Newton, Iowa (AFP) April 22, 2009 - President Barack Obama Wednesday launched his push for a green energy revolution and to pass historic climate change legislation, making his pitch from a wind energy factory on Earth Day.
Manila (AFP) April 22, 2009 - A state-owned Philippine energy company and a Canadian firm have agreed to pursue renewable energy projects in the Southeast Asian country, an official from the Philippine partner said Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) April 22, 2009 - US lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at choking off Iran's gasoline imports to break its defiance of global demands to freeze its suspect nuclear program, their offices said Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) April 22, 2009 - Venezuela's oil company CITGO marked Earth Day Wednesday by formally donating an island it owns to the US state of New Jersey for a nature preserve, Venezuelan authorities said.
Beijing (AFP) April 21, 2009 - China and Russia signed an energy agreement Tuesday that will usher in billions of dollars of commercial deals, including the building of an oil pipeline and supply of fuel to a thirsty Chinese market.
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Apr 20, 2009 - An international research team, including Professor Rajeev Ahuja's research group at Uppsala University, has shown that small additions of potassium drastically improve the hydrogen-storage properties of certain types of hydrogen compounds. The findings are published in the Web edition of Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 20, 2009 - Since 1991, the Caspian basin has emerged as the world's leading untapped energy source. According to the U.S. government's Energy Information Administration, the Caspian's 143,244 square miles and attendant coastline could contain as much as 250 billion barrels of recoverable oil besides an additional 200 billion barrels of potential reserves. Additionally, the EIA places the Caspian basin's natural gas reserves at up to 9.2 trillion cubic meters of recoverable natural gas; even with oil at $50 a barrel, down from its July 11 record high of $147.27 per barrel, the region's recoverable oil alone is worth $12.5 trillion.
London UK (SPX) Apr 20, 2009 - A new study finds that it will take more than 75 years for the carbon emissions saved through the use of biofuels to compensate for the carbon lost when biofuel plantations are established on forestlands. If the original habitat was peatland, carbon balance would take more than 600 years. The study appears in Conservation Biology.
Warsaw (AFP) April 20, 2009 - German energy giant RWE said Monday it would invest 500 million euros (652 million dollars) in a series of wind farms in Poland, boosting its involvement in the country's power market.
Duluth MN (SPX) Apr 20, 2009 - Ethanol production in Minnesota and Iowa uses far less water overall than similar processes in states where water is less plentiful, a new University of Minnesota study shows.
Grover Hill, OH (SPX) Apr 20, 2009 - National Wind has announced the formation of Northwest Ohio Wind Energy, a community wind development company in Paulding and Van Wert Counties in Ohio. A group of area landowners and investors previously organized as Ohio Wind Energy, LLC, joined with National Wind, LLC, and the local community to form Northwest Ohio Wind Energy.
Upton NY (SPX) Apr 20, 2009 - By creating a family tree of genes expressed in one form of woody plant and a less woody, herbaceous species, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered clues that may help them engineer plants more amenable to biofuel production.
Davis CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2009 - To speed the transfer of renewable-energy advances from research laboratories to homes and industries, the California Energy Commission will award the University of California, Davis, $3 million to coordinate the efforts of four statewide programs.
Shanghai (AFP) April 17, 2009 - China has extended 10 billion dollars in loans to oil and gas-rich Kazakhstan, the Kazakh state news agency reported Friday, in the latest Chinese deal locking up access to foreign resources.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 16, 2009 - An offer of amnesty for Nigerian militants waging attacks in the oil-rich Niger Delta has been met with mixed reviews and prompted increased criticism of President Umaru Yar'Adua's handling of the ongoing violence in the region.
Ottawa (AFP) April 16, 2009 - An environmental panel urged the Canadian government on Thursday to quickly implement a national carbon pricing policy if it is to meet its targets for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
