College Park, Md. (UPI) Jun 27, 2013 - U.S. President Barack Obama's Climate Action Plan won't do much to curb global warming but it will please liberals who delight in extending government control over large segments of the economy.
Manila (AFP) June 27, 2013 - A US destroyer joined the Philippine Navy's flagship for war games that started Thursday close to a flashpoint area of the South China Sea, adding to tensions with China over rival territorial claims.
Houston (UPI) Jun 27, 2013 - Chinese oil demand declined slightly last month reflecting a general slowdown in the Chinese economy, an analysis of government data shows.
Brasïlia (AFP) June 27, 2013 - Violence against indigenous Brazilians more than tripled between 2011 and 2012, often due to land feuds, a new report said Thursday.
Manilla, Philippines (UPI) Jun 26, 2013 - About $944 billion of investment is needed by 2020 for Asian countries to meet their national energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, a study indicates.
Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2013 - Democratic lawmakers crossed party lines to vote in support of a Republican-led effort to increase U.S. LNG gas exports, the bill's leader said.
Luanda, Angola (UPI) Jun 26, 2013 - State-owned Chinese oil companies have paid $1.5 billion for a stake in an Angolan oil field and bought a $4.2 billion share in an offshore Mozambique gas field in recent weeks, part of a global spending binge by Beijing to secure foreign oil resources.
London (UPI) Jun 26, 2013 - Offshore wind energy increased the most last year for any renewable energy resource available on the British grid, the government said Thursday.
The handover of power by the emir of Qatar to his 33-year-old son is a rare occurrence among the Persian Gulf's aging ruler-for-life monarchs, but it…
Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2013 - Oil imports from Saudi Arabia for the first three months of 2014 were more than 30 percent higher year-on-year, the U.S. Energy Department said.
Newark DE (SPX) Jun 25, 2013 - University of Delaware chemist Joel Rosenthal is driven to succeed in the renewable energy arena. Working in his lab in UD's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rosenthal and doctoral student
Buenos Aires (UPI) Jun 25, 2013 - Argentina is struggling to raise cash to develop its lucrative shale oil and gas resources.
Dhaka, Bangladesh (UPI) Jun 25, 2013 - Bangladesh risks running out of existing recoverable gas reserves within the next decade if no new gas fields are discovered, experts warn.
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Jun 25, 2013 - Crude oil pipeline capacity in North Dakota is keeping relative pace with production levels, the state's governor, Jack Dalrymple, said.
Paris (UPI) Jun 25, 2013 - A study from the International Energy Agency in Paris finds that storing oil in emergency stockpiles does more than support energy security.
Tehran (UPI) Jun 25, 2013 - There's been some interest in supporting a fledgling liquefied natural gas industry in Iran, the country's deputy petroleum minister said.
