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
Mumbai (AFP) Oct 28, 2012 - Wind energy giant Suzlon, once a star of India's green technology, is facing a stormy future after aggressive expansion left it mired in debt at a tricky time for the industry, analysts say.
Livermore CA (SPX) Oct 26, 2012 - Americans used less energy in 2011 than in the previous year due mainly to a shift to higher-efficiency energy technologies in the transportation and residential sectors. Meanwhile, less coal was us
Washington (UPI) Oct 26, 2012 - U.S. President Barack Obama, in a plan for his second term released this week, is touting the economic benefits of natural gas in a way he never did four years ago as a candidate.
New York (AFP) Oct 26, 2012 - Oil prices closed higher Friday, lifted by better-than-expected US economic growth in the third quarter and worries about Hurricane Sandy churning toward the heavily populated US east coast.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2012 - Putting a speed limit on cargo ships as they sail near ports and coastlines could cut their emission of air pollutants by up to 70 percent, reducing the impact of marine shipping on Earth's climate
Salt Lake City (UPI) Oct 26, 2012 - The United States' first commercial oil sands mining project, in Utah, has been approved.
Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 25, 2012 - A newly formed technology center created by Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has announced that Hangzhou Energy Engineering and Technology, Co., Ltd., (HEET) will conduct the ce
