Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Dec 29, 2011 - Eight American communities will receive free neighborhood design consultation in 2012 from Global Green USA with the help of a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Building Blocks
College Park, Md. (UPI) Dec 29, 2011 - Americans should be thankful that the values that define the United States - personal liberty and individual pursuit of happiness - are increasingly embraced around the globe.
Tehran (AFP) Dec 29, 2011 - A US aircraft carrier entered a zone near the Strait of Hormuz being used by the Iranian navy for wargames, an Iranian official said Thursday amid rising tensions over the key oil-transit channel.
Kabul (AFP) Dec 28, 2011 - Afghanistan on Wednesday signed an oil deal with China which could earn the war-torn country $7 billion over 25 years.
Bogota (AFP) Dec 28, 2011 - The death toll from a huge pipeline explosion in western Colombia last week has risen to 18, officials said Wednesday after five people hurt in the blast succumbed to their injuries.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Dec 28, 2011 - Tensions in the Persian Gulf escalated after Iran threatened to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which 15 million barrels of tanker-borne oil flows every day, if the West imposes new sanctions to throttle Tehran's oil exports.
Calgary, Canada (SPX) Dec 28, 2011 - Alberta's oilsands have water challenges. Oilsands development uses a vast amount of water and even though it's recycled multiple times, the recycling concentrates the toxins and metals leftover fro
Ankara, Turkey (UPI) Dec 28, 2011 - Turkey and Azerbaijan this week signed an agreement for a new Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline stretching from Turkey's eastern to western borders.
Washington (AFP) Dec 28, 2011 - US prosecutors are readying criminal charges against British oil giant BP employees over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident that led to the catastrophic Gulf oil spill, The Wall Street Journal reported online late Wednesday.
Tehran (AFP) Dec 28, 2011 - The United States warned Iran on Wednesday that any move to block shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most important oil transit channel, will not be tolerated.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2011 - China's Shenhua Group will build the largest coal-fired power station in Asia over the next five years, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday, as the country struggles to meet its energy needs.
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 27, 2011 - India said Tuesday it would reject any global pact legally binding it to cut greenhouse gas emissions as such a move could stifle economic growth needed to eradicate poverty.
Washington (UPI) Dec 27, 2011 - Iranian naval forces over the weekend reportedly warned off a foreign helicopter near the area where it is conducting large-scale exercises in the Persian Gulf.
Tehran (AFP) Dec 27, 2011 - No oil will be permitted to pass through the key oil transit Strait of Hormuz if the West applies sanctions on Iran's oil exports, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi warned on Tuesday.
Lagos (AFP) Dec 27, 2011 - An environmental group said Tuesday that an oil slick had approached Nigeria's coastline after a major Shell spill last week, but the company insisted that its spill had been largely dispersed.
Brasilia, Brazil (SPX) Dec 27, 2011 - The Brazilian National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) held the A-5 Power Generation Auction on December 20, resulting in 42 new electricity generation projects with a total installed capacity of 1,2
