Hong Kong (AFP) June 14, 2010 - A Chinese wind turbine-maker confirmed Monday that it has axed a 1.2 billion-US-dollar share sale in Hong Kong due to excessive market volatility, the latest in a series of ditched listings.
Washington (AFP) June 14, 2010 - BP may have taken dangerous shortcuts in the days and hours before a deadly blast that led to the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill, key lawmakers investigating the catastrophe charged Monday.
Washington (AFP) June 14, 2010 - President Barack Obama sets off Monday on a fourth visit to states stricken by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in a sign of the seriousness of the disaster both for the country and his presidency.
Theodore, Alabama (AFP) June 14, 2010 - US President Barack Obama labeled the Gulf oil spill an environmental 9/11 and made a fourth disaster zone trip Monday while aides strong-armed BP to set up a multi-billion dollar victim fund.
Washington (AFP) June 14, 2010 - With workers locked in a race against time to stem the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the US government said Monday it has received aid offers from 17 countries and four international bodies so far.
Washington (AFP) June 13, 2010 - Microsoft founder Bill Gates urged the United States Sunday to invest billions of dollars a year to bring about a clean energy revolution that would free it from dependence on oil.
Kuwait City (AFP) June 13, 2010 - Electricity consumption in Kuwait hit an all-time record on Sunday as the temperature raced to a new high for the year in the oil-rich desert Gulf state.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 13, 2010 - US and British leaders sought to ease tension in a phone call amid sharpened rhetoric over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, as President Barack Obama prepares for a fourth trip to the stricken region.
London (AFP) June 13, 2010 - The disaster caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has cast doubts over the future of deep water exploration and is likely to have the long-term effect of raising oil prices, analysts say.
London (AFP) June 13, 2010 - BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, who has largely kept a low profile over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, is now in the limelight, having been summoned to Downing Street and the White House.
Washington (AFP) June 13, 2010 - US officials demanded Sunday that BP set up a special fund to pay oil spill claims and said President Barack Obama will give a rare White House address next week, in a sign of the seriousness of the disaster both for the country and his presidency.
Markbygden, Sweden (AFP) June 13, 2010 - While community opposition often blocks or hampers new wind power projects, Sweden has managed to break ground for Europe's largest wind park counting more than 1,000 giant turbines, with barely a whisper of protest.
Houma, Louisiana (AFP) June 12, 2010 - Impoverished by the massive oil spill which has closed huge swaths of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing and washed away tourists, people here are growing increasingly frustrated with the long wait for compensation from BP.
Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2010 - Ten U.S. East Coast states have formed an alliance with the U.S. Department of the Interior to promote offshore wind power.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2010 - A bacteria that lives in hot springs in Japan may help solve one of the mysteries of the early evolution of complex organisms, according to a study publishing next week in PLoS Biology. It may also be the key to 21st century biofuel production.
Sofia (AFP) June 11, 2010 - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov spoke out Friday against a Russian oil pipeline and a Russian-backed nuclear power plant agreed by the previous government.
