Quito (AFP) Jan 3, 2012 - A court in Ecuador on Tuesday fully upheld a 2011 ruling requiring US oil giant Chevron to pay $9.5 billion for environmental damage in the Amazon rainforest.
Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 03, 2012 - In order to manage wind generation in its real-time and day-ahead markets, the system operator for the New England area of the U.S., ISO New England Inc., has awarded GL Garrad Hassan a two-year con
Tehran (AFP) Jan 3, 2012 - A threat by Iran to unleash the full force of its navy if a US aircraft carrier is redeployed to the Gulf, and an immediate American dismissal of the warning, sent tensions and oil prices soaring on Tuesday.
Tehran (AFP) Jan 3, 2012 - Iran's military on Tuesday warned one of the US navy's biggest aircraft carriers to keep away from the Gulf, in an escalating showdown over Tehran's nuclear drive that could pitch into armed confrontation.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 3, 2012 - Four Japanese citizens, including municipal politicians, landed on disputed islands in the East China Sea on Tuesday, drawing an official protest from Beijing.
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 03, 2012 - Though Europe is working to diminish Russia's influence in the region, the planned Nabucco pipeline is more about the commodity market than geopolitical dynamics, a project director said.
Washington (AFP) Jan 3, 2012 - A series of small earthquakes has prompted Ohio to suspend operations at a well used to dispose of waste water from fracking, a controversial technology to extract oil and gas from shale, officials said Tuesday.
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2012 - Because of their capability to save energy and to improve the efficiency of electrical grids, power utilities are expected to rapidly adopt smart electricity meters, causing global shipments to trip
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2012 - Because of their capability to save energy and to improve the efficiency of electrical grids, power utilities are expected to rapidly adopt smart electricity meters, causing global shipments to trip
Tehran (AFP) Dec 31, 2011 - Iran on Saturday kept tensions simmering over its threat to close the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers by readying war game missile tests near the entrance to the Gulf.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2011 - A Chinese court has agreed to hear a lawsuit brought against US firm ConocoPhillips by a group of fishermen over an oil spill, state media said Friday.
Tehran (AFP) Dec 30, 2011 - A showdown between Iran and the United States over Tehran's threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers worsened Thursday with warships from each side giving weight to an increasingly bellicose exchange of words.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Dec 30, 2011 - Iran's threat to close the choke point Strait of Hormuz, a strategic oil artery at the southern end of the Persian Gulf, is spooking global oil markets.
Moscow (UPI) Dec 30, 2011 - Turkey this week gave a boost to plans by Russia's Gazprom by issuing permits for its South Stream natural gas pipeline to be built under Turkish territorial waters.
Washington (UPI) Dec 30, 2011 - A coalition of U.S. manufacturers of utility scale wind turbine towers is calling for stiff tariffs on towers coming into the U.S. market from China and Vietnam.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 29, 2011 - Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have announced a major breakthrough in engineering systems of RNA molecules through computer-assisted design,
