Washington (AFP) July 31, 2012 - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday imposed new economic sanctions on Iran's oil export sector and on a pair of Chinese and Iraqi banks accused of doing business with Tehran.
London, UK (SPX) Jul 30, 2012 - Modern lifestyles are generally quite different from those of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, a fact that some claim as the cause of the current rise in global obesity, but new results published in t
Washington (AFP) July 28, 2012 - US regulators have secured a court order to freeze assets of traders accused of seeking more than $13 million through illegal trades ahead of China-based CNOOC's public bid for Canadian oil firm Nexen Inc.
Washington (AFP) July 27, 2012 - A university study that claimed fracking for gas deep beneath the Earth's surface did not cause water contamination was led by a US professor with financial ties to the gas industry, a watchdog group said Friday.
Beijing (AFP) July 27, 2012 - China has appointed military officers at a newly-established garrison in the South China Sea, state media reported Friday, the country's latest step to bolster claims to disputed islands in the area.
Portland, Maine (UPI) Jul 27, 2012 - The United States' first commercial tidal energy project is expected to deliver electricity in September to consumers in Maine.
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jul 27, 2012 - The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have developed a pipeline network across the Arabian Peninsula to bypass the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key oil artery that Iran threatens to close. But this could still be vulnerable to sabotage.
Quito (AFP) July 26, 2012 - Chevron has been ordered to pay more than $19 billion in environmental damages, $1 billion more than originally decided, after an Ecuadoran court adjusted the amount on appeal, a source said Thursday.
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Jul 26, 2012 - Ocean waves could supply as much as 11 percent of Australia's electricity by 2050, a government research study released Wednesday found.
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Jul 26, 2012 - The Australian navy has signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy to explore the increased use of environmentally friendly fuels such as blended biofuels.
Buenos Aires (AFP) July 25, 2012 - Argentina has accused Britain of mounting a show of force in the Falkland Islands with a military exercise that includes missile launches in the disputed South Atlantic archipelago.
Muncie IN (SPX) Jul 25, 2012 - In the shadow of two outdated smokestacks and four antiquated coal-fired boilers, Ball State has started the second and final phase of converting the university to a geothermal ground-source heat pu
Beijing (UPI) Jul 25, 2012 - Major Chinese oil companies are seizing opportunities to secure strategic overseas assets, reflected by recent Canadian acquisitions.
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of Congo (UPI) Jul 25, 2012 - Recent oil strikes in the Democratic Republic of Congo have raised fears they will exacerbate the resource-driven war that's been raging in the mineral-rich eastern sector of the African state for nearly two decades.
Hong Kong (AFP) July 25, 2012 - A consortium led by Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing agreed Wednesday to acquire a British gas distribution company for Pounds 645 million ($1 billion), the companies said.
Baku, Azerbaijan (UPI) Jul 25, 2012 - The time is ripe for more cooperation between Hungary and Azerbaijan on energy projects, Hungarian Foreign Affairs Secretary Peter Szijjarto said this week.
