Santiago, Chile (UPI) Oct 7, 2010 - A new natural gas discovery in Chile's extreme south raised prospects of a bigger find on the Tierra del Fuego island in the Magallanes region, state-run oil and gas company Empresa Nacional del Petroleo S.A. announced.
Brussels (AFP) Oct 7, 2010 - The European parliament rejected Thursday calls to ban deepwater drilling in Europe's waters after a giant US Gulf oil spill, although Scottish lawmakers fear a hollow victory.
Dhar Saadane, Morocco (AFP) Oct 7, 2010 - Water, sun and wind: Morocco has launched an ambitious programme to harness the elements to produce green electricity to reduce its dependence on energy imports.
Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada (AFP) Oct 7, 2010 - Natural gas was only discovered beneath the shores of Canada's scenic Saint Lawrence seaway two years ago, but already locals fear a gold rush by energy companies thirsting to drill.
Hanoi (AFP) Oct 7, 2010 - Vietnam's call for China to release a captured fishing boat and nine crewmen points to Beijing's contradictory policies on maritime disputes, analysts said Thursday ahead of key regional security talks.
Washington (AFP) Oct 7, 2010 - The White House Thursday rejected a preliminary report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill which charged the government hid worst-case estimates and was incompetent in dealing with the disaster.
Madison WI (SPX) Oct 06, 2010 - Ambitious plans to expand acreage of bioenergy crops could have a major impact on birds in the Upper Midwest, according to a study published in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Combining data from bird surveys and land usage, two University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers calculated changes in the number of bird species after widespread planting of bioenergy crops.
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 6, 2010 - Japan on Wednesday said two Chinese fisheries patrol boats have withdrawn from waters near a disputed island chain that is at the centre of the worst diplomatic row in years between the Asian giants.
Corvallis OR (SPX) Oct 06, 2010 - Faster development of the promising field of cellulosic biofuels - the renewable energy produced from grasses and trees - is being significantly hampered by a deep and thorny regulatory thicket that makes almost impossible the use of advanced gene modification methods, researchers say.
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 06, 2010 - New research by Rice University scientists suggests that a class of material known as metallacarborane could store hydrogen at or better than benchmarks set by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Program for 2015.
Baghdad (UPI) Oct 6, 2010 - Iraq's sharp upward revision of its oil reserves to 143.1 billion barrels, and the prospect that there's much more to come, has cemented the country's status as a long-term energy producer when researchers say global oil output is set to decline.
Oslo (AFP) Oct 6, 2010 - Norwegian oil firm DNO, among the first foreign firms authorised to operate in Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein, said on Wednesday it had been ordered by a London court to pay damages to a former business partner.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 06, 2010 - Scientists have identified a way that the United States could immediately save the energy equivalent of about 350 million barrels of oil a year - without spending a penny or putting a ding in the quality of life: Just stop wasting food.
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Oct 6, 2010 - Abu Dhabi's planned Masdar City, which is to be the world's first powered solely by renewable energy, now has residents -- students at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology.
Washington (AFP) Oct 6, 2010 - President Barack Obama's administration initially underestimated the size of the BP oil spill, weakening public trust in the government, a report to an investigatory commission said Wednesday.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2010 - The Algal Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the U.S. algae industry, has praised the U.S. House of Representatives for passing H.R. 4168, the Algae-based Renewable Fuel Promotion Act.
