New York (AFP) Oct 9, 2012 - Oil giant Chevron said it was disappointed by the US Supreme Court's decision not to block an $18 billion fine sought by Ecuador for environmental damage in the Amazon.
Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Oct 09, 2012 - Sonnenbuehl-based SoWiTec Development GmbH and Co. KG (SoWiTec) is working in various markets around the world. To support its ambitions, DNV KEMA Energy and Sustainability has been awarded a framew
London (AFP) Oct 09, 2012 - Iraq could more than double its current daily oil production by 2020, vastly boosting its economy and helping to bring stability to global energy markets, the International Energy Agency forecast on Tuesday.
Birmingham, United Kingdom (AFP) Oct 08, 2012 - Britain is considering generous tax breaks for shale gas exploration to encourage investment in the industry, finance minister George Osborne said Monday.
Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Oct 08, 2012 - Gunmen have shot dead a Chinese national who was working as a chef for a construction company in Nigeria's troubled northeast, a company official said Monday.
London (UPI) Oct 8, 2012 - The closing of aging coal-fired power plants and tough EU environmental rules could lead to power shortages in Britain, regulators warned.
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Oct 08, 2012 - Sandia National Laboratories published the second annual 2012 Wind Plant Reliability Benchmark on Monday, and the results should help the nation's growing wind industry benchmark its performance, un
Chemnitz, Germany (SPX) Oct 08, 2012 - A quick pit-stop at the gas station is enough to put a good dent in your wallet. New technology is set to lower the high cost of filling up your car, by enabling combustion engines to consume two to
Paris (AFP) Oct 07, 2012 - Biorefineries and green chemistry seem to have a credible future built on a wide range of applications such as cosmetics, plastics and detergents.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2012 - The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series concludes that the larger the wind turbine, the greener the electricit
The Hague (AFP) Oct 05, 2012 - A Dutch court on Friday rejected a bid by oil multinational Royal Dutch Shell to ban Greenpeace from protesting near its property on pain of a massive fine, saying such groups had a right to inform the public.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 04, 2012 - U.S. Rep. John Boehner, speaker of the House of Representatives, received nearly twice as much financial support from donors tied to the energy sector than did the next-closest recipient, a report f
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 04, 2012 - Opposition leaders in Canada suggested a string of cyber security threats to domestic companies might be the work of Chinese hackers. Twice last week, the Canadian government confirmed two separate
Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 04, 2012 - An team of scientists, led by Joachim Reichert, Johannes Barth, and Alexander Holleitner (Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Clusters of Excellence MAP and NIM), and Itai Carmeli (Tel Aviv University
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Oct 04, 2012 - 90,000 Irish buildings will need to undergo significant energy upgrades every year up to 2020 if Ireland is to achieve its legal obligations under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, which was adopt
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 04, 2012 - As America's clean energy industry takes up position in a no-man's land between subsidies and sustainability, the idea of Green Banks is being touted as a life-line that will push the industry int
