Brussels (AFP) April 14, 2008 - The EU Commission on Monday rejected claims that producing biofuels is a crime against humanity that threatens food supplies, and vowed to stick to its goals as part of a climate change package.
Honolulu HI (SPX) Apr 14, 2008 - The first annual global Blue Planet Summit (BPS 2008) convened a world class team of 75 participants in Hawaii from April 3-5 for an intensive dialogue on clean, renewable energy and the environmental, economic and political imperatives demanding immediate and collaborative action on a global level.
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (AFP) April 14, 2008 - Indonesia likely overtook Malaysia as the world's top palm oil producer in 2007, due to dramatically increased area under plantation, Malaysia said Monday.
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Apr 14, 2008 - The United Steelworkers (USW), the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Blue Green Alliance, a partnership of the USW and Sierra Club, have launched the national Green Jobs for America campaign. The campaign will focus on the ability of a serious commitment to clean, renewable energy to make us more energy independent, help us end our dangerous dependence on fossil fuels and create over 820,000 new green jobs nationwide.
Cambridge, MA (UPI) April 14, 2008 - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is working with a German research firm to open a sustainable energy center near the college, the school announced.
George Huber of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a $400,000 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to pursue his revolutionary…
South Windsor CT (SPX) Apr 14, 2008 - UTC Power and Raser Technologies have announced UTC Power will provide 110 PureCycle geothermal power systems to Raser in addition to 90 ordered last year. In total, these 200 systems will have the capability to generate approximately 40 to 45 megawatts (MW) per hour of renewable electrical power.
Washington (UPI) April 14, 2008 - The U.S. Department of Energy says it will provide up to $44 million in funding to assist universities in biomass technology research and development.
Tashkent (AFP) April 14, 2008 - Uzbek energy firm Uzbekneftgas has formed a joint venture with China's CNPC to build a pipeline that would bring gas from Turkmenistan to China, an official with Uzbekneftgas told AFP on Monday.
Singapore (AFP) April 12, 2008 - Record high oil prices, environmental concerns, affluent lifestyles as well as the need to dodge city traffic are driving a boom in Asia's motorcycle and bicycle market, industry figures say.
Berlin, April 11, 2008 - Russia's Gazprom is making sure it keeps its dominance of the European gas market, observers say, by trying to influence a potential alternative supplier to Europe -- Nigeria.
This week the circus came to town. Not Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, but Gen.
London (AFP) April 11, 2008 - French electricity and nuclear power group EDF was assembling a takeover bid for British Energy worth more than 11 billion pounds (13.7 billion euros, 21.7 billion dollars), The Times reported on Friday.
Washington, April 10, 2008 - The Russian Federation's vast geography has made the issue of supplying the lucrative eastern Asian markets problematic, but that is about to change as Russia has undertaken a massive pipeline project to supply crude to Asian markets.
- India may be a relative latecomer in the rush for Caspian hydrocarbon riches, but its booming economy and stable democratic traditions make it an attractive market for Central Asian energy producers, particularly Kazakhstan.
Sydney (AFP) April 10, 2008 - BHP Billiton on Thursday said it knew nothing about any move from Chinese authorities to acquire a multi-billion dollar stake in the world's largest miner.
