New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 18, 2010 - BP pressed on with its bid to cap the Gulf of Mexico spill Friday, amid a new blow to its tattered image as a credit agency warned the clean-up costs will weigh on the oil giant for years.
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Jun 18, 2010 - Brazil seems to be pressing ahead with plans for deep-water exploration of pre-salt oil reserves, even after the worst environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Key West, Florida (AFP) June 18, 2010 - Sunkissed by Florida's generous rays, Hill and Robert Causey are ready to leave the beach and head to Key West's bars, untroubled by the nearby Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Knoxville TN (SPX) Jun 18, 2010 - Some bacteria destroy oil. Might those bacteria lead oil companies to change their methods of harvesting the energy of the oil while at the same time reducing the carbon dioxide that burning oil and gasoline discharges into the atmosphere? Steve Larter thinks that may be possible.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2010 - In the weeks ahead, we will be given the opportunity to change the direction of our environment, economy and national security. The American Power Act has given us all that opportunity - business and labor, Democrats and Republicans, young and old - to finally transform this nation from energy dependence to independence, and from an energy importer to exporter.
United Nations, N.Y. (UPI) Jun 17, 2010 - Argentina took its sovereignty claim over the British-ruled Falkland Islands to the U.N. decolonization talks, signaling Buenos Aires is seeking to build up its case against imperial Britain in its fight to wrest control of the territories.
Washington (AFP) June 17, 2010 - A US lawmaker kicked off a political storm Thursday and embarrassed his own Republican party by apologizing to BP chief Tony Hayward for what he termed a White House shakedown.
Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2010 - China has wrapped up an evacuation of its citizens from strife-torn Kyrgyzstan after flying home nearly 1,300 Chinese nationals, state media reported on Thursday.
Tehran (UPI) Jun 17, 2010 - Three days after the U.N. Security Council imposed new U.S.-led sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, Tehran signed a $7 billion natural gas pipeline deal with U.S. ally Pakistan in defiance of Western efforts to bring its economy to its knees.
Madison WI (SPX) Jun 17, 2010 - A research team at the DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) has developed a powerful new tool that promises to unlock the secrets of biomass degradation, a critical step in the development of cost-effective cellulosic biofuels. The details of this method were published online on June 11 in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Hockessin DE (SPX) Jun 17, 2010 - Wal-Mart, the original Black Hat, is going green. Or better said, sustainable. Let that sink in because it is true. Big time. So much so that Treehugger.com says It could end up being one of the biggest motivators to make truly 'green' products ever. As in history of the world.
Washington (AFP) June 16, 2010 - BP chief Tony Hayward planned to blame an unprecedented combination of failures for the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill in his first appearance before angry US lawmakers on Thursday.
Washington (AFP) June 16, 2010 - Senate Democrats said Thursday they had come to an agreement on the framework of an energy bill sought by President Barack Obama to reduce US dependence on fossil fuels.
Washington (AFP) June 16, 2010 - Close to 100 local officials, businessmen, fishermen and ordinary citizens from oil-stricken states on the Gulf of Mexico, went before Congress Wednesday to push for a new energy and climate change bill.
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jun 16, 2010 - Israel's natural gas bonanza in the eastern Mediterranean just keep getting bigger, with reserves currently pegged at around 25 trillion cubic feet.
by Lauren Krugel - Calgary, Canada (SPX) Jun 17, 2010 Canada has the expertise petroleum-rich Kuwait needs to develop heavy oil resources in the Mideast country, which has been looking for ways to keep up long-term production, said a top engineer with Kuwait Oil Co.
