Chauvin, Louisiana (AFP) July 16, 2010 - With his boats now trawling for oil instead of shrimp, Dave Chauvin is worried he may have to move away from the Louisiana town named after his great-great-grandfather.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 16, 2010 - After extensive testing, a massive Taiwanese supertanker re-fitted for skimming oil in open water was deemed not ideally suited for cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, US officials said Friday.
Jenbach, Austria (SPX) Jul 16, 2010 - Cow manure is being converted to energy at the first biogas cogeneration plant in the Ukraine. The facility, which is powered by 4,000 cows and a GE Jenbacher gas engine, has recently completed nine months of successful operation at the Ukrainian Milk Company Ltd., located near Kiev.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 15, 2010 - British energy giant BP stopped the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday for the first time in three months as it began key tests hoping to stem the spill for good.
Baghdad (UPI) Jul 15, 2010 - Iraq's headlong drive to become the world's top oil producer is gathering pace although building the infrastructure to make that happen poses problems.
Dallas (UPI) Jul 15, 2010 - A nationwide switch to natural gas as the principal fuel for heavy road traffic could save the United States tens of billions of dollars and reduce politically volatile dependence on foreign oil, billionaire campaigner T. Boone Pickens said Wednesday.
Mclean VA (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 - Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a contract from the Biotechnology Research and Development Center (BRDC) to develop models that will assess options for processing pennycress seeds into biofuels.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 14, 2010 - BP received the green light Wednesday from the US government and began a crucial test that could allow the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well to be sealed once and for all.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 - One of the challenges in making cellulosic biofuels commercially viable is to cost-effectively deconstruct plant material to liberate fermentable energy-rich sugars. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is funding several projects focused on identifying enzymes in organisms that optimally degrade cellulosic feedstocks.
Copenhagen (AFP) July 14, 2010 - In the lobby of an up-market hotel in a Copenhagen suburb, a suit-clad businessman pedals away on a stationary bike, periodically glancing at the counter to see how far he has gone and how much energy he has produced.
Beijing (AFP) July 14, 2010 - PetroChina and BP have agreed to continue exploring for coal-bed methane in Xinjiang, the Chinese firm said Wednesday, days after saying it would welcome closer ties with the troubled British group.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 14, 2010 - BP was poised Wednesday to carry out a make-or-break test on the integrity of the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well after the procedure was ordered delayed by US authorities.
Washington (AFP) July 14, 2010 - A group of US senators called Wednesday on BP to freeze projects in Libya until claims that the British firm pushed for the release of the Lockerbie bomber can be investigated.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 13, 2010 - BP was poised Tuesday to test whether a huge cap can safely seal the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, praying an end to the costly 13-week catastrophe is in sight.
Seoul (UPI) Jul 13, 2010 - South Korea's 30 major industrial groups plan to invest $18 billion in the green growth sector, a presidential committee announced Tuesday.
Brussels (UPI) Jul 13, 2010 - The European Union says no new funds will be provided for an over budget fusion reactor project, a decision that could threaten other research, observers say.
