Asuncion, Paraguay (UPI) May 17, 2013 - It began as a Mercosur wrist-rapping of little landlocked Paraguay but an Argentine-Brazilian-Uruguayan diplomatic effort to isolate Asuncion is backfiring with more backlash against the trio from Paraguay's newly legitimized government.
Washington (UPI) May 17, 2013 - The U.S. Interior Department has released revised proposed rules governing hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for oil and natural gas on federal land.
Essen, Germany (UPI) May 16, 2013 - German energy company RWE Dea announced Friday the signing of a $976 million contract to help build a natural gas plant in the Algerian desert.
New York (AFP) May 16, 2013 - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in New York Thursday promoting the Keystone XL pipeline, the $5.3 billion project that would move oil from the province of Alberta to the US heartland.
Washington (UPI) May 16, 2013 - The Environmental Protection Agency said it waived gasoline requirements for parts of North Carolina and Florida because of good air quality standards.
Brussels (AFP) May 16, 2013 - EU greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for global warming, dropped slightly last year but the much-vaunted system for cutting such pollution ran into even more trouble, the European Commission said on Thursday.
Washington (UPI) May 16, 2013 - Environmental advocacy groups said U.S. regulators need to restart their review process for an export license for liquefied natural gas from Cove Point, Md.
London (UPI) May 16, 2013 - The Irish government wants to erase the near 40-year drought of successful exploration in the waters off its coast, Irish Minster of State Fergus O'Dowd said.
Benghazi, Libya (UPI) May 16, 2013 - Protesters closed the Zueitina oil refinery in eastern Libya for the second time in six months this week, the latest setback for the North African country's troubled efforts to develop its crucial energy industry in the violent aftermath of the 2011 civil war.
Aboard Makung Destroyer (AFP) May 16, 2013 - Taiwan held a military exercise Thursday in waters near the northern Philippines in response to the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, after rejecting repeated apologies from Manila.
Aboard Uss Ponce (AFP) May 16, 2013 - Divers leap from a helicopter into the Gulf's choppy waters to destroy a mine, while a US marine fires at a floating target, as forces from 41 countries gathered for naval manoeuvres facing Iran's shores.
Washington (UPI) May 16, 2013 - The United States has an obligation as an energy superpower to respond to Russian pressure on the Ukrainian gas sector, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., said.
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) May 15, 2013 - Ahead of this week's dramatic $11 billion bond sale that swelled its coffers, Brazil's state-controlled Petrobras predicts it will double in size in seven years.
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) May 15, 2013 - As leadership of the Arctic Council passes from Sweden to Canada May 15, experts say it is crucial that northern nations strengthen response capabilities to shipping-related accidents foreseen in ne
Paris (UPI) May 15, 2013 - French energy services company Technip said Thursday it secured a contract to help build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Russia's Yamal Peninsula.
Budapest, Hungary (UPI) May 15, 2013 - The process for building the South Stream gas pipeline through Hungary is progressing on schedule, Russian energy company Gazprom said.
