Houston (UPI) May 9, 2013 - Most people sport plain, boring old bathing suits when they go swimming. Not NASA astronauts Stan Love and Steve Bowen; they don brand new orange space suits when headed to the pool.
Washington DC (SPX) May 09, 2013 - The U.S. currently imports more than 80% of the lithium it uses, with the silvery metal winding up in batteries from cell phones to electric cars. According to a United States Geological Survey publ
Athens, Ga. (UPI) May 9, 2013 - Researchers at the University of Georgia, looking to nature for inspiration, say they're developing a new technology to use plants to generate electricity.
Urbana IL (SPX) May 09, 2013 - Bioenergy crops, such as Miscanthus and switchgrass, appear to be promising resources for renewable energy, but these new crops did not come with a manual on how to measure details on their sustaina
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) May 9, 2013 - Israel's rapprochement with onetime strategic ally Turkey is a vital element in Ankara's drive to become the intercontinental east-west energy hub in the Mediterranean and many expect it to produce an energy alliance that will transform the region.
Providence, R.I. (UPI) May 9, 2013 - The Rhode Island government signed off on environmental permits for what will become the nation's first offshore wind farm, the project's developer said.
Washington (UPI) May 9, 2013 - A bill passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee fixes a broken permit system for cross-border pipelines like Keystone XL, Chairman Fred Upton said.
London (UPI) May 8, 2013 - British campaign group Friends of the Earth said Thursday a wind farm proposed off the coast of the Isle of Wight was a huge success for energy security.
Bucharest (AFP) May 08, 2013 - US oil giant Chevron obtained permits to explore for shale gas on Romania's Black Sea coast, the Environment Ministry said Wednesday, despite controversy about risks of the technique known as fracking.
Oslo, Norway (UPI) May 8, 2013 - Norwegian oil company DNO International said Thursday it accelerated the rate at which it sent oil from northern Iraq to storage facilities in Turkey.
Paris (UPI) May 8, 2013 - French energy company GDF Suez said it was selected by the French government to install and operate two 500 megawatt offshore wind farms.
Raleigh, NC (SPX) May 08, 2013 - Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2).
Washington (UPI) May 8, 2013 - The U.S. Energy Department said it was backing three offshore wind demonstration projects with up to $47 million to help take advantage of an untapped resource.
Ramallah, West Bank (UPI) May 8, 2013 - Palestinians report growing indications of oil in the occupied West Bank, which Israel may be quietly exploiting even as Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu resists U.S. pressure to freeze Jewish settlement expansion in the territory.
London (UPI) May 8, 2013 - British energy company Centrica said Thursday it sold 40 percent of its natural gas business in Canada to a subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum for $183 million.
Singapore (UPI) May 8, 2013 - Singapore's first liquefied natural gas terminal has received its first commercial cargo, putting the island country on course to become a major gas trading hub.
