Washington (AFP) June 16, 2010 - President Barack Obama Wednesday called a meeting of senators on clean energy and reducing dependence on fossil fuel as the country confronts the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill, White House and senate sources said.
Los Angeles (AFP) June 16, 2010 - The United States government must perform a careful balancing act as it considers how to sanction BP over the Gulf oil disaster without tipping the energy giant into insolvency, analysts say.
Washington (AFP) June 16, 2010 - US lawmakers on Wednesday welcomed BP's agreement to create a 20-billion-dollar fund to pay claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill but vowed to keep holding the energy giant's feet to the fire.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 15, 2010 - BP was deploying a second ship Tuesday to the Gulf of Mexico, where crews will burn up to 10,000 barrels of oil per day in a bid to significantly boost efforts to stem the massive leak.
Berlin (UPI) Jun 15, 2010 - China is quickly developing into the world's biggest wind power market.
Quito, Ecuador (UPI) Jun 15, 2010 - Ecuador moved closer to implementing a comprehensive review of all oil contracts with foreign companies operating in the country after the government announced it would send a draft new legislation to the National Assembly.
Paris (AFP) June 15, 2010 - The French national assembly in a first reading approved legislation Tuesday that would reorganise the domestic electricity market.
Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Jun 15, 2010 - Why are the international climate negotiations moving so slowly? Because countries have so far been unable to define what global fairness really is, says Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Gothenburg.
Abuja (AFP) June 15, 2010 - The Nigerian government on Tuesday threatened Exxonmobil with sanctions if it fails to manage spills properly, in talks with officials of the US oil giant.
Washington (AFP) June 15, 2010 - US President Barack Obama issued a rallying cry Tuesday for Americans to use the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to embark on a national mission to develop clean energy.
Washington (AFP) June 15, 2010 - US President Barack Obama warned Americans Tuesday they faced a long battle against an epidemic of oil pollution in the Gulf of Mexico and called for a new national mission to wean the United States off fossil fuels.
Nottingham UK (SPX) Jun 15, 2010 - A University of Nottingham professor is to outline his vision for a UK powered completely by renewable energy by 2030 in an open lecture taking place later this month.
Lendava, Serbia (SPX) Jun 15, 2010 - Making ground-source heat a cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels has long been a dream for countries that depend on energy imports and need to cut their CO2 emissions. A team of businesses and researchers in Slovenia and Serbia set out to develop the heat pump technology that would make this dream a reality
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 15, 2010 - A new type of baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) has been developed which can efficiently ferment pentose sugars, as found in agricultural waste and hardwoods.
Houma, Louisiana (AFP) June 14, 2010 - Anger mounted in Louisiana over a moratorium imposed on offshore drilling as President Barack Obama toured the oil spill disaster zone Monday vowing to protect the Gulf way of life.
London (AFP) June 14, 2010 - BP shares plunged more than nine percent on Monday as investors fretted over the spiralling cost of the Gulf Mexico oil spill crisis and the future of the group's shareholder dividend.
