Champaign IL (SPX) Dec 14, 2010 - The Obama administration's decision to maintain a ban on oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts is a mistake, according to a University of Illinois expert
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2010 - Since 1990, the consumption of electricity in Germany has risen by about one third. Despite more efficient household appliances - for example, refrigerators, energy-saving light bulbs and computers,
Beijing (UPI) Dec 13, 2010 - Chinese oil giant China Petrochemical Corp., or Sinopec, agreed to buy all of Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s assets in Argentina for $2.45 billion, the company said.
London (UPI) Dec 13, 2010 - General Electric has agreed to spend $1.3 billion to purchase Wellstream Holdings, a British subsea pipeline manufacturer active in Brazil.
Burnsville MN (SPX) Dec 13, 2010 - Greenbelt Resources has announced that the Diversified Ethanol Corporation (wholly-owned subsidiary) pilot plant for mid-scale ethanol production is in full operation and conducting feedstock conver
Quito, Ecuador (UPI) Dec 13, 2010 - OPEC nations kept crude oil production in check to ensure prices remained strong, a strategy that was in evidence as markets edged upward in response to the producer group's weekend talks in Ecuador.
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Dec 13, 2010 - The subsidiary of energy and environmental technology group Opcon, Opcon Bioenergy, has received an order for a waste heat recovery facility in Meerhoven, Holland. The order is for SRE's flue gas co
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 13, 2010 - The development of biofuels has increased exponentially over the past decade, and will continue to do so as many countries seek to move away from dependence on fossil fuels. However, increasing use
San Marino CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2010 - Viral Genetics has launched a subsidiary called VG Energy, Inc. The new entity is majority-owned by Viral Genetics and its current shareholders, and was formed to market the company's biofuel tech
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Dec 13, 2010 - In partnership with Schmidt and Swedavia, the Volvo Group is participating in a field test to trial the world's first biogas-fueled snow sweeper. The vehicle is equipped with two nine-liter Volvo en
San Francisco (AFP) Dec 12, 2010 - IBM is helping cities worldwide get smarter about using resources in ways that are good for the Earth as well as local budgets.
Lagos (AFP) Dec 12, 2010 - Nigeria's military said Sunday it had taken control of eight camps belonging to a notorious militant leader in southern Rivers State in the latest clampdown on unrest in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 11, 2010 - Two Japanese politicians briefly set foot on one of the islands at the centre of a bitter territorial dispute between Beijing and Tokyo, local media reported on Saturday.
Kristianstad, Sweden (UPI) Dec 11, 2010 - Powered by food waste, manure and cooking oil, a Swedish city has drastically cut its fossil fuel consumption.
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Dec 10, 2010 - The increased requirements on efficient production of clean energy have introduced the necessity to develop new power plant concepts. The basic functionality of the new ideas is tested in small scal
London (AFP) Dec 10, 2010 - British energy giant BP said Friday it was delaying the start of deep-water exploration drilling off the Libyan coast until next year.
