Washington (AFP) March 10, 2011 - US President Barack Obama's Republican foes on Thursday blamed his energy policies and efforts to combat climate change for soaring oil and gasoline prices and called for boosting domestic production.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2011 - California is showing the way for the rest of the nation in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, having set an ambitious goal to reduce these emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by the
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Mar 9, 2011 - There are growing concerns that Iran is seeking to exploit the political turmoil swirling through the Arab world.
Durham, N.C (SPX) Mar 09, 2011 - Our greatest competition isn't inside North Carolina. Our biggest competitors aren't the companies and states in the South, or the East or West Coasts. Our competition is global, and that's true wh
Tokyo (UPI) Mar 9, 2011 - Tensions rose between China and its China Sea neighbors Japan and the Philippines after Chinese aircraft and patrol boats harassed the other countries' military and exploration vessels.
Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) Mar 9, 2011 - British and Falkland Islands governments are considering a multimillion-dollar plan to resume clearance of land mines from the 1982 conflict with Argentina.
Los Angeles (AFP) March 9, 2011 - A US film company is to make a movie about last year's oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, based on a New York Times article about events leading up to the explosion.
Richland WA (SPX) Mar 08, 2011 - Future batteries used by the energy grid to store power from the wind and sun must be reliable, durable and safe, but affordability is really the key to widespread deployment, according to a new rep
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 08, 2011 - In the quest for inexpensive biofuels, cellulose proved no match for a bioprocessing strategy and genetically engineered microbe developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Scie
Beijing (AFP) March 8, 2011 - China on Tuesday reiterated its claim over disputed islands in the South China Sea after the Philippines and Vietnam protested to Beijing over its naval activity in contested waters.
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Mar 8, 2011 - Energy giant GE has set sights on acquiring new business in Brazil's subsea drilling for oil and natural gas with its $1.3 billion acquisition of Wellstream, a producer of deep-water exploration and production equipment.
Singapore (AFP) March 8, 2011 - Finnish firm Neste Oil opened the world's biggest renewable diesel plant in Singapore on Tuesday, taking advantage of massive palm oil production in nearby Malaysia and Indonesia.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) March 8, 2011 - Activists who blame the palm oil industry for damaging Malaysia's environment have contributed to a drop in exports to the major European Union market, a minister said Tuesday.
Seoul (AFP) March 8, 2011 - North Korea is hoping to sell UN-backed carbon credits from hydropower plants now being built, an aid group said Tuesday, as the isolated communist state struggles to secure more sources of hard cash.
Washington (AFP) March 8, 2011 - The United States, taking the helm of the APEC forum, hopes to spur green growth in the Asia-Pacific region by knocking down trade barriers on environmental goods, a senior official said.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2011 - Two types of raw materials are currently used for biorefining and biofuel production: carbohydrates and lipids. Biofuels like ethanol are derived from carbohydrate raw materials such as sugars and l
