Wellington (AFP) Aug 19, 2011 - The crew of an oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year causing one of the worst oil spills in US history ignored warning signs a disaster was imminent, an investigator said Friday.
Hanoi, Vietnam (UPI) Aug 19, 2011 - The Vietnamese government warned demonstrators in Hanoi to end their weekly protests against China's territorial claims in the South China Sea or face police action.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Aug 19, 2011 - Amid a welter of international intrigue and big-stick diplomacy, Iran has been dodging international sanctions again.
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Aug 18, 2011 - China's first aircraft carrier just completed sea trials, a pointer toward Beijing's growing naval power that's making waves in the Far East that are rippling through the Middle East.
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Aug 18, 2011 - A novel microscopy method at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is helping scientists probe the reactions that limit widespread deployment of fuel cell technologies. ORNL
Manila (AFP) Aug 18, 2011 - Philippine President Benigno Aquino will visit China this month in an effort to deepen trade ties despite an increasingly bitter row over rival claims to the South China Sea, officials said Thursday.
Cape Town (AFP) Aug 18, 2011 - South Africa's mining minister on Thursday said no decision will be made on controversial shale gas prospecting until next year with an existing moratorium extended by six months.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 18, 2011 - A team of researchers at the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) have pinpointed the exact, single gene that controls ethanol production capacity in a microorganism. This discover
Washington (UPI) Aug 18, 2011 - The word diesel conjures up images of soot-covered semis and rattling school buses belching down the road but while these vehicles are the main consumers of diesel, they don't present the modern picture of the fuel in regards to passenger cars.
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Aug 17, 2011 - Australia will introduce a carbon price in Parliament next month and it is expected to become a law by the end of the year, the federal government said Wednesday.
Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2011 - A Chinese lawyer is suing a state-owned energy giant and its US partner over a huge oil spill off China's northeast coast, amid public anger over the resulting pollution, state media said Wednesday.
Dublin, Ireland (UPI) Aug 17, 2011 - Chinese wind turbine maker XEMC Group has forged a strategic partnership with Irish renewables firm Gaelectric Holdings, the companies announced this week.
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Aug 17, 2011 - The U.S. company that found Israel's rich offshore natural gas fields is pushing to build a $5 billion liquefied natural gas export plant there or on nearby Cyprus to develop its significant eastern Mediterranean gas resources.
Abuja (AFP) Aug 17, 2011 - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday created a special body to review UN findings on extensive oil pollution in the Ogoniland region and propose remedies, a statement said.
Kuwait City (AFP) Aug 16, 2011 - An Iraqi technical delegation has held talks in Kuwait over a seaport Baghdad claims would strangle its narrow shipping lanes in the Gulf, the Kuwaiti foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
London (AFP) Aug 16, 2011 - Shell said Tuesday that two barrels of oil per day were still spilling into the North Sea from its Gannet Alpha platform through a second leak, despite having brought most of it under control.
