Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Jun 23, 2011 - Saudi Arabia's defeat by Iran over oil production levels at OPEC's June 8 meeting caused considerable dismay among consumer nations and hinted that Riyadh's dominance of the cartel was in doubt.
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 23, 2011 - Using barium oxide nanoparticles, researchers have developed a self-cleaning technique that could allow solid oxide fuel cells to be powered directly by coal gas at operating temperatures as low as
Hanoi (AFP) June 23, 2011 - Vietnam and the United States are to hold joint naval activities next month but they were long-planned and are unconnected to regional tensions in the South China Sea, the US Navy said Thursday.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2011 - The future of energy-efficient lighting, many experts will tell you, is the solid-state LED (light-emitting diode). You have already begun to see these tiny, bead-like lights in special applications
Manila, Philippines (UPI) Jun 22, 2011 - Asian nations must take radical steps to invest in renewable energy and increase energy efficiency amid a looming crisis, an Asian Development Bank official said.
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 22, 2011 - The Boeing 747-8 Freighter landed at Paris Le Bourget Airport at 5:35 p.m. local time after completing the first transatlantic flight of a large commercial airplane powered on all engines by a susta
Beijing (AFP) June 22, 2011 - China on Wednesday warned the United States to stay out of the deepening territorial spat in the South China Sea and accused other countries in the region of provocation, a report said.
The Hague (AFP) June 22, 2011 - Dutch airline KLM announced Wednesday that it will use a biofuel generated from used cooking oil to power more than 200 commercial flights between Paris and Amsterdam starting in September.
Lebien, Poland (UPI) Jun 22, 2011 - The prospects for shale natural gas production in Poland took a positive step this week when a British firm said it completed the country's first horizontal gas well.
Beijing (AFP) June 21, 2011 - China insisted Tuesday it was quite reasonable for it to host Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for genocide and war crimes and is unwelcome in most of the world.
Montreal (AFP) June 21, 2011 - Canadian energy giant Encana said Tuesday it has ended talks with China's state-owned PetroChina on a joint venture to develop a major shale gas project.
Tartu, Estonia (UPI) Jun 21, 2011 - Regional cooperation between the Baltic states on energy security and other issues is deepening, the presidents of Lithuania and Estonia say.
Manila (AFP) June 21, 2011 - The air in most Asian cities is getting more polluted and the rivers filthier, but experts say there are many reasons to believe in a green vision for the region as urbanisation powers ahead.
Coral Gables, FL (SPX) Jun 21, 2011 - University of Miami professor at the College of Engineering, Jizhou Song, has helped design an light-emitting diode (LED) light that uses an array of LEDs 100 times smaller than conventional LEDs.
Ames IA (SPX) Jun 21, 2011 - Laura Jarboe pointed to a collection of test tubes in her Iowa State University laboratory. Some of the tubes looked like they were holding very weak coffee. That meant microorganisms - in this case
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 21, 2011 - Various biofuels, first hailed as a way to a sustainable energy supply, have since fallen out of favor because of the overall negative impact they have on the environment, mainly due to the producti
