Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2013 - The last regulatory milestone was cleared to start building a $9 million liquefied natural gas terminal in Louisiana, Sempra Energy announced.
Ulan Bator (AFP) June 20, 2013 - Mongolia on Thursday opened its first wind farm, a landmark $122 million project that aims to shift the country's reliance on coal and tackle the pollution choking its capital Ulan Bator.
New York (AFP) June 20, 2013 - Oil prices took their steepest fall in seven months Thursday, pushed down by a Federal Reserve signal of the winding down of stimulus and weak Chinese manufacturing data.
Saint-Petersburg (AFP) June 20, 2013 - Moscow and Beijing have reached agreement on a $60 billion contract to ramp up Russian oil supplies to China, part of the two countries' strategy to tighten their energy partnership, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Moscow (UPI) Jun 20, 2013 - Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said using energy for geopolitical gain leads to market instability and a poor investment climate.
London (AFP) June 20, 2013 - Some of the world's largest cities are improving their energy efficiency, a report said Thursday, while nations struggle to forge a global response to climate change.
Bellingham WA (SPX) Jun 19, 2013 - Out in the wilds or anywhere off the grid, sophisticated instruments small enough to fit in a shirt pocket will one day scavenge power from sunlight, body heat, or other sources to monitor water qua
Gatineau, Quebec (UPI) Jun 19, 2013 - Canadian transportation officials are making good progress in addressing the safety issues of crude oil transport by rail, the Transportation Safety Board said.
Washington (UPI) Jun 19, 2013 - U.S. crude oil imports are lower than they were last year, though short-term data show an increase, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said.
Moscow (UPI) Jun 19, 2013 - The first welds of a pipeline meant to deliver Russian natural gas to China should be set within the next two months, the chairman of Gazprom said.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2013 - India's relentless search for hydrocarbons to fuel its booming economy has managed the rather neat diplomatic trick of annoying Washington, delighting Tehran and intriguing Baghdad, all the while le
Jakarta (UPI) Jun 19, 2013 - Indonesia plans to raise its subsidized fuel prices as part of a revised state budget lawmakers from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's governing coalition pushed through this week.
Erbil, Iraq (UPI) Jun 19, 2013 - Iraq's Kurds have consolidated their growing energy sector with Chevron Corp. securing a third exploration block in the semiautonomous northern region and France's Total buying a majority stake in another.
Dublin, Ireland (UPI) Jun 19, 2013 - While momentum is building for exploration off the Irish coast, the country's natural resources minister said there are no guarantees for success.
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Jun 19, 2013 - With the latest discovery of natural gas, Tanzania is quickly becoming a key exploration asset for Statoil, a senior vice president for the region said.
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 19, 2013 - 3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand. The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields from medicine to communicat
