London (AFP) Jul 12, 2005 - British oil giant BP said Tuesday its oil platform Thunder Horse was listing after Hurricane Dennis swept through the US Gulf of Mexico killing at least 62 people.
Strasbourg (AFP) Jul 12, 2005 - The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday found Turkey guilty of violating citizens' rights for failing to close three thermal power stations which were polluting the local environment, despite rulings for a shutdown in Turkish courts.
New York (AFP) Jul 12, 2005 - World oil prices soared on Tuesday on concerns that US oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico could fall victim to a new tropical storm after escaping the worst of Hurricane Dennis this weekend.
Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2005 - Canada's EnCana is considering bringing in Chinese companies to construct and operate drilling rigs in the Colorado Rockies as the region struggles to keep up with demand and rising energy prices.
New York (AFP) Jul 11, 2005 - World oil prices fell Monday after Hurricane Dennis spared US drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico while wreaking a trail of death and destruction elsewhere in the region, traders said.
University Park PA (UPI) Jul 11, 2005 - Drying lumber is an expensive process but a Penn State researcher says the time and energy needed to dry a piece of wood may be dramatically reduced.
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jul 07, 2005 - Turning plants such as corn, soybeans and sunflowers into fuel uses much more energy than the resulting ethanol or biodiesel generates, according to a new Cornell University and University of California-Berkeley study.
Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2005 - Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard is constructing a solar-powered plane to fly around the world. His aim is to support sustainable development by demonstrating what renewable energy and new technologies can achieve.
Washington (SPX) Jul 07, 2005 - A new study of the carbon dioxide emissions, cropland area requirements, and other environmental consequences of growing corn and sugarcane to produce fuel ethanol indicates that the direct and indirect environmental impacts of growing, harvesting, and converting biomass to ethanol far exceed any value in developing this energy resource on a large scale.
Maili-Suu, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) Jul 07, 2005 - While the rest of Kyrgyzstan worries about instability ahead of a presidential poll, officials in the remote town of Maili-Suu evoke a doomsday scenario involving two million cubic metres of radioactive nuclear waste.
Sydney (AFP) Jul 05, 2005 - From bananas to wind farms, alcohol and the sun, the search for alternative energy sources has taken on a new urgency as oil prices hit record levels.
Tokyo (AFP) Jul 05, 2005 - Japan is considering extending up to nine billion dollars in aid to Russia to help finance a pipeline from Siberian oil fields if Moscow gives Tokyo preference over Beijing in the project, a news report said Tuesday.
Beijing (UPI) July 1, 2005 - Days after France was chosen as the site for an experimental nuclear reactor based on fusion technology, state media said Friday China will build its own.
Cadarache, France (AFP) Jun 30, 2005 - French President Jacques Chirac on Thursday hailed a decision to build a multi-billion-dollar nuclear fusion reactor in southern France as vital to the planet's future, praising European solidarity in sealing the deal.
Los Angeles (AFP) Jun 29, 2005 - Jon and Sandy Spallino may be turning heads with their new car, since they will be the first on their block - and possibly the world - with a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle.
Moscow (UPI) Jun 29, 2005 - Russian President Vladimir Putin wants foreign direct investment, but only as long as it isn't in strategic sectors. He also wants to repair Russia's investment reputation in the wake of the Yukos affair.
