Valletta, Malta (UPI) Apr 20, 2012 - Qatar is eyeing $1.3 billion in investments in Malta's Enemalta Corp. energy company and a natural gas distribution hub on the island, a local report indicated this week.
Nicosia, Cyprus (UPI) Apr 20, 2012 - The Russians appear to be making a determined bid to secure a stake in the energy boom in the eastern Mediterranean despite the danger of conflict.
Raleigh NC (SPX) Apr 20, 2012 - The city council of Chattanooga, Tenn., has approved a contract proposal to replace existing municipal lights with high efficiency lighting fixtures that incorporate FlexNet wireless remote monitori
Buenos Aires (UPI) Apr 19, 2012 - Argentina faces international isolation over its seizure of Spanish-controlled national energy company YPF, a decision critics say the government will regret and pay heavily for.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Apr 19, 2012 - High oil prices are shielding Iran from the full weight of U.S. and EU economic sanctions aimed at choking Tehran's oil exports and forcing it to abandon its nuclear program.
Moscow (AFP) April 19, 2012 - Russia's environment minister on Thursday blamed Russian-British oil company TNK-BP for causing massive oil pollution in a resource-rich Siberian region and failing to invest in its infrastructure.
Khartoum (AFP) April 19, 2012 - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday vowed to teach a lesson by force to the South Sudanese government over its seizure of the north's main Heglig oil field.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) April 19, 2012 - Two years after the worst maritime oil spill in history, fishermen, scientists, and environmentalists up and down the US Gulf Coast warn that the disaster may be far from over.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 18, 2012 - Research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History shows that ammonites-an extinct type of shelled mollusk that's closely related to modern-day nautiluses and squids-made homes in
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Apr 18, 2012 - Australia emitted 546 million tons more greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 than in 2010, the government says in its report for the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Chicago (AFP) April 18, 2012 - Oil giant BP said Wednesday it has finalized a $7.8 billion deal to settle thousands of claims from fishermen and others affected by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Manila, Philippines (UPI) Apr 18, 2012 - Filipino officials said they will stand firm against Chinese calls for its research and fishing vessels to leave the Scarborough Shoal, which Beijing claims as its own.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 18, 2012 - Proyecto Mirador has announced the sale of its second and third year Gold Standard Verified Emission Reduction (VER) credits to climate and development specialist ClimateCare, Europe's leading volun
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 18, 2012 - Many manufacturing processes rely on microorganisms to perform tricky chemical transformations or make substances from simple starting materials. The authors of a study appearing in mBio, the
Washington (AFP) April 18, 2012 - House Republicans kept a key plank of their energy policy alive Wednesday, defying a White House veto threat and passing legislation mandating the building of a controversial oil pipeline.
Tokyo (AFP) April 18, 2012 - Japan's Mitsubishi and Mitsui said Wednesday they will import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States, amid a push to boost energy sources after last year's nuclear crisis.
