Lamu, Kenya (AFP) March 2, 2012 - Kenya launched the construction of a massive port, railway and refinery Friday near a UNESCO-listed Indian Ocean island in a project it bills as the biggest ever in an African nation.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2012 - OriginOil has announced a new company study indicating for the first time that algae producers worldwide can now make transportation fuels cost-effectively themselves. The Company's analysis points
Brussels (UPI) Mar 2, 2012 - A key European Parliament committee this week approved a measure allowing the EU to withhold carbon emission permits to prop up their market prices.
Lofoten Islands, Norway (AFP) March 2, 2012 - Looking for oil outside your front door may sound exciting, but in the idyllic Arctic archipelago of Lofoten, one of Norway's best fishing areas, the prospect of the black gold has sparked heated debate.
Cambridge MA (SPX) Mar 02, 2012 - In 2009, when the United States fell into economic recession, greenhouse gas emissions also fell, by 6.59 percent relative to 2008. In the power sector, however, the recession was not the main cause
San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2012 - Sapphire Energy has announced it has entered into a licensing agreement with Earthrise Nutritionals LLC, a producer of spirulina and spirulina-based products for over 25 years. Sapphire Energy will
Lakewood CO (SPX) Mar 02, 2012 - ZeaChem has announced that it has successfully completed contract negotiations to receive its portion of a $40 million grant from USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Mar 1, 2012 - When it comes to the health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, seeing no longer is believing.
Manila, Philippines (UPI) Mar 1, 2012 - The Philippines' invitation to foreign investors to explore 15 petroleum blocks in the disputed South China Sea has sparked anger from China.
Ames IA (SPX) Mar 01, 2012 - Genetic mutations to cellulose in plants could improve the conversion of cellulosic biomass into biofuels, according to a research team that included two Iowa State University chemists. The te
Long Beach (AFP) March 1, 2012 - Engineering professor Donald Sadoway on Thursday used an old-school chalk board at the prestigious TED gathering to write the formula for a liquid battery that could one day cut the need for new power plants.
New York (AFP) March 1, 2012 - Oil prices surged higher Thursday amid tensions over major crude exporter Iran and in the wake of positive Chinese and US economic data.
Mogadishu, Somalia (UPI) Mar 1, 2012 - After two decades of incessant clan warfare, lawless, divided and poverty-stricken Somalia appears to be on the cusp of becoming an oil state, a transition that many fear could plunge the world's most failed state into new paroxysms of violence.
Washington (AFP) March 1, 2012 - The United States on Thursday denounced as unacceptable reported Sudanese government air strikes inside the territory of the new state of South Sudan.
Baku (AFP) Feb 29, 2012 - Azerbaijan on Wednesday dismissed an Iranian protest over its reported deal to buy arms worth $1.5 billion from Tehran's foe Israel amid increased tensions between the neighbouring states.
Fort Collins, Colo. (UPI) Feb 29, 2012 - Meeting U.S. federal biofuel production targets could dramatically change a majority of the country's agricultural landscape, researchers say.
