Inhotim, Brazil (AFP) Aug 26, 2011 - Brazil, South Africa, India and China called Friday on industrialized nations to step up their commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a key UN climate summit later this year.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 26, 2011 - Japan's parliament enacted two key bills on Friday, clearing the way for the promised departure of embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 26, 2011 - Cornstalks, wheat straw, and other rough, fibrous, harvest-time leftovers may soon be less expensive to convert into cellulosic ethanol, thanks to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists' s
West Lafayette, IN (SPX) Aug 26, 2011 - A new tool developed by nuclear engineers at Purdue University will be hitched to an experimental fusion reactor at Princeton University to learn precisely what happens when extremely hot plasmas to
New York (AFP) Aug 26, 2011 - Oil prices rose slightly Friday on little industry news and a noncommittal speech on the US economic outlook from central bank chief Ben Bernanke, as a huge hurricane barreled toward the US east coast.
Hachimantai, Japan (AFP) Aug 26, 2011 - The forces that make Japan one of the world's most quake-prone and volcanic countries, and sparked a nuclear disaster, could become part of its long-term energy solution, experts say.
Geneva, Switzerland (UPI) Aug 26, 2011 - Switzerland's status as cleantech industry leader is coming under the microscope as the country prepares to host a major forum on Europe's green energy future.
Brasilia, Brazil (SPX) Aug 26, 2011 - The President and CEO of Brazil's Energy Research Company (EPE), Mauricio Tolmasquim, has announced that for the first time ever in Brazil, wind power prices are less expensive than natural gas pric
Beijing (AFP) Aug 25, 2011 - China defended the actions of two patrol boats near disputed Japanese-administered islands in the East China Sea, state media reported late Wednesday, saying the vessels were protecting Chinese fisherman.
Madison WI (SPX) Aug 25, 2011 - If the vision of Tom Krupenkin and J. Ashley Taylor comes to fruition, one day soon your cellphone - or just about any other portable electronic device - could be powered by simply taking a walk.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 25, 2011 - Japan on Thursday protested to Beijing a second time over the entry of two Chinese fishery patrol boats into waters near disputed Japanese-administered islands, the foreign ministry said.
Rabat (AFP) Aug 25, 2011 - Barbary fig oil, celebrated as an effective anti-ageing skin potion, is following argan oil as a great new cosmetic export from Morocco.
Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Aug 25, 2011 - U.S., European and Asian companies are scrambling to get back into Libya to grab a slice of its oil wealth, even though Moammar Gadhafi's diehard loyalists refuse to submit to seemingly triumphant rebel forces.
Hanoi (AFP) Aug 25, 2011 - Vietnam was set Thursday to free the remaining three anti-China protesters in detention since a weekend crackdown on their rally in Hanoi, an official said.
Beijing (AFP) Aug 24, 2011 - China has asked the United Nations to lead post-war reconstruction in Libya, urging a smooth political transition in the North African state after rebels overran Moamer Kadhafi's Tripoli compound.
Shanghai (AFP) Aug 24, 2011 - Chinese oil giant CNOOC said Wednesday it has cut its 2011 oil production target by as much as 6.8 percent after an oil spill off China's northeastern coast.
