Abuja (AFP) Nov 3, 2009 - Nigeria is soon to start retraining the first batch of former oil rebels that laid down arms after years of waging attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta, a government minister said on Tuesday.
San Francisco (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Monday it has 575 million dollars in a new fund to back promising technology startups.
Sydney (UPI) Nov 2, 2009 - A massive fire on a leaking oil rig off the coast of West Australia continued to burn out of control Monday.
New York NY (SPX) Nov 02, 2009 - Boro Fuel Oil is going green. The company will introduce BioGreen in November - a new premium biofuel that's good for heating systems and the earth. Boro Fuel Oil is the first heating oil dealer in New York City to offer BioGreen.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - European palm oil buyers who are refusing to purchase expensive eco-friendly palm oil were named and shamed Monday by environmental campaigners WWF International.
Kupang, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - A massive oil spill off northwest Australia has hit Indonesia, killing fish and destroying livelihoods in poor villages along the Timor Sea, a non-governmental group said Monday.
Male (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - The Maldivian government on Monday flagged off construction of a 200-million-dollar wind farm as part of efforts to make the low-lying archipelago carbon neutral by 2020.
New York (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - Oil prices rebounded Monday, buoyed by a weaker dollar and positive US and Chinese economic data that bolstered hopes of stronger demand in the two biggest energy-consuming nations.
Moscow (UPI) Nov 2, 2009 - The Kremlin has warned that gas deliveries to Europe might be disrupted as another payment row between Russian and Ukraine is in the making.
Burlington MA (SPX) Nov 02, 2009 - SPEC Process E and C has helped Qteros reach an important milestone last week. After less than a year working with SPEC to develop their new process, Qteros broke ground on their pilot plant.
Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 02, 2009 - Verenium has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Value Prior to Pulping (VPP) to test the effectiveness of Verenium's C5 technology for the creation of cellulosic ethanol from the hemicelluloses generated by the pulp and paper process, creating higher value products without negatively impacting paper quality.
Pennington, N.J. (UPI) Nov 2, 2009 - The prospect of generating large volumes of electricity and then distributing power through underwater grid lines is nearer with successful tests announced Monday.
Sydney (AFP) Nov 1, 2009 - Australian authorities were Sunday ordered to help extinguish a fire which broke out on a leaking oil rig that has been pumping thousands of barrels of oil into the Timor Sea for months.
Omuta, Japan (AFP) Nov 1, 2009 - Swathes of dirty clouds brood over a coal plant in rural Japan, but scientists are now hoping to send the pollutants the other way, deep into the bowels of Mother Earth.
Paris (AFP) Oct 31, 2009 - Some 180 countries kick off five days of climate talks in Barcelona Monday, the last UN session before the December conference tasked with beating back the planetary threat of global warming.
New Haven, West Virginia (AFP) Oct 31, 2009 - Eyeing lucrative markets in China, India and beyond, French firm Alstom on Friday unveiled the world's largest carbon capture facility at a coal plant -- a technology backers hope will fuel a new multi-billion dollar industry and keep the coal industry alive.
