Port Of Spain (AFP) Nov 27, 2009 - Hopes suddenly rose Friday that a new global climate pact was within reach after rich nations attending a Commonwealth summit here offered to pay poorer countries to help seal the deal.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2009 - A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a new modeling methodology for determining the capacity and assessing the risks of leakage of potential underground carbon-dioxide reservoirs.
Madison WI (SPX) Nov 27, 2009 - A USDOE and USDA study concluded that 50 million U.S. acres of cropland, idle cropland, and cropland pasture could be converted from current uses to the production of perennial grasses, such as switchgrass, from which biomass could be harvested for use as a biofuel feedstock.
Paris (AFP) Nov 26, 2009 - China's pledge on greenhouse gases means it would shoulder more than a quarter of the CO2 emissions cuts needed to avoid dangerous global warming, a top economist said Thursday.
Washington (AFP) Nov 26, 2009 - Having vowed US climate action, President Barack Obama heads to Copenhagen needing to perform a delicate balancing act between huge expectations and the reality of a reluctant Congress.
Paris (AFP) Nov 26, 2009 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew to France on Thursday to pursue strategic military and energy goals that have raised concerns among states that were once under the grip of the Kremlin.
Amsterdam, Netherlands (UPI) Nov 25, 2009 - Biofuel made a significant headway in aviation as a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing aircraft using the renewable energy source flew over the Netherlands with about 40 people on board.
Paris (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 - US proposals announced Wednesday for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions add a key piece to the negotiation jigsaw puzzle ahead of the December 7-18 world climate talks in Copenhagen.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 - China said Wednesday it will not sacrifice growth to cut gas emissions, illustrating the difficulty in reaching a global climate deal at a major summit next month despite US moves to boost the talks.
Quito (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 - Ecuador and China will form a joint venture to develop an oil bloc in the South American country that has proven reserves of 120 million barrels of crude, an Ecuadoran official said Wednesday.
Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 - Suspected Taliban militants on Wednesday attacked and destroyed a tanker supplying fuel to NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, police said.
Canberra (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change.
Clemson, S.C. (UPI) Nov 24, 2009 - Clemson University says it has received a $45 million grant from the U.S. Energy Department to build and operate a large-scale wind turbine testing facility.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 - China, a massive consumer of fossil fuels and coal in particular, is trying to modernise its mines by containing emissions of methane and turning the toxic gas into a source of much-needed energy.
Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 - Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday.
Tofte, Norway (UPI) Nov 24, 2009 - A Norwegian power company announced Tuesday Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit will head the opening of the world's first osmotic power plant.
