Lagos (AFP) March 16, 2009 - Armed men attacked an oil facility in restive southern Nigeria early Monday but were repelled by the military, an army spokesman said.
Los Angeles (AFP) March 16, 2009 - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday announced the creation of a youth environmental corps tasked with protecting California's verdant ecology, while training for future employment in the emerging green economy.
Buenos Aires (UPI) Mar 15, 2009 - China has taken the first major step toward securing an energy foothold in Latin America with the purchase of a 50 percent stake in Argentinian oil firm Bridas Corporation.
Warri, Nigeria (UPI) Mar 15, 2009 - Bombings in the oil-rich south were a signal from insurgents who have slashed Nigeria's oil production that a fragile summer cease-fire is over while the country grapples with ethnic massacres and a swelling power struggle by its political barons.
Tokyo (UPI) Mar 15, 2009 - Japan's basic climate bill approved by the Cabinet is facing opposition from the industrial sector.
Livermore, Calif. (UPI) Mar 15, 2009 - Scientists in California say they're trying to replicate the power of the sun by firing laser beams at a tiny pellet of hydrogen.
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 14, 2009 - The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) has issued this response to a recent letter sent to President Obama from Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Utah Governor Jon Huntsman and Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal:
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2009 - Australia's biggest collaboration with China on wireless communications research will focus on making the next generation of wireless networks more environmentally friendly.
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2009 - CSIRO scientists have successfully helped oil and gas company InterOil discover significant amounts of natural gas in Papua New Guinea.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2009 - The world economic crisis has hit investment in clean energy and means its growth is no longer on track for the world to avert the worst impact of climate change, according to leading clean energy and carbon market analysts, New Energy Finance.
Milwaukee WI (SPX) Mar 14, 2009 - A new national appetite for energy efficiency and renewable energy - especially within federal government buildings - means Johnson Controls is well-positioned to expand its leadership in the marketplace.
Shock waves are a well tested phenomenon on a large scale, but scientists at the U.S.
Tehran (AFP) March 14, 2009 - Iran's state-owned gas company and a Chinese consortium Saturday signed a multi-billion dollar deal to produce liquefied natural gas in the Islamic republic's South Pars field, a report said.
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 14, 2009 - MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries - for cell phones and other devices - that could recharge in seconds rather than hours.
London (AFP) March 14, 2009 - The Maldives will become the world's first carbon neutral country by fully switching to the use of renewable energy within a decade, President Mohamed Nasheed said in an article to be published Sunday.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2009 - The first ever global collaboration on climate change between major organisations and their suppliers demonstrates the need for increased supplier awareness of the regulatory, physical and general risks that climate change poses to their business.
