Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 28, 2010 - In America's efforts to go green, our Achilles' heel is transportation; cars, trucks, and buses represent 29 percent of U.S. energy use, according to Gary Dirks, director of LightWorks at Arizona State University and a renewable energy expert.
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 28, 2010 - Although 2009 saw venture capitalists (VCs) invest $877 million across 51 deals for bio-based fuel and materials production, that level of funding represents a 26% drop from 2008.
Cape Town (AFP) June 27, 2010 - More deep-water drilling is needed to meet growing energy demands despite the Gulf of Mexico spill, but the industry must beef up its disaster readiness, Royal Dutch Shell chief said on Sunday.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 26, 2010 - Frantic efforts to clean up the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill appeared Saturday to have dodged the latest threat of a potentially devastating hurricane, for now.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 26, 2010 - Tropical Storm Alex veered away from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Saturday but experts warned that strong waves and winds could still upset efforts to halt the environmental disaster.
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jun 25, 2010 - Batteries might gain a boost in power capacity as a result of a new finding from researchers at MIT. They found that using carbon nanotubes for one of the battery's electrodes produced a significant increase - up to tenfold - in the amount of power it could deliver from a given weight of material, compared to a conventional lithium-ion battery.
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 25, 2010 - Personal computers in enterprise environments save energy and money by sleep-working, thanks to new software called SleepServer created by computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 25, 2010 - If concerns for global climate change and ever-increasing costs weren't enough, the disastrous Gulf oil spill makes an even more compelling case for the development of transportation fuels that are renewable, can be produced in a sustainable fashion, and do not put the environment at risk.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 25, 2010 - Oil recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico could soon face the first tropical storm of the season, with heavy seas and winds spreading a massive oil slick that has already shut down beaches in Florida.
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Jun 25, 2010 - U.S. oil rigs operator Helmerich and Payne is among companies being targeted in the latest round of nationalizations in Venezuela's push for a socialist economy.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 24, 2010 - BP resumed full siphoning operations from the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well Thursday, but Florida was forced to close down popular tourist beaches at the height of the summer season as more crude washed ashore.
Brussels (AFP) June 24, 2010 - Europe's top competition enforcer is ready to grant another 12 years of state aid to the coal industry, according to new European Union documents seen by AFP on Thursday.
Baghdad (UPI) Jun 24, 2010 - Iraq has been criticized for being too ambitious in its drive to quadruple oil production over the next 6-7 years but the Oil Ministry reports that exports increased by around 10 percent in May.
United Nations, N.Y. (UPI) Jun 23, 2010 - Argentina took its claim over British-ruled Falkland Islands to a U.N. meeting on decolonization with the clear aim of capitalizing on the talks' agenda.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 23, 2010 - BP's Tony Hayward handed over management of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Wednesday after enduring weeks of criticism and ridicule in the United States for his handling of the disaster.
Lucknow, India (UPI) Jun 23, 2010 - Scientists in India say they have conceptually designed a motorcycle engine that uses compressed air, rather than gasoline, to generate power.
