Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Dec 01, 2009 - Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced plans to conduct a series of deep energy retrofit research projects with the potential to improve the energy efficiency in selected homes by as much as 30 to 50 percent.
New York (AFP) Dec 1, 2009 - World oil prices surged for the second straight day Tuesday as a weaker dollar lifted commodities and the market fretted about geopolitical tensions over Iran's nuclear program.
San Francisco (AFP) Dec 1, 2009 - San Francisco and Amsterdam set an online stage on Tuesday for an environmental rivalry regarding which city is more nature-friendly.
Geneva (AFP) Dec 1, 2009 - A bid to free up trade in environmental goods and services gained new momentum Tuesday at a WTO meeting, with some nations calling for a deal ahead of a major climate summit in Copenhagen.
Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) Nov 30, 2009 - The Falkland Islands' quest for potentially vast quantities of hydrocarbons offshore has taken off with an exploratory drilling season after operators raised enough cash to lease a rig from Scotland.
Moscow (UPI) Nov 30, 2009 - French energy giant EDF is planning to join the Russian-Italian South Stream pipeline project.
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 30, 2009 - Hong Kong has the second highest carbon footprint per capita in the world, due to the city's high consumption patterns and large volume of imports, according to a survey released in Norway.
London (AFP) Nov 30, 2009 - World oil prices perked up on Monday as investor worries over Dubai's debt crisis receded, analysts said.
Anchorage, Alaska (UPI) Nov 29, 2009 - Alaskan communities are increasingly turning to wind, solar and geothermal power as alternative energy sources, experts say.
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 28, 2009 - Indian Premier Manmohan Singh said Saturday he was willing to commit his country to ambitious global carbon emission cuts, provided others shared the burden.
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 28, 2009 - Oil exports to the port of Ceyhan in Turkey resumed on Saturday after a week-long interruption because of sabotage to a pipeline in northern Iraq, an oil ministry spokesman said.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2009 - Scientists from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Geology and Geophysics sections of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) organized and led a team of university and government scientists on an Arctic expedition to initiate methane hydrate exploration in the Beaufort Sea and determine the spatial variation of sediment contribution to Arctic climate change.
Riverside CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2009 - The California Energy Commission has awarded a $1 million grant to UC Riverside's College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) to build a process demonstration unit (PDU) to convert biosolids to clean synthetic diesel fuel.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2009 - China is touting its carbon-limiting plan as a major contribution to the struggle against climate change, but its already massive greenhouse gas emissions will still rise for years to come.
San Francisco CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2009 - A transmission line that will carry energy generated by solar plants in southeastern California was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission. The California portion of the Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 transmission line will provide clean power from desert areas to urban centers in California.
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 27, 2009 - Surplus biomass from the production of flax shives, and generated from Brassica carinata, a yellow-flowered plant related to those which engulf fields in spring, can be used to produce bioethanol. This has been suggested by two studies carried out by Spanish and Dutch researchers and published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
