Washington (AFP) June 26, 2011 - The United States is seeing a natural gas boom thanks to discoveries of abundant shale gas, but also a groundswell of opposition from critics who say the environmental risks from drilling are too great.
Chongqing, China (AFP) June 26, 2011 - A forest of buildings and cranes rises through thick fog above roads jammed with cars in a Chinese city the size of Austria and home to more than 32 million people.
Manila (AFP) June 26, 2011 - State-of-the-art US missile destroyers will join ageing Philippine warships for naval exercises this week in a timely show of unity as tensions with China escalate over a maritime dispute.
Washington (AFP) June 26, 2011 - With a January deadline looming on a US law mandating energy efficiency standards for lightbulbs, some political forces don't want to turn out the lights.
Honolulu, Hawaii (AFP) June 25, 2011 - The United States on Saturday called for China to lower tensions in the South China Sea through dialogue as the Pacific powers held first-of-a-kind talks on friction in Southeast Asia.
Le Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 24, 2011 - Reducing fuel consumption, carbon emissions and community noise are the focus as Boeing (NYSE: BA) and American Airlines (NYSE: AMR) announced that the airline will be the launch customer for the ev
Brussels (UPI) Jun 24, 2011 - EU leaders this week unveiled an energy efficiency directive designed to reduce consumption by 20 percent but postponed making it binding.
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jun 24, 2011 - University of Minnesota engineering researchers in the College of Science and Engineering have recently discovered a new alloy material that converts heat directly into electricity. This revolutiona
Washington (UPI) Jun 24, 2011 - A decision by the United States to release millions of barrels of oil from its strategic reserves in coordination with the International Energy Agency could signal a new era in oil pricing, experts say.
Juba, Sudan (UPI) Jun 24, 2011 - President Omar al-Bashir's threat to block oil pipelines in southern Sudan, due to become independent July 9, unless it shares its oil wealth with the Khartoum regime has heightened fears of renewed conflict in a country that has rarely known peace since 1955.
Washington (AFP) June 24, 2011 - The United States said Friday it was monitoring Venezuela's ties to Iran and no option is off the table for potential sanctions against President Hugo Chavez's government in Caracas.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 24, 2011 - Barbara Lenz is the only woman to head one of the 34 research institutes and facilities of the German Aerospace Center. She is also the only female professor of Transport Geography in Germany, holdi
Baghdad (AFP) June 23, 2011 - Large volumes of diesel fuel destined for Iraq's power stations are stolen each month by transportation contractors in cahoots with electricity ministry officials, an inspector said on Thursday.
Baghdad (AFP) June 23, 2011 - Iraq's government said Thursday it was raising salaries at its southern oil terminals, following threats of a strike that would paralyse oil exports.
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Jun 23, 2011 - A University of Alberta researcher has co-written an extensive study of the caribou population in the Fort McMurray oilsands region that show the animals' survival isn't as threatened as was perceiv
Washington (AFP) June 23, 2011 - The Philippines said Thursday it hoped to lease naval equipment from the United States, calling for a reset in the two nations' alliance in the face of rising friction at sea with China.
