Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 - US President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to boost hopes of a landmark deal at the Copenhagen climate summit, as a new report showed the crisis facing the planet is deeper than previously thought.
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 - Exports of Iraqi oil to the Turkish port of Ceyhan were interrupted because of sabotage against a pipeline in northern Iraq, the oil ministry said on Tuesday.
Taipei (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 - Taiwan has underlined its claim to two islets near the coast of China, an official said Tuesday, in response to criticism that it was leaving their status vague in order to improve ties with Beijing.
Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 - US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar blasted big oil trade groups Tuesday, accusing them of barring the way to a balanced US energy system that would create thousands of jobs.
Paris (AFP) Nov 23, 2009 - Tackling climate change should also include providing low-carbon energy to the poor, UN agencies said Monday, pointing out that almost one third of the world's population remains in the dark at night.
London (UPI) Nov 23, 2009 - Global oil demand has at last turned a corner and is on the rise again after falling for six consecutive quarters, the London-based Center for Global Energy Studies reported Monday.
The Hague (AFP) Nov 23, 2009 - A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel.
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 23, 2009 - Vietnamese lawmakers on Monday approved a law to establish a marine militia to protect the communist country's maritime sovereignty, state media said.
Ashgabat (AFP) Nov 22, 2009 - Turkmenistan has become the latest target of China's hunger for energy, spelling danger for Europe's hopes of making the reclusive gas-rich Central Asian state a major source of its energy supplies.
Warsaw (AFP) Nov 21, 2009 - Poland is to sell 15 million euros' (22 million dollars) worth of carbon credits to Ireland, the Polish environment minister said Saturday.
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Nov 20, 2009 - U.K.-based BG Group plans to invest $20 billion in Brazil's ambitious sub-sea oil and gas exploration and development projects that are likely to put the country on the map as one of the largest producers of hydrocarbons.
Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 20, 2009 - New MIT research points the way to a technology that might make it possible to harvest much of the wasted heat produced by everything from computer processor chips to car engines to electric powerplants, and turn it into usable electricity.
Guatemala City (AFP) Nov 20, 2009 - Central American nations will demand 105 billion dollars from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region's representatives said on Friday.
Moscow (AFP) Nov 20, 2009 - Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.
Ames, Iowa (UPI) Nov 20, 2009 - After three years and $30 million, U.S. scientists have finished mapping the complete genome sequence of corn, the most widely eaten cereal after rice.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 19, 2009 - The truth about accelerating improvements in the way America produces both ethanol and the feedstocks from which it is made proved to be inconvenient for the narrative of former Vice President Al Gore in his description of grain-based ethanol in his new book. Writing in Our Choice, Vice President Gore expresses his disappointment over the progress of ethanol in the past 30 years. Yet, the facts used to support his opinion either do not reflect the industry as it exists today or are simply inaccurate.
