Prague (AFP) May 7, 2012 - The Czech Republic's environment ministry said Monday it was planning to impose a moratorium on shale gas exploration that would ban new research projects for up to two years.
Castlebar, Ireland (UPI) May 7, 2012 - Transmission system operator EirGrid has announced a $314 million program to upgrade Western Ireland's network with the aim of exporting green energy.
Oslo (AFP) May 7, 2012 - Norway on Monday inaugurated what it called the world's largest laboratory for capturing carbon dioxide, a leading strategy for fighting global warming.
Lagos (AFP) May 7, 2012 - Oil giant Shell on Monday said two new leaks had occurred on one of its pipelines in southern Nigeria after similar incidents in recent days blamed on crude theft.
Baghdad (AFP) May 5, 2012 - Iraq aims to double power provision in a year, it said Saturday, in a bid to bridge a shortage that remains a key frustration for ordinary Iraqis, though the country will still fall short of 24-hour power.
La Paz, Bolivia (UPI) May 4, 2012 - As confusing signals go, Bolivia achieved a double whammy by seizing a Spanish power generation company hours before welcoming Spanish energy giant Repsol into the country.
Beijing (AFP) May 4, 2012 - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday pressed Sudan for a definitive end to bombings against South Sudan, after Khartoum said it would comply with a UN call to end the violence.
The Hague, Netherlands (UPI) May 4, 2012 - Construction on Europe's biggest natural gas storage facility can begin north of Amsterdam after a ruling this week by the Netherlands' Council of State.
Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2012 - Machines could play an important role in cleaning up oil spills, like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico. It appears in the journal ACS Nano. Joseph Wang and colleagues
New York NY (SPX) May 04, 2012 - A study by the Wildlife Conservation Society documents that intense development of the two largest natural gas fields in the continental U.S. are driving away some wildlife from their traditional wi
Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2012 - Underground mining is a sweaty job, and not just because of the hard work it takes to haul ore: Mining tunnels fill with heat naturally emitted from the surrounding rock. A group of researcher
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) May 4, 2012 - Amid concerns that a new Middle East war is looming, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has approved a special budget to fortify and protect Israel's rich natural gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean.
Manila (AFP) May 4, 2012 - The United States will this year double military aid to its ally the Philippines, which is engaged in a prolonged maritime stand-off with China, the foreign department in Manila said on Friday.
Washington (AFP) May 4, 2012 - US regulators proposed Friday that companies using fracking to explore for natural gas must disclose the chemicals they use, but only after they drill - sparking more ire from environmental activists.
Washington (AFP) May 4, 2012 - A Canadian firm is offering new routes to build a multi-billion-dollar Canada-US oil pipeline, after its first proposal was rejected over environmental concerns, officials said Friday.
Wilmington DE (SPX) May 03, 2012 - Butamax Advanced Biofuels has announced that two additional ethanol producers have joined their Early Adopters Group and have signed letters of intent to this effect. The Early Adopters Group
