New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 3, 2010 - The US government sent BP a 69-million-dollar bill for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Thursday, warning it was only the first invoice, as undersea robots poised to try to curb the leak.
Alberta, Canada (SPX) Jun 03, 2010 - A University of Alberta researcher says people generally do not act on information about the effects fossil fuel-based products are having on the environment. And the reason, says English and film studies researcher Imre Szeman, is because of the way discussions on environmental issues are structured.
Beijing (AFP) June 3, 2010 - China, the world's top source of the toxic gases blamed for global warming, said Thursday it was not very optimistic that its efforts to slash emissions were working.
Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) Jun 3, 2010 - Shares in Rockhopper, one of the companies prospecting for North Falkland basin oil and gas deposits, declined amid a continuing war of words between Argentina and Britain over Buenos Aires' sovereignty claim on the islands.
Baghdad (UPI) Jun 3, 2010 - Iraq plans to upgrade scores of oil wells and drill dozens of new ones as part of Baghdad's ambitious drive to quadruple production from major oil fields now operated by Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Eni of Italy and other foreign companies.
Washington (AFP) June 3, 2010 - President Barack Obama insisted Thursday he was furious about the US oil disaster but that yelling would be pointless, as aides sought to portray the leader as engaged despite his trademark cool demeanor.
Miami (AFP) June 3, 2010 - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill approached the sandy white beaches of Pensacola Thursday, threatening Florida's tourist industry just ahead of the prime summer season.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 03, 2010 - A team of U.S. and Chinese physicists are zeroing in on critical effects at the heart of the latest high-temperature superconductors - but they're using other materials to do it.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (AFP) June 2, 2010 - President Barack Obama Wednesday vowed to find the votes to pass a stalled energy bill, saying the Gulf of Mexico oil catastrophe showed the need to aggressively seek a clean energy future.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jun 2, 2010 - The United Arab Emirates is moving into position as a possible partner in the planned 2,100-mile Nabucco pipeline to pump natural gas from the Caspian Basin to Europe.
MBARI's Division of Marine Operations, under an agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), sent a high-tech robotic submersible to the oily waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Washington (UPI) Jun 2, 2010 - NASA officials say they are soliciting proposals for studies designed to identify advanced vehicle concepts and enabling technologies.
Port Fourchon, Louisiana (AFP) June 1, 2010 - BP hopes to place a cap on a fractured oil pipe and contain the Gulf of Mexico spill within the next 24 hours, a top company official said Tuesday.
Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 01, 2010 - Boeing and PetroChina, together with representatives of the Chinese energy sector and the global aviation industry, have announced the signing of an agreement to evaluate establishing a sustainable aviation biofuels industry in China.
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 01, 2010 - Despite a steady improvement in the speed of conventional computers during the last few decades, certain types of problems remain computationally difficult to solve. Quantum computers hold the promise of offering a new route to solving some classes of these problems, such as breaking encryptions.
Washington (UPI) Jun 1, 2010 - U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday made his strongest statement to date that those responsible for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be held legally accountable if a new commission investigating the disaster finds wrongdoing.
