Dhaka, Bangladesh (UPI) Apr 6, 2010 - In an effort to reduce greenhouse gases, Bangladesh has adopted smokeless brick-making technology introduced by the U.N. Development Program.
Madison WI (SPX) Apr 06, 2010 - Crop residues, perennial warm season grasses, and short-rotation woody crops are potential biomass sources for cellulosic ethanol production. While most research is focused on the conversion of cellulosic feeedstocks into ethanol and increasing production of biomass, the impacts of growing energy crops and the removal of crop residue on soil and environmental quality have received less attention.
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 06, 2010 - A team of researchers at MIT has made significant progress on a technology that could lead to batteries with up to three times the energy density of any battery that currently exists.
Moscow (AFP) April 6, 2010 - Russia's gas giant Gazprom on Wednesday launched construction of the Nord Stream pipeline from Russia to the European Union under the Baltic Sea, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Paris (AFP) April 6, 2010 - French oil giant Total said Tuesday it has been charged with corruption and influence-peddling relating to the United Nations' Iraqi oil-for-food programme of the 1990s.
Kiev, Ukraine (UPI) Apr 6, 2010 - Ukraine won't sell its gas network to Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom, Ukraine's deputy foreign minister said.
Buenos Aires ((UPI) Apr 02, 2010 - Argentina kept the heat up Friday in the controversy over its sovereignty claim on the Falkland Islands as supporters of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner mounted anti-British protests in the capital.
Washington (UPI) April 2, 2010 - U.S. President Barack Obama's new oil drilling strategy has drawn a range of support and criticism.
Bogota, Colombia (UPI) April 2, 2010 - A series of unrelated oil industry developments in Latin America are shifting focus from the Middle East to the South American continent as a major source of hydrocarbon energy in the coming decade.
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) April 2, 2010 - Russia is building economic, energy and military ties with Venezuela as President Hugo Chavez confronts mounting political problems over shortages of electricity, water and essential consumer goods.
Stockholm (AFP) April 2, 2010 - A fisherman braces to reel in a large, wriggling salmon, its scales glistening in the sun as he lays his catch down, not on a sandy river bank but on the bustling cobblestone walkway outside parliament, at the very heart of the Swedish capital.
London, UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2010 - A Queen's University chemistry professor has invented a special solvent that may make cooking oil production more environmentally friendly. Philip Jessop, Canada Research Chair in Green Chemistry, has created a solvent that - when combined with carbon dioxide - extracts oil from soybeans.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Apr 01, 2010 - Using genetic sleight of hand, researcher Xinyao Liu and professor Roy Curtiss at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute have coaxed photosynthetic microbes to secrete oil-bypassing energy and cost barriers that have hampered green biofuel production. Their results appear in this week's advanced online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences or PNAS.
Tokyo (AFP) April 1, 2010 - The city of Tokyo on Thursday launched Asia's first scheme to trade carbon credits, aiming to lead Japan in the battle against greenhouse gas emissions blamed for climate change.
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Mar 31, 2010 - A landmark report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) titled Global Trade and Environmental Impact of the EU Biofuels Mandate has concluded that more open trade in renewable fuels will enable Europe's biofuels policy to deliver on its commitment to reduce carbon in transport, mainly because the most emission-efficient biofuel will be utilized: Brazilian sugarcane-based ethanol, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions by about 90% compared to petrol.
Cancun, Mexico (AFP) March 31, 2010 - China has been called on to join the International Energy Agency, the head of the developed world's energy policy advisory body said Tuesday in the Financial Times.
