Berlin (UPI) Oct 25, 2013 - A coalition of business groups and unions this week jointly warned German political leaders must unite to keep the country's energy transition plans alive.
Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Oct 25, 2013 - Danish scientists say a study of one biodiesel source plant - the castor bean - predicts problems if it's considered for large-scale use as a fuel source.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (UPI) Oct 25, 2013 - Amid East Africa's oil and gas boom, the more adventurous oilmen are starting to gravitate toward the vast Ogaden desert region of Ethiopia, where drilling activity has been sparse since rebels attacked an exploration team in 2007, killing nine Chinese and 65 Ethiopians.
Champaign IL (SPX) Oct 25, 2013 - Researchers report that wood-biochar supercapacitors can produce as much power as today's activated-carbon supercapacitors at a fraction of the cost - and with environmentally friendly byproducts.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2013 - With winter around the corner some homeowners may be thinking about plugging all the leaks in their home to make them less drafty. Imagine if every homeowner in the country did that-how much energy
Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) Oct 24, 2013 - Two of the companies drilling for oil in the Falkland Islands' South Atlantic waters are merging and further corporate patch-ups may not be far behind, industry analysts said.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Oct 24, 2013 - A $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan that supporters say would help the Islamabad government overcome crippling energy shortages, is under fire, even from Pakistanis, and it's taking some interesting twists and turns.
Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2013 - Former US vice president Al Gore on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, likening the carbon-intense project to drug addiction.
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Oct 24, 2013 - Straw from agriculture could play an important role in the future energy mix for Germany. Up until now it has been underutilised as a biomass residue and waste material. These were the conclusions o
Beijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2013 - Chinese state media hailed the huge potential of ties with Russia Wednesday after a $85 billion oil deal, with analysts saying the cooperation masks Moscow's unease at Beijing's surging influence in Central Asia.
Moscow (AFP) Oct 23, 2013 - Russia said Wednesday it had dropped the charge of piracy against 30 Greenpeace activists detained while protesting against Arctic drilling, accusing them instead of hooliganism.
Upton NY (SPX) Oct 23, 2013 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified the key genes required for oil production and accumulation in plant leaves and other vegetative plant tis
College Park MD (SPX) Oct 23, 2013 - Researchers from the University of Maryland and a leading university in Spain demonstrate in a new study which sectors could put the entire U.S. economy at risk when global oil production peaks (Pe
Washington (AFP) Oct 23, 2013 - The amount of harmful greenhouse gas pollution spewed into the atmosphere by large US power plants has declined 10 percent since 2010, the US government said Wednesday.
Shanghai (AFP) Oct 22, 2013 - China's global hunt for crucial energy supplies is taking it into America's backyard, with two Chinese state firms winning production rights to a multi-billion-barrel deepwater oilfield off Brazil.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Oct 22, 2013 - China's CNOOC and CNPC, Anglo-Dutch giant Royal Dutch Shell and France's Total joined Brazilian state operator Petrobras on Monday in winning production rights to the huge Libra Atlantic oilfield.
