Seoul (AFP) June 21, 2012 - Sirens rang out across South Korea and some traffic lights were switched off Thursday as the country carried out an unprecedented drill aimed at averting summer power cuts.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) June 21, 2012 - Efficient lighting would save $110 billion a year worldwide, according to a UN-led study published at the Rio+20 summit on Thursday.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) June 21, 2012 - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday outlined plans at the Rio+20 summit to provide universal access to energy by 2030, with tens of billion of dollars in funding from business and investors.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) June 20, 2012 - All 1,800 firms listed on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market will be required to list their greenhouse-gas emissions from next April, British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said at the Rio+20 summit on Wednesday.
Madrid (UPI) Jun 20, 2012 - An effort to connect Spain's electricity grid with that of France was aided this week with $220 million in financing from the European Investment Bank.
Paris (AFP) June 20, 2012 - Anglo-Dutch group Shell will soon be allowed to resume oil exploration off the coast of French Guiana, lawmakers from the overseas French department said Wednesday.
Coral Gables FL (SPX) Jun 20, 2012 - Researchers from the University of Miami (UM) are unveiling a novel theory for high-temperature superconductivity. The team hopes the new finding gives insight into the process, and brings the scien
Brasilia, Brazil (SPX) Jun 20, 2012 - The board of directors of Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has approved financing in total of R$ 378 million (US$ 184 million) to build five windfarms in the Brazil
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2012 - Battery-powered devices could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a group of UK researchers who have created a novel energy harvester to power some of the latest wearable gadgets. By strappi
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 20, 2012 - Have you heard of Innovation Avenue? It's a living laboratory where Reliant customers in Texas, the state where households use more electricity than any other state in the country, are putting energ
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) June 20, 2012 - The Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives announced at the Rio+20 summit here Wednesday it would create the world's biggest marine reserve to protect its fisheries and biodiversity.
Zurich, Switzerland (UPI) Jun 20, 2012 - Swiss researchers studying wind turbines as alternative energy sources say the bigger the turbine, the greener the energy it produces.
Erbil, Iraq (UPI) Jun 20, 2012 - Much to Baghdad's annoyance, Turkey is driving to develop energy links with Iraq's oil-rich, semiautonomous Kurdish enclave, in large part to secure its help in curbing Turkey's Kurdish secessionists.
Los Cabos, Mexico (AFP) June 19, 2012 - Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron clashed on Tuesday at the G20 summit over the future of the disputed Falkland Islands, officials said.
Los Cabos, Mexico (AFP) June 19, 2012 - Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron clashed publicly at the G20 summit on Tuesday over the future of the disputed Falkland Islands.
Upton NY (SPX) Jun 19, 2012 - Overturning two long-held misconceptions about oil production in algae, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory show that ramping up the microbes' overall metabo
