Gotenborg, Sweden (SPX) Jan 18, 2008 - One way of supplying energy is to grow plant material and burn it. If managed well most of the carbon released by burning the material will be captured by the growing plants, and so have a low impact on overall levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Better still, the growing plants could be used to help solve other environmental problems.
Washington (AFP) Jan 18, 2008 - US officials defended plans for oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska, telling lawmakers that it would not harm polar bears, already threatened by global warming.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 18, 2008 - China's ambassador to Japan said Friday he hoped the two countries would reach a deal to share long-disputed gas fields before President Hu Jintao visits Japan in a few months.
Dallas TX (SPX) Jan 18, 2008 - In a court battle closely watched by the growing wind energy industry, a Dallas judge has reversed an earlier jury verdict and ruled that Dallas-based TXU Corp. is not entitled to any damages in a contract dispute with major wind farm operator FPL Energy. The dispute centered on claims that Florida-based FPL Energy had not supplied levels of wind energy from three West Texas wind farms as agreed upon in a contract.
Stamford CT (SPX) Jan 18, 2008 - Reinforcing GE's ecomagination program, GE Energy Financial Services announced that it has raised its 2010 renewable energy investing target by 50 percent to $6 billion, and has just topped $3 billion. GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, crossed the $3 billion mark with its single highest-value wind deal, a $300 million investment in wind projects spanning four states.
Frankfurt (AFP) Jan 18, 2008 - German industrialists estimate that one million jobs are threatened in Germany by European Union plans to fight global warming, a sector leader said Friday in an interview.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 18, 2008 - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will next week unveil a post-Kyoto goal for cutting carbon emissions, pleasing environmentalists but butting heads with industry, reports said Friday.
Brussels (AFP) Jan 18, 2008 - An internal European Commission study, seen by AFP Friday, criticises an EU plan to boost the use of biofuels in transport, concluding that their costs outweigh the benefits.
Washington (UPI) Jan 18, 2008 - In retrospect, 2007 will be remembered as the high-water mark of Washington's attempts to develop the Caspian's post-Soviet hydrocarbon riches. If early 2008 is any indication, then the one remaining friend that America has in the Caspian basin is Azerbaijan.
Union Town PA (SPX) Jan 18, 2008 - Natural gas distributed throughout the Marcellus black shale in northern Appalachia could conservatively boost proven U.S. reserves by trillions of cubic feet if gas production companies employ horizontal drilling techniques, according to a Penn State and State University of New York, Fredonia, team.
Oslo (AFP) Jan 17, 2008 - Norway's government said Thursday the country would dramatically slash its carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 and aim to be completely carbon neutral by 2030 -- 20 years ahead of schedule.
Miami (UPI) Jan 16, 2008 - Brazil has signed a deal with Cuba to begin exploring its potentially oil-rich waters in the Gulf of Mexico in exchange for a multimillion-dollar aid program.
Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2008 - New reports on Iraq oil production find it flat, possibly decreasing, dampening expectations the sector was steadily advancing in the final months of 2007.
Beijing (AFP) Jan 16, 2008 - A Beijing-backed equity fund that aims to boost Sino-African ties has signed a first batch of investment deals worth more than 90 million dollars, state media reported Wednesday.
Berlin (AFP) Jan 16, 2008 - The German steel industry warned Thursday of huge job losses if the European Commission went ahead with a new emissions trading scheme in its climate protection drive.
Frankfurt (AFP) Jan 16, 2008 - The European Commission wants Germany to double the percentage of renewable energy in its overall consumption to 18 percent by 2020, a press report said, quoting EU diplomatic sources.
