Tokyo (AFP) April 20, 2011 - The president of Japanese telecom giant Softbank will set up an advisory group on the use of natural energy sources following Japan's nuclear plant crisis, press reports said Wednesday.
Venice, Louisiana (AFP) April 19, 2011 - The calls for more documents came day and night to the seafood dock just up the road from one of BP's main staging areas in its fight against the Gulf oil spill.
Livermore CA (SPX) Apr 19, 2011 - A new computational study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals how hydrocarbons may be formed from methane in deep Earth at extreme pressures and temperatures.
Tokyo (AFP) April 19, 2011 - An independent Japanese judicial panel on Monday ruled that the captain of a Chinese trawler that collided with two Japan coastguard ships should be indicted, a report said.
Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 19, 2011 - In tests of four different types of new refrigerators, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers found that ice makers increased rated energy consumption by 12 to 20 percent.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 19, 2011 - Around 20 percent of trucks on German roads are traveling empty, at a huge cost to the transportation companies concerned. Also from an ecological and traffic-management standpoint, it would be bett
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 19, 2011 - Brazilians are world leaders in using biofuels for gasoline. About a quarter of their automobile fuel consumption comes from sugarcane, which significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissions that othe
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Apr 18, 2011 - Australia's greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, rising 0.5 percent last year, a new government report indicates.
Washington (AFP) April 18, 2011 - Google and the subsidiaries of two Japanese companies are investing $500 million in a wind farm being built in the northwestern US state of Oregon.
Washington (AFP) April 18, 2011 - The United States cannot rule out another oil disaster in its waters, the official who led the response to last year's Gulf of Mexico spill told AFP, as the country marks one year since the tragedy.
Washington (AFP) April 18, 2011 - Google and the subsidiaries of two Japanese companies are investing $500 million in a wind farm being built in the northwestern US state of Oregon.
Washington (AFP) April 18, 2011 - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called on a new offshore safety committee Monday to spur cooperation between the government and oil industry to avoid a repeat of last year's Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Apr 18, 2011 - Chlorine is an abundant and readily available halogen gas commonly associated with the sanitation of swimming pools and drinking water. Could a one-atom thick sheet of this element revolutionize the
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) April 16, 2011 - The worst maritime oil spill in history began nearly a year ago with a drop in pressure in a poorly drilled well deep in the Gulf of Mexico. It hasn't really ended even though BP's runaway well was eventually capped 87 days later.
Raceland, Louisiana (AFP) April 16, 2011 - Jamie Simon worked on a barge in the oily waters for six months following the BP spill last year, cooking for the cleanup workers, washing their clothes and tidying up after them.
Washington, Usa (AFP) April 16, 2011 - The oil cartel OPEC forecast on Saturday negative growth in Japan this year after the March 11 earthquake disaster, but IMF economists said all depends on the restoration of power supplies.
