New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 09, 2019 - Chinese and Rutgers scientists have discovered how aquatic plants cope with water pollution, a major ecological question that could help boost their use in wastewater treatment, biofuels, antibiotic
Kobe, Japan (SPX) Sep 09, 2019 - A more environmentally-friendly and sustainable method of producing the useful chemical 1,2,4-butanetriol has been discovered. The Kobe University team were the first in the world to utilize a metho
Paris (AFP) Sept 6, 2019 - Oil and gas projects approved by major fossil fuel companies over the last 20 months threaten both shareholder value and efforts to keep Earth from overheating, according to an analysis released Friday.
Vladivostok, Russia (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 - Russia's Novatek on Thursday announced the launch of a major liquefied natural gas project in the Arctic with Chinese, French and Japanese partners.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 - Wind power is a key pillar in Germany's ambitious renewables transition plan, but the sector has struck strong resistance, forcing the Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to open talks on the crisis on Thursday.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 - The German government vowed to push through new measures to revive the country's ailing wind energy sector after hosting a crisis summit in Berlin on Thursday.
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 - A common greenhouse gas could be repurposed in an efficient and environmentally friendly way with an electrolyzer that uses renewable electricity to produce pure liquid fuels. The catalytic re
University Park PA (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 - A new understanding of how an important methane-producing microorganism creates methane and carbon dioxide could eventually allow researchers to manipulate how much of these important greenhouse gas
Tempe AZ (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 - Securing enough energy to meet human needs is one of the greatest challenges society has ever faced. Previously reliable sources - oil, gas and coal - are degrading air quality, devastating land and
Brussels (AFP) Sept 4, 2019 - Tackling climate change is a top priority for the incoming European Commission, but a decades-old energy treaty protecting fossil fuel investments is proving a tricky obstacle, experts said Wednesday.
Tehran (AFP) Sept 4, 2019 - Iran said Wednesday it will resume full compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal if it can sell its oil or get a $15-billion credit line guaranteed by future crude sales.
Paris (AFP) Sept 4, 2019 - Tens of thousands of cargo ships will have to start using less polluting fuels in January, a boon for the environment that could however lead to higher bills for consumers.
Amman (AFP) Sept 4, 2019 - Jordan said it received its first shipment Wednesday of Iraqi oil, interrupted for five years by the Islamic State group's control of swathes of Iraq between 2014 and 2017.
Washington (AFP) Sept 4, 2019 - A senior US official on Wednesday ruled out issuing waivers to Iran sanctions to permit a French-proposed credit line, which Tehran says could bring it back to full compliance with the nuclear deal.
Washington (UPI) Sep 3, 2019 - Engineers at Rice University in Texas have developed a catalytic reactor that can convert CO2 into high concentrations of pure formic acid, which can be used as a liquid fuel.
Menlo Park CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2019 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have made the first nickel oxide material that shows clear sig
