Miami, FL (UPI) Mar 05, 2008 - The specter of war among Latin American neighbors Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, the region's top oil producer, could prove harmful to international oil markets.
Fresno CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2008 - Pacific Gas and Electric Company and BioEnergy Solutions have announced that their biogas-to-pipeline injection project in Fresno County has begun production of renewable natural gas derived from animal waste. It is the first project in California that will deliver pipeline-quality, renewable natural gas to a utility.
Hanover, Germany (AFP) March 5, 2008 - If swimming goggles with an in-built underwater camera, a bamboo laptop or a pink crocodile PC case is your thing then Germany's CeBIT IT fair is for you.
Shanghai (AFP) March 5, 2008 - China National Petroleum Corp., the country's biggest oil and gas producer, is in talks with Qatar Petroleum to set up a petrochemical joint venture in China, Chinese state media said Wednesday.
Lusaka (AFP) March 5, 2008 - A Chinese copper smelter in Zambia on Wednesday dismissed more than 500 construction workers after they rioted and beat up Chinese workers in protest at poor wages, a company spokesman said.
Manila (AFP) March 5, 2008 - Soaring oil prices and the rising cost of living have driven nearly four million people in the Philippines back into poverty, officials said Wednesday.
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Mar 05, 2008 - Researchers at the University of Minnesota studying bacteria capable of generating electricity have discovered that riboflavin (commonly known as vitamin B-2) is responsible for much of the energy produced by these organisms.
Oak Ridge TN (UPI) Mar 05, 2008 - Latin American countries could become major suppliers of ethanol for world markets in the future, an Oak Ridge (Tenn.) National Laboratory report says.
Evanston IL (SPX) Mar 05, 2008 - Nuclear power has advantages, but, if this method of making power is to be viable long term, discovering new solutions to radioactive waste disposal and other problems are critical. Otherwise nuclear power is unlikely to become mainstream.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 05, 2008 - The Sierra Club has come out for the U.S. natural gas industry, reports Oil and Gas Investor magazine. And, not for imported natural gas: it favors producing all that the U.S. can put out. That is because the Sierra Club would also like to see U.S. energy independence, says Carl Pope, executive director.
Coral Springs FL (SPX) Mar 04, 2008 - Clean Coal Technologies has announced that it has signed an agreement with The Benham Companies to support commercialization of CCTI's coal cleaning plants in China. Benham is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
Schenectady NY (SPX) Mar 04, 2008 - Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Americas has signed agreements exceeding $700 million to receive GE Energy 1.5-megawatt wind turbines for projects in 2009 and 2010. GE Energy will supply RES with nearly 500 megawatts of new wind energy capacity, and will provide commissioning and operations services as well as maintenance support.
Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 04, 2008 - Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) announces the formation of the Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) that will be the foundation of a campus-wide energy sustainability effort and create important learning opportunities for students and faculty from across academic disciplines.
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Toronto, Canada (UPI) Mar 04, 2008 - China's building of a port in Pakistan, its extra-polite friendship with the rulers of Myanmar and now its offer to Iran to pick up gas from Pakistan if India shows no interest in doing so is all part of the country's quest for energy to feed its export economy.
Rier, Sudan (AFP) March 4, 2008 - Kicked out of sleepy Nile fishing hamlets lost forever to Sudan's oil boom, villagers in the south curse a refinery for causing forced relocations, for spreading disease and ravaging the environment.
