Washington (AFP) Feb 25, 2008 - The US Supreme Court will revisit Wednesday the case of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker disaster in Alaska, examining whether the corporation should have to pay 2.5 billion dollars in punitive damages over the oil spill that occurred 19 years ago.
Berlin (UPI) Feb 24, 2008 - Germany may drop plans to double the amount of biofuels in gasoline after warnings that more than a million cars aren't biofuel compatible.
London (AFP) Feb 24, 2008 - The first flight by a commercial airline to be partly powered by biofuels and billed as heralding a eco-friendlier and cheaper era of airline travel took place on Sunday, Virgin Atlantic said.
Cranford NJ (SPX) Feb 22, 2008 - Metalico has announced that its biofuel affiliate, Beacon Energy, has entered into an agreement to purchase substantially all of the operating assets of Smithfield BioEnergy, an affiliate of Smithfield Foods, for an undisclosed price. Beacon, formerly known as AgriFuel Co., is an emerging producer and investor in the developing biofuels sector. Metalico, a leading scrap metal recycler and lead products fabricator, owns approximately 47% of Beacon's outstanding stock with the remaining shares of Beacon held by private investors.
Washington (UPI) Feb 22, 2008 - The success of China's amended Energy Conservation Law, which goes into effect this April with stronger regulations for transportation and construction, and improved administrative oversight, remains dubious and depends on the nature of its implementation and enforcement.
Copenhagen (AFP) Feb 22, 2008 - Denmark aims to increase its use of renewable energy to 20 percent of its overall energy mix by the end of 2011, up from 15 percent today, the government said Friday.
New York NY (SPX) Feb 22, 2008 - GreenShift has announced its execution of agreements with Adrian, Michigan-based Biofuel Industries Group pursuant to which GreenShift agreed to design and build more than $10 million worth of biodiesel production, feedstock pre-treatment and related process equipment based on GreenShift's proprietary biofuel technologies.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 22, 2008 - Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel released the following statement today on the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax of 2008 (H.R. 5351), which will be voted on in the House next week.
Palm Beach FL (SPX) Feb 22, 2008 - Real Logic has come to agreement on terms for a Real Logic subsidiary with an innovative company developing a new generation of commercial wind turbines with optional hydrogen production and storage components.
West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) Feb 21, 2008 - U.S. scientists said the recent boom in ethanol production from corn has tightly linked the agriculture and energy sectors in unprecedented fashion.
Washington (UPI) Feb 21, 2008 - A senior Iraqi delegation in Iran isn't directly focused on recent allegations of misconduct in the Iraqi oil sector -- including an Iranian takeover of some fields -- but rather settling cross-border rows leftover from war two decades ago.
Washington (UPI) Feb 21, 2008 - While mountains and brutal winter weather seem to go together, the frigid cold front that has settled over Central Asia is causing unparalleled misery in two of the region's poorest nations, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
Liepzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 21, 2008 - On 19th February 2008 the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) officially commenced the operation of the new drill rig InnovaRig at the geothermal drill site at Durrnhaar (Bavaria). With this event, one of the most modern drill rigs worldwide, with a drilling capacity to a depth of 5000 metres becomes available.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2008 - A GLOBAL Biofuels Biopact between rich and poor countries can help alleviate poverty in the developing world while helping to solve the problems of global warming and energy security in the developed world, says a new paper in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining published by SCI and John Wiley and Sons.
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 21, 2008 - When an earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter Scale rocked the central coast of Peru for two minutes on August 15, 2007, followed by aftershocks measuring up to 6.5, the city of Pisco was almost shaken to pieces. Remarkably, Pluspetrol's nearby liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plant and terminal, including the subsea cryogenic pipeline that joins them, withstood the quake.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 21, 2008 - Purdue University engineers have developed a new aluminum-rich alloy that produces hydrogen by splitting water and is economically competitive with conventional fuels for transportation and power generation.
