Washington (AFP) April 08, 2014 - Birds, fish, dolphins and turtles are still struggling in the Gulf of Mexico, four years after the worst oil spill in US history, a leading wildlife group said Tuesday.
Paris (AFP) April 07, 2014 - Global investments in renewable energy slumped 14 percent last year, with China pouring more money into the sector than Europe for the first time on record, the UN said Monday.
Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Apr 07, 2014 - Despite climate change, most polluters still pay little or nothing when they release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. A cost of USD 0.15 per kilo CO2 would be enough to solve the whole climate ch
Washington (AFP) April 07, 2014 - The US Navy believes it has finally worked out the solution to a problem that has intrigued scientists for decades: how to take seawater and use it as fuel.
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 04, 2014 - The electrochemical reactions inside the porous electrodes of batteries and fuel cells have been described by theorists, but never measured directly. Now, a team at MIT has figured out a way to meas
Oslo (AFP) April 04, 2014 - Oil-rich Norway moved Friday to target its huge sovereign wealth fund's investments more closely at boosting green businesses, but environmentalists said the proposals were not strong enough.
Madrid (AFP) April 04, 2014 - Plans to drill for oil off the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza have met with fierce opposition from locals who fear the white sand beaches and marine life will be damaged.
Philadelphia PA(SPX) Apr 04, 2014 - Saliva-powered micro-sized microbial fuel cells can produce minute amounts of energy sufficient to run on-chip applications, according to an international team of engineers. Bruce E. Logan, Ev
East Lansing MI (SPX) Apr 04, 2014 - What began 20 years ago as an innovation to improve paper industry processes and dairy forage digestibility may now open the door to a much more energy- and cost-efficient way to convert biomass int
New York (AFP) April 03, 2014 - Anadarko Petroleum Thursday agreed to pay $5.15 billion to resolve decades-old environmental claims in a settlement the US said would discourage companies from engaging in corporate makeovers to avoid pollution liability.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 03, 2014 - On March 28, the White House released a multi-pronged strategy to reduce methane emissions from a variety of sources, a step the administration says is an outgrowth of the President's Climate Action
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 03, 2014 - As wind farms grow in importance across the globe as sources of clean, renewable energy, one key consideration in their construction is their physical design - spacing and orienting individual turb
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2014 - The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said Thursday there may be cost inhibitors to developing the remaining reserves on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Zagreb (AFP) April 02, 2014 - Croatia on Wednesday launched a tender for licenses to explore and drill for potential oil and gas reserves in the Adriatic, hoping to attract investments badly needed for its ailing economy.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2014 - Russian energy company Gazprom said Thursday its Ukrainian counterpart needs to take urgent action to settle its outstanding gas debts.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2014 - Singapore's Interra Resources Ltd. said it confirmed one of its wells, CHK 1182, in the Chauk oil field in Myanmar was producing oil for the company.
