Singapore (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 - Asia-Pacific powers including the United States, China and Russia are expected to call next week for sweeping cuts in greenhouse gas emissions on the final countdown to a crunch climate meeting.
Washington (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 - Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said Sunday.
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Nov 6, 2009 - Brazil's gigantic subsalt oil exploration and development project has received a $10 billion cash boost from China at the same time as the Chinese state oil company has bought its first oil asset in the United States.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 - As Chinese firms pour billions of dollars into mining, energy and infrastructure deals in Africa, Beijing is turning a blind eye to rogue regimes that stand to reap the benefits, observers say.
Lagos (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 - China has dangled a near open cheque book to Africa's major oil producers in a bid to guarantee supplies for decades to come.
Madrid (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 - The new smart meters utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said Friday.
Stockholm (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 - Decisions by Sweden and Finland to allow the Russian-led Nord Stream pipeline to pass through their waters unleashed strong reactions in both countries Friday, with political parties and media contending that Russian pressure overpowered environmental concerns.
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Nov 6, 2009 - Severe shortages of electricity and water pose a growing risk to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Bolivarian revolution that is powered largely by the country's petroleum revenues.
Tokyo (UPI) Nov 5, 2009 - The Asia-Pacific region needs to invest between $7 trillion and $9.7 trillion in the energy sector between 2005 and 2030 to meet the rapidly growing demand for energy, according to a report by the Asian Development Bank.
Sydney (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Australia launched an inquiry on Thursday into a major oil spill off its coast which has been described as one of the country's worst environmental disasters.
Dalian, China (SPX) Nov 05, 2009 - China Industrial Waste Management has announced construction and regulatory progress related to the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) municipal sludge treatment and disposal facility in Dalian, China (the Project) that is being developed by the Company's subsidiary Dongtai Organic Waste Treatment Co. Ltd. (Dongtai Organic).
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Exxon Mobil on Thursday became the first US company to win a contract since Iraq's oil industry was nationalised almost 40 years ago, further expanding the role of foreign nations in the industry.
Barcelona (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Germany, Mexico and the United States have crafted some of the world's smartest policies for improving energy use, according to a study released on Thursday on the sidelines of the UN climate talks here.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 05, 2009 - In the quest to produce nuclear fusion energy, researchers from the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have recently confirmed long-standing theoretical predictions that performance, efficiency and reliability are simultaneously obtained in tokamaks, the leading magnetic confinement fusion device, operating at their performance limits.
Baghdad (UPI) Nov 5, 2009 - The Iraqi government's hardball tactics with oil majors demanding a bigger slice of the profits from taking over the country's rundown oil fields are paying off.
Georgetown SC (SPX) Nov 05, 2009 - BioCentric Energy Holdings has confirmed a merger agreement with Renewed World Energies, an established closed loop photo-bioreactor manufacturer and ALGAE production facility based in Georgetown, South Carolina.
