Daegu, South Korea (AFP) Oct 15, 2013 - From oil to nuclear power, via gas, coal and renewables, Asia's economic growth is increasingly steering the forward path of the global energy industry.
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 15, 2013 - Blowing bubbles in the backyard is one thing and quite another when searching for oil. That distinction is at the root of new research by Rice University scientists who describe in greater detail th
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 15, 2013 - Gunmen have seized Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from a hotel in central Tripoli, releasing him shortly afterwards, but making it clear that post-Gaddafi Libya is a failed state and that the gove
Durham NC (SPX) Oct 15, 2013 - Elevated levels of radioactivity, salts and metals have been found in river water and sediments at a site where treated water from oil and gas operations is discharged into a western Pennsylvania cr
Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2013 - Within days of each other in June, President Barack Obama and US lawmakers across the spectrum announced a push to boost Africa's development by providing electricity to millions without it.
London (UPI) Oct 14, 2013 - Fuel cell technology from NASA's space shuttle will provide light and heat for a complex that includes Al Gore's new London headquarters, its developers say.
Daegu, South Korea (UPI) Oct 14, 2013 - The World Energy Council called for global action on what it refers to as the energy trilemma - affordability, accessibility and environmentally sustainable energy for all.
Daegu, South Korea (AFP) Oct 14, 2013 - The challenge of providing sustainable energy to a growing global population at a minimal environmental impact dominated debate at the World Energy Congress on Monday.
Tehran (AFP) Oct 14, 2013 - Iran's foreign minister said he hoped a roadmap for negotiations could be reached in nuclear talks with world powers this week but added that a higher-level meeting would probably be needed.
Seoul (AFP) Oct 13, 2013 - The world's leading energy officials will meet this week in South Korea to discuss the sector's major challenges, ranging from climate change to the rise of fracking and nuclear power's uncertain future.
Saint Petersburg (AFP) Oct 13, 2013 - Several dozen journalists took to the streets of Saint Petersburg to demand the release of Denis Sinyakov, detained on piracy charges along with the crew of a Greenpeace ship after an Arctic oil drilling protest.
Paris (AFP) Oct 11, 2013 - France's Constitutional Council on Friday upheld a law banning fracking, the controversial process used to extract shale oil and gas from the ground.
Tehran (AFP) Oct 11, 2013 - Iran wants the six world powers negotiating over its controversial nuclear drive to send top diplomats to crunch talks in Geneva next week, the official news agency IRNA reported Friday.
Daejeon, South Korea (SPX) Oct 11, 2013 - Many chemicals we use in everyday life are derived from fossil resources. Due to the increasing concerns on the use of fossil resources, there has been much interest in producing chemicals from rene
Cambridge, Mass. (UPI) Oct 11, 2013 - New patents related to renewable energy technologies are on the rise, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study shows.
Moscow (AFP) Oct 11, 2013 - A Russian court on Friday rejected the bail requests of two British nationals remanded in custody along with the 28 other crew members of a Greenpeace ship that protested Arctic oil drilling.
