Washington DC (SPX) Jun 30, 2008 - Dramatic progress in renewable energy technology is needed if the United States desires to produce 25 percent of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025 without significantly increasing consumer costs, according to a RAND Corporation study.
Manama (AFP) June 30, 2008 - The commander of the US navy's Fifth Fleet warned on Monday that the United States will not allow Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf sea lane through which much of the world's oil is supplied.
Washington (AFP) June 29, 2008 - One woman outsourced the breaking off a relationship.
Moscow (AFP) June 28, 2008 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday told his Ukrainian counterpart that Central Asian countries were urging Moscow to increase gas prices for Ukraine.
Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2008 - Biofuels can be a sustainable part of the world's energy future, especially if bioenergy agriculture is developed on currently abandoned or degraded agricultural lands, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University.
New York (AFP) Jun 27, 2008 - The Dynamic Tower, a slender, shifting skyscraper of rotating, energy-self-sufficient luxury apartments, was presented in project-form in New York by Italian architect David Fisher, before it goes up in Dubai.
Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 27, 2008 - Can carbon dioxide emissions be economically reduced by capture and storage? How advanced are the technologies available to capture and compress CO2 for storage? Is it possible to store it safely underground?
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Jun 27, 2008 - A team of University of British Columbia researchers has developed a technique that controls the number of electrons on the surface of high-temperature superconductors, a procedure considered impossible for the past two decades.
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 26, 2008 - Chevron Corp. has declared a force majeure on its oil exports following a particularly destructive attack on one of its installations in the Niger Delta.
London (AFP) June 26, 2008 - Thousands of new wind turbines could be built across Britain by 2020 as part of multi-billion pound plans to switch to more sustainable energy sources, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.
Los Angeles (AFP) June 26, 2008 - California on Thursday unveiled a roadmap for its goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent over the next 12 years, describing global warming as the biggest threat facing the state.
Hong Kong (AFP) June 26, 2008 - German and Japanese machines whir endlessly in one of Hong Kong's few remaining spinning mills as the droning sound of raw US cotton being spun into thread for clothing made in China hums 24 hours a day.
Thiruvananthapuram, India (AFP) June 26, 2008 - India's Kerala state has seen vital water stores for power generation dip to their lowest levels in 25 years after much-needed monsoon rains were unexpectedly weak, officials said.
Santa Monica, Calif. (UPI) Jun 26, 2008 - U.S. analysts say they've found an urgent need for major progress in technology if even 25 percent renewable energy use is to be affordable.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 25, 2008 - AMEC has announced that subsidiary AMEC Paragon made significant contributions to the successful installation of the Takula Gas Processing Platform (TGPP), which recently has been completed in Block 0 offshore Angola.
Miami (UPI) Jun 25, 2008 - One eastern Bolivian province took another step toward self-governance this week, as voters overwhelmingly supported greater autonomy from the central government, drawing a further divide in a poor South American country over the gas issue.
