Luanda (AFP) Dec 20, 2009 - Iraq's oil minister on Sunday played down the prospect of a surge in its oil production, saying the OPEC crude producers' cartel was not likely to discuss setting production quotas for several years.
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 18, 2009 - Green groups on Friday named Canada Fossil of the Year -- an award that carried the additional honorific of Colossal Fossil -- for what they said was a strategy to sabotage efforts to tackle climate change.
Baghdad (UPI) Dec 18, 2009 - Iran's reported seizure of a border oil well just inside Iraqi territory came hot on the heels of Baghdad's success in signing up foreign oil companies to boost its limping oil production, a plan that deeply alarms OPEC members, especially neighboring Iran.
Augusta, Maine (UPI) Dec 18, 2009 - Maine has selected three Atlantic Ocean sites for prototype wind turbines.
Asuncion, Paraguay (UPI) Dec 18, 2009 - Venezuela's incorporation in Mercosur, considered a certainty after Brazilian ratification, now faces a new hurdle in Paraguay, which says the man and not the country is the problem.
Beijing (UPI) Dec 17, 2009 - While the Chinese government is embracing energy efficiency and investing in new green technology, China continues to burn coal at record rates.
Paris (AFP) Dec 17, 2009 - French nuclear energy giant Areva said Thursday it has won a contract to build the world's longest high voltage electricity line across Brazil for 400 million dollars (275 million euros).
Dublin, Ireland (UPI) Dec 17, 2009 - Global markets in industrial equipment and expertise central to wind power generation are set to expand within the coming 15 years, with demand seen to be growing in both industrial and industrializing countries.
Argonne, Ill. (UPI) Dec 16, 2009 - U.S. Department of Energy scientists say they've used common bacteria to power simple machines, providing insight for creating bio-inspired energy production.
Baghdad (UPI) Dec 16, 2009 - The Iraqi government, a bundle of contracts with major foreign oil companies in its pocket from a weekend auction, plans to start boosting the country's oil production to challenge world leader Saudi Arabia.
Ostrander MN (SPX) Dec 16, 2009 - Root River Energy, along with managing partner, National Wind, is proud to announce that it has secured over 20,000 acres of land in Mower and Fillmore Counties. This represents about two-thirds of the leased acres needed to develop up to 300 megawatts of community-owned wind energy in the area.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2009 - A group of Chinese power firms has expressed shock at a UN decision to reject 10 wind farm projects amid claims that Beijing fudged figures to qualify for financing under a UN carbon trading scheme.
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 15, 2009 - Europe turned up the heat on China and the United States Tuesday, demanding the world's two biggest carbon polluters give ground to unlock a pact to tame the monster of climate change.
Kuwait City (AFP) Dec 15, 2009 - Energy-rich states of the Gulf Cooperation Council do not feel threatened by Iraq's plans to massively expand its oil production, Kuwait's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Dec 15, 2009 - New South Wales pricing regulators have unleashed electricity rates with prices set to leap 60 percent in Australia's largest energy market over the next three years.
Washington (AFP) Dec 15, 2009 - The US House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved sanctions legislation aimed at forcing Iran to freeze its nuclear program by depriving the Islamic republic of gasoline.
