Tokyo (AFP) Aug 8, 2010 - Japan is seeking to export low-carbon technology and equipment to nine mostly Asian countries in exchange for right-to-pollute credits, a press report said Sunday.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Aug 6, 2010 - BP shrugged off a potential public relations hit Friday when the energy giant said it may drill a new well in the Gulf of Mexico reservoir which fed one of the world's worst oil spills.
Fredericton, New Brunswick (UPI) Aug 6, 2010 - Energy companies in Canada's Maritime Provinces say they are studying ways for their customers to help them utilize wind energy more efficiently.
Beijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2010 - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang met Iran's oil minister in Beijing on Friday, pledging continued cooperation with Tehran to protect global security, state television reported.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Aug 6, 2010 - As BP works to finally kill its runaway well and anxious coastal residents breathe a sigh of relief, experts warn it could take years -- or even decades -- for the Gulf of Mexico to recover.
Johannesburg, South Africa (UPI) Aug 6, 2010 - Since the global recession began two years ago, concerns have been expressed about management compensation of financially strapped companies.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Aug 5, 2010 - BP plugged its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico with cement Thursday, one of the final steps in permanently sealing the gusher at the center of the worst US environmental disaster on record.
College Station TX (SPX) Aug 05, 2010 - Whether we can grow bio-energy crops such as switchgrass and forage sorghum isn't the question, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist. The question is, where's the nitrogen going to come from to grow these crops and how much is it going to add to the cost of the end product, said Dr. Gerald Smith, AgriLife Research legume breeder based in Overton.
College Park MD (SPX) Aug 05, 2010 - Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa say that the Leeward side of Hawaiian Islands may be ideal for future ocean-based renewable energy plants that would use seawater from the oceans' depths to drive massive heat engines and produce steady amounts of renewable energy.
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Aug 05, 2010 - Xcel Energy has released preliminary results from its wind-to-battery storage project in Minnesota, and the bottom line is the technology works.
Garden Grove, Calif. (UPI) Aug 5, 2010 - Demand for ecologically friendly polyurethane made from soybean oil is on the increase as consumers respond to its green credentials.
Moscow (UPI) Aug 5, 2010 - The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline, first proposed in 1995, is back on the drawing boards.
Brussels (UPI) Aug 4, 2010 - The European Union is probing whether to recommend an offshore drilling moratorium as criticism of BP's plan to begin drilling for oil in the North Sea is increasing.
Victoria, Australia (SPX) Aug 04, 2010 - CSIRO scientists have developed a revolutionary technique for the rapid on-site detection and quantification of petroleum hydrocarbons (commonly derived from crude oil) in soil, silt, sediment, or rock.
Quito, Ecuador (UPI) Aug 4, 2010 - Ecuador says it has agreed to refrain from oil drilling in an unspoiled Amazon rain forest reserve in return for $3.6 billion in payments from rich countries.
Accra, Ghana (UPI) Aug 4, 2010 - Ghana, one of Africa's rising oil and natural gas producers, will receive assistance from the World Bank to develop its energy sector.
