Brussels (UPI) Jan 6, 2012 - Energy traders in European markets are looking at securing substitute sources for crude oil if the ongoing diplomatic efforts fail to end a stalemate and prompt the European Union to stop importing oil and petroleum products from Iran.
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 06, 2012 - Significant advances in the application of colloidal structures as light emitters and lasers may soon be realized following the discovery of very fast fluorescence emission rates in colloidal nanopl
Washington (UPI) Jan 6, 2012 - Iran's saber rattling is far from over as it scheduled new naval exercises near the Strait of Hormuz, a major choke point for the world's oil tankers.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 6, 2012 - Imminent international sanctions on Iranian oil exports aimed at pushing Tehran into giving up its nuclear programme have left resource-poor Japan searching for alternative supplies, officials said Friday.
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Jan 6, 2012 - Lebanon has raised the stakes in the high-octane poker game under way in the natural gas-rich eastern Mediterranean by approving a law to administer offshore exploration and drilling, joining Israel, Cyprus and Turkey in a potentially explosive race for energy riches.
Raleigh NC (SPX) Jan 06, 2012 - Researchers from North Carolina State University and West Virginia University have developed a new technology that can reduce air pollutant emissions from some chicken and swine barns, and also redu
Edmonton, Alberta (UPI) Jan 6, 2012 - Five major oil companies have publicly expressed support for Enbridge's controversial $6.6 billion Northern Gateway pipeline.
Seoul (AFP) Jan 6, 2012 - South Korea will seek an exemption from new US sanctions that will further restrict Iran's crucial crude oil exports, a senior Seoul official said Friday.
Perth, Scotland (UPI) Jan 6, 2012 - The Scottish renewable energy firm SSE says its rapid expansion of onshore wind farms has resulted in its surpassing the 1-gigawatt installed capacity mark.
Stuttgart, Germany (SPX) Jan 06, 2012 - Working under the open sky - it sounds enticing, but it's seldom really a practical option. Now, a dynamic luminous ceiling brings the sky into office spaces by creating the effect of passing clouds
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2012 - Biotechnology companies researching and developing advanced biofuels can help diversify the military's energy supply and advance U.S. national and energy security objectives. The Biotechnology Indus
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 05, 2012 - The bio-based chemicals and materials industry, carefully nurtured from labs to factories, has reached a tipping point and capacity will double in market potential to $19.7 billion in 2016, as its g
Beijing (UPI) Jan 5, 2012 - China has launched its largest intertidal wind farm.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jan 5, 2012 - Europe's move toward banning Iranian oil imports, vital to Iran's besieged economy, has sharpened tensions in the Persian Gulf, where Tehran has threatened to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz if new sanctions are imposed.
Berlin (AFP) Jan 5, 2012 - Germany's electricity suppliers sought Thursday to allay fears over the country's network after it emerged Europe's top economy imported power from neighbouring Austria last month to stabilise the system.
Tehran (AFP) Jan 5, 2012 - Iran said on Thursday it was not concerned about an imminent EU ban on its oil, saying it would endure the extra sanctions even though they amounted to an economic war.
