New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 5, 2010 - BP capped Wednesday one of three leaks hemorraging crude into the Gulf of Mexico, as emergency crews rushed to protect fragile shorelines and islands at risk from the spreading oil slick.
Beijing (AFP) May 5, 2010 - China said Wednesday one of its inspection ships that chased down a Japanese ocean surveying vessel in the East China Sea had acted legitimately, state media reported.
Chicago IL (SPX) May 05, 2010 - Intertek has announced the opening of an open air test site for small wind turbines. The test site in Otisco, NY, together with Intertek's nearby Cortland, NY lab, is the only wind testing facility in North America that is operated by an OSHA recognized Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory capable of providing small wind turbine system and electrical component certifications.
Washington (AFP) May 5, 2010 - Right-wing darling Sarah Palin, who championed off-shore oil drilling in Alaska, bashed foreign companies Wednesday as the culprits behind the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Madison WI (SPX) May 05, 2010 - Conventional agriculture production relies heavily on fossil fuels, particularly in its ability to provide energy at a low cost. However, the uncertain future of fossil fuel availability and prices point to need to explore energy efficiencies in other cropping systems.
New York (UPI) May 4, 2010 - Asian nations -- particularly China and South Korea -- are ahead of other major world economies when it comes to the green investment portion of economic and employment recovery plans, says a new book co-published by the United Nations.
New Orleans (AFP) May 4, 2010 - BP delayed until Wednesday the deployment of a giant dome to try to contain the main leak spewing crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Punta Pora, Brazil (UPI) May 4, 2010 - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a magnanimous gesture before the October election that will see him handing over power to a successor, promised to build electricity transmission capacity for neighboring Paraguay.
On A Plane Over The Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana (AFP) May 4, 2010 - An impromptu recovery fleet rushed Tuesday to an uninhabited US island chain in the Gulf of Mexico as the leading edge of a giant oil slick reached its shores.
Riverside CA (SPX) May 04, 2010 - Positronium is a short-lived system in which an electron and its anti-particle are bound together. In 2007, physicists at the University of California, Riverside created molecular positronium, a brand-new substance, in the laboratory. Now they have succeeded in isolating for the first time a sample of spin polarized positronium atoms.
Hanoi (AFP) May 4, 2010 - Vietnam has announced an 8.5-billion-dollar economic and defence development plan for a string of islands along its resource-rich coastline, as a broader sovereignty dispute simmers with China.
Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) May 4, 2010 - The Falklands' main British military base will be run on wind power following successful experiments with wind-driven power generation in the capital, Stanley.
Buenos Aires (UPI) May 3, 2010 - Amid increased arms shopping, Argentina is turning the heat on shipping to the British-ruled Falkland Islands ahead of further results from recent drilling for underwater crude oil and gas reserves.
Venice, Louisiana (AFP) May 3, 2010 - Kinder weather aided efforts Monday to counter a giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as BP prepared to launch an unprecedented operation to try to contain the main leak with a giant dome.
Madrid (UPI) May 3, 2010 - Europe's renewable energy industry, once the sole world leader, is under increasing pressure from competitors from Asia.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 03, 2010 - French energy producer EDF will sign an agreement to join the South Stream gas pipeline project with Russia's energy giant Gazprom and Italy's Eni during the International Economic Forum due in Russia's second city of St. Petersburg on June 17-19, Gazprom has said.
