Washington (UPI) Nov 1, 2012 - For 58 million Americans who tuned into the first presidential debate, the candidates pictured two unlikely villains - Big Bird and Big Oil. While Big Bird has since been used in amusing campaign ads, disparaging the oil and natural gas industry is more worrisome considering energy is a fundamental part of the U.S. economy.
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Nov 01, 2012 - City leaders aspiring to transform their cities into models of sustainability must look beyond city limits and include in their calculation the global flow of goods and materials into their realm, a
Urbana IL (SPX) Nov 01, 2012 - Along with the growing interest in biomass energy crops as renewable alternatives to fossil fuels comes a growing list of questions from corn and soybean farmers about what it will cost them to swit
Empa Switzerland (SPX) Nov 01, 2012 - Hydrogen production by solar water splitting in photoelectrochemical cells (PEC) has long been considered the holy grail of sustainable energy research. Iron oxide is a promising electrode material.
Washington (AFP) Nov 1, 2012 - US military cargo planes flew dozens of heavy trucks and a team of specialists to New York on Thursday to help with efforts to restore power in the wake of superstorm Sandy, officials said.
London (AFP) Oct 31, 2012 - British energy producer BG Group said on Wednesday it will sell interests in its Queensland Curtis liquefied natural gas project in Australia to China's CNOOC for US$1.93 billion (1.48 billion euros).
Basra, Iraq (UPI) Oct 31, 2012 - Iraq and southern neighbor Kuwait, at daggers drawn since the days of the Ottoman Empire, are again in dispute, this time over plans to build rival megaports in the northern Persian Gulf.
Moscow (AFP) Oct 31, 2012 - Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Virgin Green Fund on Wednesday announced plans to form a $200 million emerging markets fund with Russia's Rosnano Capital to invest in innovations and green technologies.
Beijing (UPI) Oct 30, 2012 - The latest bidding round for exploration rights on 20 Chinese shale gas blocks attracted a record 83 companies, the Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources said.
Norwich UK (SPX) Oct 30, 2012 - Much more must be done to develop energy efficient cars, buildings and domestic appliances to address climate change - according to new research from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research a
Copenhagen (AFP) Oct 30, 2012 - Danish industrial enzymes maker Novozymes on Tuesday launched an enzyme that it said produces more ethanol from corn, addressing concern that growth in biofuels has come at the expense of food production.
Singapore (AFP) Oct 29, 2012 - Oil prices fell in Asia Monday as US refineries cut crude production in anticipation of a plunge in energy demand as Hurricane Sandy bore down on the eastern United States, analysts said.
Maputo (AFP) Oct 29, 2012 - Japan signed a memorandum of understanding with resource-rich Mozambique on Monday as it ramps up its hunt for new sources of energy after it shuttered all but two of its nuclear reactors.
New York (AFP) Oct 29, 2012 - Oil prices dropped on Monday as refineries and oil terminals on the US East Coast shut down due to Hurricane Sandy, which bore down on the heavily industrial New Jersey coastline.
Warsaw, Poland (UPI) Oct 29, 2012 - Poland says it has achieved a major objective in forcing an EU compromise on carrying over stockpiled carbon trading allowances beyond 2012.
Tampa, FL (SPX) Oct 29, 2012 - It may sound like a post-season football game for very tiny players, but the nanobowl has nothing to do with sports and everything to do with improving the way biofuels are produced. That's the ho
