Toronto (AFP) Nov 29, 2012 - A 19-year court battle that resulted in a staggering US$18.3-billion judgment from an Ecuadoran court against Chevron last year moved to Canada on Thursday as the plaintiffs seek to collect.
Warwick UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2012 - An international team led by researchers from the University of Warwick and Oxford University is now dealing with unexpected results of an experiment with strongly heated graphite (up to 17,000 degr
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 29, 2012 - Japanese industrial firms Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said Thursday they would merge their thermal power businesses by 2014 as they take on global giants Siemens and General Electric.
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Nov 29, 2012 - Lebanon's government, which is struggling to keep the crisis-ridden Mediterranean country functioning, has approved a six-member board to regulate the vast natural gas fields reported offshore. But don't expect action anytime soon.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 29, 2012 - One of the first chemical reactions children learn is the recipe for photosynthesis, combining carbon dioxide, water and solar energy to produce organic compounds. Many of the world's most important
Naval Air Station (Nas) Kingsville TX (SPX) Nov 29, 2012 - Officials from the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of the Navy (Navy), E.ON Climate and Renewables North America, LLC (ECRNA), and Petronila Wind Farm, LLC, owned by ECRNA (Petronila Win
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Nov 28, 2012 - BP could be cut out of its stake in the United Arab Emirates' giant concession in the Persian Gulf because of a diplomatic wrangle with Britain that is degrading London's relations with the oil-rich gulf monarchies.
Quito (AFP) Nov 28, 2012 - Ecuador opens bidding by private and state companies Wednesday for rights to explore for oil in 16 blocks in the Amazon amid protests from indigenous communities.
Manila (AFP) Nov 28, 2012 - The Philippines said Wednesday it would refuse to stamp Chinese passports containing a map showing most of the China South Sea as belonging to China, as it stepped up protests over the controversial move.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Nov 28, 2012 - The Saudi royal family has denied reports King Abdallah, 89, has been placed on life support following spinal surgery but the monarch's failing health has brought the thorny issue of who will succeed him into sharp focus.
Beijing (UPI) Nov 28, 2012 - As China readies for the water-intensive process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to tap into massive reserves of shale natural gas, concerns are rising regarding the country's already limited water supply.
San Diego, CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2012 - The Algae Biomass Organization, the trade association for the U.S. algae industry has hailed the findings of a University of California at San Diego study that concludes, for the first time, that ma
London, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2012 - With increasing demands for sustainable energy, being able to cost-efficiently produce biofuels from plant biomass is more important than ever. However, lignin and hemicelluloses present in certain
Donostia, San Sebastian (SPX) Nov 27, 2012 - A team of researchers at the Freie Universitat Berlin, co-ordinated by Jose Ignacio Pascual (current leader of the Nanoimagen team at CIC nanoGUNE), have developed a method that enables efficiently
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Nov 26, 2012 - VTT specialists have assessed Finland's chances of achieving the 80% greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. The EU's goal for 2050 is to reduce emissions by at least 80% from the level of 1990.
Bielefeld, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2012 - Astonishing research finding by biologists at Bielefeld University published in the online journal Nature Communications Flowers need water and light to grow. Even children learn that plants use sun
