Stavanger, Norway (AFP) May 25, 2010 - As Norway prepares for the day its massive oil reserves run out, industry players say natural gas is the best replacement, freely available and more efficient than renewables and less controversial than nuclear.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 25, 2010 - BP on Tuesday downplayed the chances for success of a plan to seal a Gulf of Mexico oil leak, as President Barack Obama piled on pressure by announcing a second trip to the region.
Washington (AFP) May 25, 2010 - World energy consumption is expected to jump by nearly 50 percent by 2035, led by developing nations such as China and India, the US government said in a report Tuesday.
Iowa State (SPX) May 25, 2010 - Engineers bring a critical perspective to the economic models and mathematical predictions that are used to influence public policy, says Iowa State mechanical engineer W. Ross Morrow.
Berlin (UPI) May 25, 2010 - The German industry has lashed out against a plan by the European Commission to boost Europe's climate protection efforts.
Champaign IL (SPX) May 25, 2010 - An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy reveals that Miscanthus x giganteus, a perennial grass, could effectively reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, while lowering atmospheric CO2.
Philadelphia, PA (SPX) May 24, 2010 - Existing technology can produce biodiesel fuel from municipal sewage sludge that is within a few cents a gallon of being competitive with conventional diesel refined from petroleum, according to an article in ACS' Energy and Fuels, a bi-monthly journal.
San Francisco (AFP) May 24, 2010 - A Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in environmentally-friendly technologies announced on Monday that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has joined its ranks.
Brussels (UPI) May 24, 2010 - An international scheme to build a nuclear fusion reactor in France has come under fire due to ballooning funding concerns.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) May 24, 2010 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in the Persian Gulf region to promote the Middle East peace process, efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and potential business and energy deals.
Galliano, Louisiana (AFP) May 24, 2010 - The US government simultaneously slammed BP Monday and admitted it had no choice but to stick with the British energy giant's desperate bid to plug the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil leak.
Washington (AFP) May 23, 2010 - Right-wing darling Sarah Palin accused US President Barack Obama on Sunday of leading a lax response to the Gulf of Mexico spill because he is too close to the big oil companies.
Madrid (UPI) May 21, 2010 - Argentina stressed its sovereignty claim over the Falklands Islands archipelago, increasingly at the center of an intense oil quest, amid sharp rebuffs from Britain's newly installed coalition government and calls for restraint from European partners.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 21, 2010 - A make-or-break attempt to clog a ruptured pipe gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico with a method dubbed the top kill has been delayed until at least Tuesday, officials said Friday.
Tehran (UPI) May 21, 2010 - As Iran braces for a new round of U.N. sanctions over its contentious nuclear program, Pakistan has called on longtime rival India to sign on to a planned $7.6 billion natural gas pipeline from the Islamic Republic.
Calgary, Alberta (UPI) May 21, 2010 - The Canadian oil sands are likely to become the largest single source of imported oil to the United States this year and could ultimately supply more than a third of America's foreign oil by 2030, says a new report.
