Paris (UPI) Oct 27, 2009 - The head of French oil company Total has warned politicians not to implement environmental policies that stop investments in fossil fuels before renewable alternatives are available at a large scale.
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Oct 26, 2009 - Brazil has embarked on a controversial plan to raise biofuel content in its diesel production amid concerns the country's edible oils market may face supply pressures as a result.
Berlin (UPI) Oct 26, 2009 - A study claims Germany's renewable energy funding law -- copied by countries all over the world -- is too expensive and ineffective.
Uyuni, Bolivia (AFP) Oct 25, 2009 - A dozen 600-liter barrels full of metal brine sit on a warehouse floor ready to be shipped abroad for analysis, the first step in Bolivia's quest to exploit vast lithium deposits in the sprawling Uyuni salt flats.
Berlin (AFP) Oct 25, 2009 - Trade unions, opposition leaders and the press savaged German Chancellor Angela Merkel's new-look government Sunday over what they called a fiscally reckless and socially unjust plan for the next term.
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 23, 2009 - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Friday it would approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 in a bid to drastically reduce the industry's carbon footprint.
Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2009 - Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of major U.S. companies, in a report released Wednesday urged Congress and the Obama administration to support renewable and traditional sources of energy as the country transitions to a low-carbon economy.
Sydney (AFP) Oct 23, 2009 - A massive oil and gas leak off Australia's northwest coast was killing seabirds and threatening thousands of marine animals, conservationists warned Friday.
Ashgabat (AFP) Oct 23, 2009 - Turkmenistan has completed construction on its part of a 7,000 kilometre (4,350 mile) natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to China, state media announced Friday.
London, UK (SPX) Oct 22, 2009 - A new computerised approach to airport operations is being developed that will reduce delays, speed up baggage handling and decrease pollution. The project is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and led by researchers at The University of Nottingham.
Washington (AFP) Oct 22, 2009 - US experts warn that rules governing biofuel production encourage deforestation and mean the technology is therefore a false method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Sacramento CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2009 - Many trends start in California and then spread eastward across the US. When it comes to energy efficiency and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, California is taking the lead in retrofitting existing buildings to reduce energy use and emissions.
Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) Oct 22, 2009 - The Falkland Islands' dream of becoming a major oil producer may be becoming a reality with new investment funds going into exploration amid expert analysis the British overseas territory may hold more oil than the North Sea.
New Delhi, India (AFP) Oct 22, 2009 - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh argued Thursday that innovations in green technology should be shared with developing countries in much the same fashion as HIV/AIDS drugs.
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Oct 22, 2009 - Nigeria's government plans to allocate 10 percent of its oil revenue for the troubled Niger Delta region, which produces most of the country's crude, in a new bid to stamp out a tribal insurgency that has cut oil output by one-third.
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (AFP) Oct 22, 2009 - Cinta, a baby orangutan found lost and alone in a vast Borneo palm oil plantation, now clings to a tree at a sanctuary for the great apes, staring intently at dozens of tourists.
