published in the scientific journal S
London (AFP) Oct 08, 2014 - Dozens of workers were evacuated from an oil rig in Britain's North Sea after a vessel carrying radioactive waste caught fire and started drifting towards it, officials said Wednesday.
Geneva, Switzerland (UPI) Oct 8, 2014 - Energy issues in eastern Ukraine are taking a humanitarian toll as residents grow concerned about supplies for the coming winter, a U.N. report said Wednesday.
Washington (UPI) Oct 8, 2014 - U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State targets in parts of northeastern Syria include strategic control structures and oil refineries, the State Department said.
Houston (UPI) Oct 7, 2014 - The number of rigs exploring and developing land resources in the United States is up more than 10 percent year-on-year, Baker Hughes said Tuesday.
Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Oct 7, 2014 - Energy companies working off the coast of Senegal announced Tuesday a significant discovery of oil, with at least 250 million barrels in place.
Ottawa (AFP) Oct 07, 2014 - Canada will fail to reach its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the environment commissioner said Tuesday.
Nicosia (AFP) Oct 07, 2014 - Cyprus said Tuesday that it will not attend UN-led peace negotiations scheduled for this week in protest over Turkish moves to undermine the divided island's search for energy.
Lansing, Mich. (UPI) Oct 7, 2014 - Michigan authorities said Canadian pipeline company Enbridge offered assurances two oil pipelines running under the Mackinac Straits are secured.
Brussels (UPI) Oct 7, 2014 - European Union members are called on to choose low-carbon fuels over more polluting ones like oil sands under new fuel rules, a commissioner said Tuesday.
