London (AFP) Nov 30, 2010 - British energy giant BP has welcomed key progress in its plan controversially to extract oil from Canadian sands, with a company spokesman on Tuesday describing the step as a significant milestone.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 30, 2010 - The U.S. military's interest in secure domestic sources of renewable biofuels and biofuels producers' search for commercial value streams in renewable chemicals and biobased products will be the top
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 30, 2010 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - with its many millions of inhabitants - is taking another step towards sustainable development. The city's mayor, Gilberto Kassab, announced yesterday (25 November) that Scania e
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 30, 2010 - The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), the trade association for the support and expansion of geothermal energy, has launched the Geothermal Web, a new program that features companies and individu
Berlin (UPI) Nov 30, 2010 - Germany is facing an unprecedented overhaul of its power grid, a new study suggests.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 30, 2010 - At a joint press conference, Lufthansa Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber, with Peter Hinze, Parliamentary State Secretary and Government Aerospace Coordinator, and Professor Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wo
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 30, 2010 - The Brazilian experience spanning nearly four decades with large-scale production and use of sugarcane ethanol will be presented in a variety of formats by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Associati
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 30, 2010 - Verenium has announced an agreement with Desmet Ballestra Group to jointly market the Purifine enzymatic degumming process, which combines Verenium's Purifine PLC enzyme and Desmet Ballestra's engin
Naperville IL (SPX) Nov 30, 2010 - Broadwind Energy has announced that its Tower Tech Systems subsidiary was selected as the supplier of wind towers for the Glacier Hills Wind Park project. The Glacier Hills Wind Park is locate
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 30, 2010 - 20-20-20. The European Union's energy and climate policies have revolved around these figures for years. By the year 2020, 20 percent of our energy will come from renewable sources, reducing greenho
Amherst MA (SPX) Nov 29, 2010 - A team of University of Massachusetts Amherst chemical engineers report in Science that they have developed a way to produce high-volume chemical feedstocks including benzene, toluene, xylenes and o
Buenos Aires (UPI) Nov 29, 2010 - Argentina secured a wider Latin American agreement to blockade the British-ruled Falkland Islands as part of its campaign to advance its claim of sovereignty over the South Atlantic territory.
London (UPI) Nov 29, 2010 - BP said it's selling its $7 billion stake in an Argentinian energy company as the European oil giant is eager to off load some $30 billion in assets by the end of next year.
London (AFP) Nov 29, 2010 - BP said Sunday it has agreed to sell its 60 percent stake in Pan American Energy to Argentina-based oil and gas firm Bridas Corporation, as part of asset sales to pay for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 29, 2010 - Two Chinese fishery patrol boats were spotted on Sunday off islands at the centre of a bitter dispute between Beijing and Tokyo, Japan's coastguard said.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 29, 2010 - In the developing world, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is often seen as being in conflict with alleviating poverty, since improving the standard of living is usually associated with increased en
