Port Harcourt, Nigeria (UPI) Mar 23, 2012 - Nigeria's oil production is under threat because of escalating piracy off West Africa, a simmering insurgency in the Niger Delta, the theft of up to 150,000 barrels a day by militants and pirates and deadly Islamist terrorism linked to al-Qaida.
Gainesville FL (SPX) Mar 23, 2012 - The percentage of electronic waste occupying our landfills has grown at an alarming rate over the last decade, giving rise to concerns about the toxicity of components used in consumer electronics.
Zagreb (AFP) March 22, 2012 - Future European Union member state Croatia announced Thursday that it had joined the bloc's embargo of Iranian oil.
Baghdad (UPI) Mar 22, 2012 - Amid the threats to global oil supplies caused by the Persian Gulf confrontation between the United States and Iran, the longtime oil-power rivalry between the Islamic Republic and a resurgent Iraq is mounting.
Baghdad (AFP) March 22, 2012 - Lukoil signed a $1 billion deal with South Korea's Samsung Engineering on Thursday to develop Iraq's second-biggest oil field, in which the Russian energy giant has a majority stake.
London (AFP) March 22, 2012 - World oil prices tumbled Thursday in reaction to weak Chinese economic data and after France said industrialised countries were considering the release of crude stockpiles, analysts said.
Bucharest (AFP) March 22, 2012 - Romania is looking to exploit shale gas reserves in a drive for energy self-sufficiency, but critics organising demonstrations on Thursday warn of big risks for the environment.
Hanoi (AFP) March 22, 2012 - China said Thursday the detention of two Vietnamese fishing boats and 21 crew near the disputed Paracel Islands was lawful, after Hanoi demanded their immediate and unconditional release.
Hanoi (AFP) March 22, 2012 - Vietnam has asked China to immediately release two Vietnamese boats and 21 crew detained more than two weeks ago while fishing near the disputed Paracel Islands, the foreign ministry said.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2012 - Sometimes, solutions for hard problems can turn out to be pretty basic. That's especially true for a team of researchers at the Office of Science's Brookhaven National Laboratory (Brookhaven Lab), w
Buenos Aires (UPI) Mar 21, 2012 - Argentina has upped the stakes in a row with the country's biggest energy company that threatens to go beyond a business dispute and become a political confrontation with Spain.
Geismer LA (SPX) Mar 21, 2012 - With barrels of biofuel flowing from the success of America's first commercial advanced biofuels plant, the Advanced Biofuels Association, ABFA, takes its online video series, Better Fuels Moment, o
Berkeley, Calif. (UPI) Mar 21, 2012 - A California jail has been equipped with its own microgrid to provide power when electricity fails in a disaster such as an earthquake, scientists say.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) March 21, 2012 - Federal prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday accused US oil giant Chevron and 17 executives of environmental crime in connection with a major spill off southeastern Brazil last November.
Hanoi (AFP) March 21, 2012 - Chinese authorities are holding two Vietnamese boats and 21 crew who were detained while fishing near the disputed Paracel Islands, an official said Wednesday.
Mountain View CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2012 - The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), China Lake has announced a contract award to Albemarle Corporation, a leading specialty chemicals company, to complete its first biojet fuel p
