Denver CO (SPX) Apr 26, 2010 - Education Corporation of America, a leading owner and operator of private higher education institutions in the United States, announced the launch of Ecotech Institute, the first and only college focused entirely on preparing America's workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainable design.
Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) April 26, 2010 - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged Monday to make Indonesia the world's biggest user of clean, renewable geothermal energy, and urged private investors to back him.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) April 26, 2010 - Robotic underwater vessels raced Monday to stave off an environmental disaster by stopping 42,000 gallons of oil a day from streaming into the Gulf of Mexico from a sunken rig.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) April 25, 2010 - British oil giant BP used robotic underwater vehicles Sunday to try to cap a leaking well and prevent a growing oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico from developing into an environmental disaster.
Kamojang, Indonesia (AFP) April 24, 2010 - Indonesia has launched an ambitious plan to tap the vast power of its volcanoes and become a world leader in geothermal energy, while trimming greenhouse gas emissions.
Tehran (AFP) April 24, 2010 - Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards boasted on Saturday that they can fill the gap in the country's energy sector left by Western oil firms pulling out in the face of new sanctions against Tehran.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) April 24, 2010 - Oil is leaking from the ruptured well of a large rig that exploded, burnt and sank in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week, the US Coast Guard said Saturday.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) April 23, 2010 - A blazing oil rig has sunk into the Gulf of Mexico, sparking fears of an environmental disaster two days after a massive blast that left 11 workers missing.
Ann Arbor, Mich. (UPI) Apr 23, 2010 - Treating algae with heat and pressure quickly produces a crude oil that could be used in engines, scientists at the University of Michigan said.
Arlington VA (SPX) Apr 22, 2010 - Showcasing its energy research initiatives for an Earth Day event on April 22 at the Pentagon, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) will highlight the microbial fuel cell, a device that could revolutionize naval energy use by converting decomposed marine organisms into electricity.
Caracas (AFP) April 22, 2010 - Companies from around the world have flocked to Venezuela's Orinoco Belt over the past three years to work on extracting heavy and ultra-heavy oil -- an expensive process made worthwhile with oil prices rising.
Tehran (UPI) Apr 21, 2010 - Iranian, Pakistani and Indian leaders are to meet in Tehran next month to discuss extending a planned strategic pipeline from Iran to energy-short Pakistan to India as well, a project the United States has repeatedly sought to wreck.
St. Louis (UPI) Apr 21, 2010 - A biofuel-powered flight of Boeing's F/A-18F Super Hornet will mark Earth Day Thursday, being observed worldwide with millions of green acts aimed to raise awareness of climate change.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 21, 2010 - A lot's going to change with the transition to electric cars: The automotive industry will no longer manufacture certain parts for vehicles, yet new ones will take their place instead. Utility companies will need modified business models and fee structures for supplying electricity to vehicles.
East Lansing MI (SPX) Apr 21, 2010 - Using productive farmland to grow crops for food instead of fuel is more energy efficient, Michigan State University scientists concluded, after analyzing 17 years' worth of data to help settle the food versus fuel debate.
Braunschweig, Germany (SPX) Apr 21, 2010 - At present, graphene probably is the most investigated new material system worldwide. Due to its astonishing mechanical, chemical and electronic properties, it promises manifold future applications - for example in microelectronics. The electrons in graphene are particularly movable and could, therefore, replace silicon which is used today as the basic material of fast computer chips.
