Balcombe, United Kingdom (AFP) Aug 19, 2013 - A prominent lawmaker from Britain's Green Party was among some 30 demonstrators arrested at anti-fracking protests outside a drilling site in southeast England on Monday.
Flanders, Belgium (SPX) Aug 19, 2013 - Limited availability of fossil fuels stimulates the search for different energy resources. The use of biofuels is one of the alternatives. Sugars derived from the grain of agricultural crops can be
Brooklyn, Mich. (UPI) Aug 18, 2013 - Michigan International Speedway said it joined a utility program in the state that matches 100 percent of its electricity use with renewable energy.
Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Aug 18, 2013 - Libya's oil and gas minister says the closure of the country's oil ports has resulted in massive economic losses.
Brasïlia, Federal District (Brazil) (AFP) Aug 17, 2013 - US energy companies want to use their experience to help Brazil tap into its vast shale gas reserves, US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said on a visit to the Brazilian capital.
Quito, Ecuador (UPI) Aug 16, 2013 - Ecuador plans to open up an area of the Amazon rainforest to oil drilling.
Balcombe, United Kingdom (AFP) Aug 16, 2013 - British energy firm Cuadrilla scaled back its operations at a rural site in southern England on Friday as more than 1,000 protesters prepare a six-day action camp in protest against fracking.
Moscow (UPI) Aug 16, 2013 - Russia and the European Union can achieve closer energy ties but the EU's gas market reforms remain a roadblock, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.
Lagos (AFP) Aug 15, 2013 - Nigeria's navy chief said Thursday that a controversial bill to overhaul the country's energy sector would help curb criminality in the oil-rich Niger Delta and urged lawmakers to pass it.
New York City, New York (AFP) Aug 14, 2013 - British energy giant BP is suing the US government for banning it from federal contracts after the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, documents showed Tuesday.
London (UPI) Aug 14, 2013 - British Prime Minister David Cameron said this week the country cannot afford to miss out on the benefits of controversial shale gas development.
Beijing (UPI) Aug 14, 2013 - China's cabinet, the State Council, said a plan to boost green industries would spur technological innovation, expand demand for energy-saving products and boost the environmental-protection service industry.
Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Aug 14, 2013 - Research team of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Georgia Institute of Technology, and Dong-Eui University developed a novel cathode material which has outstanding perform
Essen, Germany (UPI) Aug 14, 2013 - German energy company RWE said Thursday it will pull back from the electricity market after posting a major decline in earnings for the first half of 2014.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 14, 2013 - The 2010 Kalamazoo spill and the 2013 Exxon leak in Arkansas are the most glaring incidents, but these are just the big leaks that are found right away and reported. Most leaks are found event
N'Djamena (AFP) Aug 13, 2013 - Chad said Tuesday it had suspended all operations of the local unit of China National Petroleum Corporation for flagrant violations of environmental regulations while exploring for crude.
