Paris, France (AFP) June 18, 2009 - An experimental reactor that could harness nuclear fusion, the power that fuels the Sun, will begin operation in southern France in 2018, the project's governing body announced Thursday.
Manila (AFP) June 17, 2009 - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will boost its investments in clean energy to two billion dollars a year by 2013, doubling its current contribution, the bank's president said Wednesday.
Berlin (UPI) Jun 17, 2009 - Germany and Ukraine have decided to boost their cooperation on sustainability and energy efficiency.
Lagos, Nigeria (UPI) Jun 17, 2009 - U.S. oil giant Chevron has become the main target for Nigerian rebels in a campaign of violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta that has reduced output by nearly 1 million barrels of oil a day.
Beijing (UPI) Jun 17, 2009 - The biggest company in the world doesn't have its headquarters in the United States or Europe but, in a sign of the world economic tectonic shift, in Beijing.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2009 - Large uncertainties in calculating international land use change effects and associated greenhouse gas emissions remain in the Environmental Protection Agency's life cycle assessment of biofuels for the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Abuja (AFP) June 16, 2009 - China's state oil firm SIPEC and Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) have discovered crude oil from Niger Delta region of the west African nation, an official statement said late Monday.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2009 - Corn farmers and two veteran corn-state congressmen asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider new rules on ethanol in light of the phenomenal productivity and declining environmental impact of America's largest crop.
Detroit, Michigan (AFP) June 16, 2009 - Government efforts to curb climate change could soon spur an oil crisis more severe than those already experienced, the head of oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips said Tuesday.
Oyster Bay NY (SPX) Jun 16, 2009 - The emission-neutral energy provided by wind power represents a unique opportunity to help the world end its reliance on expensive, polluting fossil fuels, and to spur the economy by creating millions of green collar jobs.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 16, 2009 - Customers at a Shell service station have become the first in the world to fill their tanks with gasoline containing advanced biofuel made from wheat straw.
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2009 - The Campo Band of Mission Indians of the Kumeyaay Nation, Invenergy and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG and E) have jointly announced a plan to build a wind energy project capable of generating up to 160 megawatts (MW) of renewable power.
Sanaa, Yemen (UPI) Jun 15, 2009 - The strategically important Red Sea region, a key route for global oil supplies, is showing signs of becoming a new front in the U.S.-led war against terrorism and the smoldering conflict between Iran and Israel.
Champaign, Ill. (UPI) Jun 15, 2009 - U.S. scientists have constructed a light-emitting transistor that has set a record for a signal-processing modulation speed.
Augusta ME (SPX) Jun 15, 2009 - The Maine Legislature has overwhelmingly voted in favor of placing a moratorium on a controversial, massive energy corridor, which would use right of ways on Maine highways to deliver Canadian-produced energy to lucrative markets in southern New England.
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 15, 2009 - Researchers at the University of Chicago and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed an electronic glue that could accelerate advances in semiconductor-based technologies, including solar cells and thermoelectric devices that convert sun light and waste heat, respectively, into useful electrical energy.
