Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 09, 2009 - The production of biodiesel from algae could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, help to address future fuel shortages and create jobs in rural Australia.
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 09, 2009 - New physical barriers keeping would-be saboteurs from attacking Iraq's northern pipeline have led to increased oil exports. It's a major reason Elizabeth Burg, a U.S. Army civilian who volunteered for duty in Iraq, was recently named one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' top five proteges.
Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2009 - The Air Resources Board has released a proposed regulation that would implement Governor Schwarzenegger's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, a policy to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from California's transportation fuels by ten percent by 2020 and more thereafter. The release of the proposed regulation allows 45 days for the public to review the language and provide comment before the item is considered at the April 23 ARB hearing.
Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2009 - Growth Energy has called on the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to reject rules developed by its staff that would impose unfair standards in calculating the carbon intensity of fuels as part of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Mar 09, 2009 - Netafim has entered into an EPC agreement with Maple, under which Netafim will provide engineering, procurement and construction of a drip irrigation system and become the exclusive supplier of smart irrigation solutions for Maple's sugar cane project to be constructed and operated in Peru.
Buenos Aires (UPI) Mar 9, 2009 - Despite Argentine moves toward military refurbishment and British buildup of air force and naval patrols in the South Atlantic, security analysts are not persuaded the tense stand-off after the oil drilling began will lead to an armed conflict in the Falklands.
Lagos (AFP) March 9, 2009 - Nigeria's armed forces claimed Monday to have uncovered a plot to target a Chevron oil facility and its pipelines in the Niger Delta.
Berlin (UPI) Mar 9, 2009 - An Ukrainian security expert said Kiev is eager to join European-Russian energy projects such as the Nord Stream pipeline.
Lansing MI (SPX) Mar 09, 2009 - Gov. Jennifer Granholm's single largest alternative energy project is a long way from proving itself. There is much uncertainty surrounding the plan to burn 375,000 cords of Michigan hardwood every year to create 40 million gallons of bio-diesel fuel annually, raising concerns that it could do more financial and environmental harm than good.
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Mar 8, 2009 - The arrival of ousted former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya at Petrocaribe energy consortium has deflected attention from the group's financial woes, which require urgent attention, analysts said.
Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2009 - China reiterated on Saturday that a gas field near a disputed part of the East China Sea was part of its territory, despite Japanese protests.
Baghdad (AFP) March 7, 2009 - Iraq will receive 140 Abrams battle tanks from the United States to bolster its new forces, the US army said on Saturday.
Lagos (AFP) March 7, 2009 - Nigeria, tipped to be the world's next natural gas powerhouse, is on the frontline for climate change as it is ranked Africa's largest producer of greenhouse gases.
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 06, 2009 - Nigeria's leading oil-worker unions have given the government 21 days to improve the security situation in the petroleum-rich Niger Delta before they declare an industry-wide strike.
Berlin (UPI) Mar 6, 2009 - Renewable and traditional energy companies have launched a war of words over Germany's future energy mix, a divisive issue increasing in prominence roughly half a year before Germans head to the polls to vote for a new government.
Washington (UPI) Mar 6, 2009 - The new year opened with Russia halting natural gas deliveries through Ukraine to Eastern Europe and points west, reminding the European Union that its Russian gas imports are hostage not only to bilateral economic disputes between Moscow and Kiev but to Ukrainian domestic politics as well. The stoppage, which began Jan. 1 when Russia first diminished gas flows before halting them completely six days later, directly affected 18 nations during one of Europe's coldest winters in years.
