Riyadh (AFP) April 29, 2014 - Saudi Arabia ended military excercises Tuesday along the borders of Iraq and Kuwait, as well as other regions, in what the media described as the largest in the kingdom's history.
Washington (AFP) April 29, 2014 - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he would consider legislation forcing construction of a controversial US-to-Canada oil pipeline, setting up a possible end run around the Obama administration after the project's latest delay.
Baghdad (AFP) April 28, 2014 - With a budget languishing in parliament, crucial reforms on the back burner and a hamstrung private sector, prospects for Iraq's economy after Wednesday's election hinge heavily on the oil factor.
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Apr 28, 2014 - Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new and unconventional battery chemistry aimed at producing batteries that last longer than previously though
The Hague (AFP) April 28, 2014 - Greenpeace on Monday sent a protest ship to meet a Russian tanker carrying the first oil drilled offshore in the environmentally fragile Arctic.
Valverde, Spain (AFP) April 28, 2014 - The smallest and least known of Spain's Canary Islands, El Hierro, is making a splash by becoming the first island in the world fully energy self-sufficient through combined water and wind power.
Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 27, 2014 - AllCell Technologies is working on a program led by Stanford University to develop advanced electric vehicle (EV) batteries through an ARPA-E grant. The program, titled Robust Multifunctional Batte
Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Apr 27, 2014 - Theoretical physicists are currently exploring the dynamics of a very unusual kind of device called a SQUID. This Superconducting Quantum Interference Device is a highly sensitive magnetometer used
Richland WA (SPX) Apr 27, 2014 - Like a hungry diner ripping open a dinner roll, a fuel cell catalyst that converts hydrogen into electricity must tear open a hydrogen molecule. Now researchers have captured a view of such a cataly
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2014 - The shale gas boom has transformed the energy landscape in the U.S., but in some drier locations, it could cause conflict among the energy industry, residents and agricultural interests over already
New York NY (SPX) Apr 27, 2014 - UGE has announced the launch of the VisionAIR3, its cutting-edge wind turbine that offers greater durability and increased efficiency over its prior model of the same size. As part of UGE's growing
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 25, 2014 - Scientists at Rice University have created a nanoscale detector that checks for and reports on the presence of hydrogen sulfide in crude oil and natural gas while they're still in the ground.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 25, 2014 - A changing climate is increasing the accessibility of U.S. Arctic waters to commercial activities such as shipping, oil and gas development, and tourism, raising concern about the risk of oil spills
Tarfaya, Morocco (AFP) April 24, 2014 - Africa's largest wind farm, at Tarfaya in southwestern Morocco, has started generating electricity and will be capable of meeting the electricity needs of several hundred thousand people, officials say.
Geneva (AFP) April 24, 2014 - Environmental campaigners WWF on Thursday condemned moves by British firm Soco International to start searching for oil in part of Africa's oldest national park.
Lincoln NB (SPX) Apr 23, 2014 - Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a study published in the journal Nature Climate Chan
