Tokyo (AFP) Nov 11, 2010 - Tokyo will send around 100 soldiers to a remote Japanese island in the East China Sea, a report said Thursday, amid growing anxiety over China's naval activities.
Upton NY (SPX) Nov 11, 2010 - Stop-and-go driving can wear on your nerves, but it really does a number on the precious platinum that drives reactions in automotive fuel cells. Before large fleets of fuel-cell-powered vehicles ca
Berlin (UPI) Nov 11, 2010 - Russia launched the South Stream pipeline not for energy reasons but to pull Ukraine eastward, a strategy that could spark a Cold War-like conflict between Europe and Russia, former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has warned.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2010 - OriginOil has announced that it has succeeded in producing hydrogen from the power of the sun at a level comparable to solar photovoltaics. The research breakthrough points to a highly scalable and
Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Nov 11, 2010 - Global moves toward saving on electricity consumption costs mean an increase in universal adoption of smart grid automation may lead to spending of more than $46 billion worldwide.
Brussels (UPI) Nov 11, 2010 - European plans to switch to biofuels would result in more greenhouse gas emission, not less, an independent analysis of European Union 2020 energy targets says.
Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) Nov 11, 2010 - British defense cuts have fueled a furious debate over the security of the Falkland Islands, target of an unsuccessful takeover bid by Argentina in 1982 and still claimed by Buenos Aires as Argentine territory.
London (AFP) Nov 10, 2010 - Britain's decision to axe its fleet of Harrier jets and flagship aircraft carrier will leave the Falkland Islands open to attack from Argentina, a group of former commanders claimed Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) Nov 10, 2010 - A final cap sealing BP's catastrophic Macondo well is emblazoned with an 11-point star to honor the workers who lost their lives when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, officials said Wednesday.
Brussels (AFP) Nov 10, 2010 - The European Union's energy chief Wednesday unveiled an ambitious 10-year trillion-euro energy investment plan for a single EU energy network to cut fossil fuel imports and fight climate change.
Berlin (UPI) Nov 10, 2010 - Europe's top energy official Wednesday unveiled a strategy to spend about $1.4 trillion over the next decade on a common EU energy network to help blaze a trail into the new energy age.
Berlin (UPI) Nov 10, 2010 - Europe's top energy official Wednesday unveiled a strategy to spend about $1.4 trillion over the next decade on a common EU energy network to help blaze a trail into the new energy age.
Washington (AFP) Nov 10, 2010 - Freezing conditions, chunky ice and high seas could imperil operations to clean up an oil spill in the Arctic where the fragile ecosystem is already in tumult due to global warming, a US environmental group said Wednesday.
Cleveland, Ohio (AFP) Nov 10, 2010 - President Barack Obama has put the government's weight and dollars behind a push for green jobs, but in the US heartland there are doubts his drive can revive manufacturing's glory days.
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 10, 2010 - A Japan coastguard employee has admitted leaking a video on sharing website YouTube showing a high-seas collision near disputed islands that sparked a row with China, officials said Wednesday.
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 10, 2010 - A Japan coastguard employee admitted to leaking a video on sharing website YouTube showing a tense maritime incident that sparked a row with China, public broadcaster NHK said Wednesday.
