New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 30, 2010 - Animal welfare groups Wednesday sued BP for burning endangered sea turtles and asked a federal court to stop the oil giant's controlled burns on the Gulf of Mexico spill.
Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 30, 2010 - Chemical Abstracts Service reports that in 2009, China surpassed all other countries in the production of bioethanol patents, emerging as the global leader in the commercialization of bioethanol research.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 30, 2010 - The Obama appointee managing BP's oil spill disaster fund said Wednesday there isn't enough money in the world to pay all claims and suggested home owners with plunging property values could lose out.
College Park, Md. (UPI) Jun 30, 2010 - Wind turbines as a renewable energy source have problems of noise, visual clutter and land use, and one U.S. researcher says moving them offshore is a solution.
Des Moines IA (SPX) Jun 30, 2010 - Iowa is rapidly becoming the development capital of the nation for the replacement of petroleum-based chemicals with bio-based chemicals.
Baghdad (UPI) Jun 30, 2010 - Iraq's $17 billion contract with Royal Dutch Shell, backed by Japan's Mitsubishi Corp., to produce natural gas from four southern fields launches Baghdad's plan to exploit the country's vast gas reserves in its drive to become one of the world's top energy producers.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 30, 2010 - The Obama appointee managing BP's oil spill disaster fund said Wednesday there's not enough money in the world to pay all claims and suggested home owners with plunging property values could lose out.
Washington (AFP) June 29, 2010 - US President Barack Obama welcomed Saudi King Abdullah to the White House on Tuesday, as he seeks to reinvigorate his Middle East peace drive and crank up pressure on Iran over its nuclear program.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 29, 2010 - A strengthening tropical storm forced the suspension of skimming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Tuesday as Vice President Joe Biden heard complaints about the pace of cleanup efforts in the disaster zone.
Emeryville CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2010 - Amyris and Soliance has announced that they have entered into a partnership combining Amyris's industrial synthetic biology platform with Soliance's leadership position in the production and commercialization of renewable cosmetic ingredients.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2010 - Full implementation of the expanded Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) by 2022 would reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation fuels used in the Midwest by approximately 7.7% compared to 2005 levels, according to a new study released.
London (AFP) June 28, 2010 - BP denied on Monday that its under-fire chief executive Tony Hayward was set to resign over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, after revealing that the crisis has so far cost 2.65 billion dollars.
Barberton OH (SPX) Jun 28, 2010 - Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Group (B and W PGG) has signed a contract to replace a coal-fired boiler on the University of Missouri campus with a biomass boiler that will generate steam and electricity from clean, renewable biomass fuel. B and W PGG is a subsidiary of The Babcock and Wilcox Company.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 28, 2010 - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed SB 2370, a bill that creates individual and corporate income tax credits for research and development, production and delivery system costs associated with solar liquid fuels.
Brussels (AFP) June 28, 2010 - OPEC urged the United States on Monday to reconsider legal moves and ditch a ban on deep-water drilling slapped on the oil industry in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
Frankfurt (AFP) June 28, 2010 - German industrial group Siemens said on Monday that it had raised its stake in a joint venture with Shanghai Electric of China and added that other tie-ups were in the offing.
