Ottawa (AFP) June 17, 2014 - Canada approved construction Tuesday of a pipeline to the Pacific Ocean, opening up one of the world's largest oil fields as Washington dithers over another link southward from Alberta's oil sands.
Tokyo (AFP) June 17, 2014 - Japan is set to offer India a carbon offset scheme that would see Tokyo's environmental technology used by the rising Asian giant to help reduce its emissions, a report said.
Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2014 - China's top foreign policy official is set to hold candid talks in Vietnam, Beijing said Tuesday as the countries intensify accusations over a maritime territorial dispute.
Corvallis OR (SPX) Jun 17, 2014 - US researchers have carried out an environmental lifecycle assessment of 2-megawatt wind turbines mooted for a large wind farm in the US Pacific Northwest. Writing in the International Journal of Su
Kinshasa (AFP) June 16, 2014 - A senior Congolese conservationist has been sacked after he was accused of colluding in major oil exploration plans by a British firm in one of Africa's oldest national parks.
Corvallis OR (SPX) Jun 16, 2014 - In a collaborative effort spanning five continents, scientists have announced the complete sequencing of one of the world's most widely planted trees, Eucalyptus grandis. Used for fuel and tim
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 16, 2014 - The integration of the remote monitoring system Prognos with PRIMAVERA management software provides distributors access to a set of data, metrics and business information The remote consumptio
Thimphu, Bhutan (AFP) June 16, 2014 - India's Narendra Modi on Monday pledged stronger energy ties with tiny neighbour Bhutan as he wrapped up his first foreign visit since becoming prime minister, a trip aimed at checking China's influence in the region.
Manila (AFP) June 16, 2014 - The Philippines on Monday called on nations with overlapping claims in the South China Sea to halt all action that could provoke tensions in the area, amid fears of China's expansionism.
Boothbay ME (SPX) Jun 16, 2014 - Years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil spill, oil continues to wash ashore as oil-soaked sand patties, persists in salt marshes abutting the Gulf of Mexico, and questions remain about how much
Santa Cruz De La Sierra, Bolivia (AFP) June 15, 2014 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday opened a Group of 77 plus China summit in Bolivia, with developing countries calling for a more fair new world economic order.
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jun 13, 2014 - Quebecers are particularly hostile toward the development of shale gas, but this aversion is driven less by 'not in my backyard' (NIMBY) attitudes than 'not in anyone's backyard (NIABY), according t
Beijing (AFP) June 13, 2014 - China on Friday said that Vietnamese ships have rammed its vessels more than 1,500 times since early last month, as the two countries increasingly trade accusations over a South China Sea territorial dispute.
Riverside CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2014 - Researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a three-dimensional, silicon-decorated, cone-shaped carbon-nanotube cluster architecture for lithi
Luxembourg (AFP) June 13, 2014 - The European Union agreed Friday to limit the bloc's use of biofuels made directly from agricultural products after criticism they push up food prices and add to pollution.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2014 - From antiseptic oils to the construction of didgeridoos, the traditional Australian Aboriginal wind instrument, the eucalyptus tree serves myriad purposes, accounting for its status as one of the wo
