Washington (AFP) March 30, 2019 - US President Donald Trump has granted a new permit for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, a controversial project that would bring oil from Canada to the US.
Moscow (AFP) March 30, 2019 - Russia on Saturday warned Washington to stop interfering in the stand-off between Venezuela's government and the opposition movement, and once again defended its decision to send personnel to the country.
Washington (AFP) March 30, 2019 - President Donald Trump's move to lift bans on drilling for oil and gas in offshore Arctic and Atlantic areas is illegal, a US judge has ruled.
Paris (AFP) March 30, 2019 - The Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House and even the ancient Acropolis in Athens were plunged into darkness for an hour Saturday as part of a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change and its impact on the planet's vanishing plant and animal life.
Washington (AFP) March 29, 2019 - Iraq's parliament speaker voiced hope Friday that the United States will keep waiving sanctions on energy purchases from Iran, saying his country will need to import electricity from its neighbor for three years.
Lund, Sweden (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 - In recent years, researchers have tried to capture the electrical current that bacteria generate through their own metabolism. So far, however, the transfer of the current from the bacteria to a rec
Moscow (AFP) March 28, 2019 - Russia said Thursday its troops will stay in Venezuela for as long as needed and urged the United States not to worry about Moscow's ties with a traditional ally.
Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 - The rapid elevation of atmospheric carbon dioxide level has led to global warming and ocean acidification. Microalgae, accounting for nearly 40% of global carbon dioxide fixation on Earth, are on th
Lubmin, Germany (AFP) March 27, 2019 - US President Donald Trump may loathe it, but the Russia-Germany gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 that runs under the Baltic Sea is set to be completed by the end of the year, its operators predict.
College Park MD (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 - A University of Maryland-led team of researchers has created a heat-to-electricity device that runs on ions and which could someday harness the body's heat to provide energy. Led by UMD resear
Paris (AFP) March 26, 2019 - A 2.3 percent jump in global energy demand last year outstripped the expansion of renewables and helped drive record-high greenhouse gas emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday.
Buenos Aires (AFP) March 26, 2019 - The Lima Group condemned Tuesday the presence of Russian military planes in Venezuela as a provocation threatening regional peace.
Sendai, Japan (SPX) Mar 25, 2019 - Scientists from Tohoku University and the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization have developed a new complex hydride lithium superionic conductor that could result in all-solid-state batteri
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 25, 2019 - A new system devised by researchers at MIT can monitor the behavior of all electric devices within a building, ship, or factory, determining which ones are in use at any given time and whether any a
Shanghai (AFP) March 25, 2019 - Chinese energy giant Sinopec, the world's largest oil refiner, said Monday its annual profit for 2018 soared by almost a quarter thanks to growing domestic demand for natural gas.
East Lansing MI (SPX) Mar 25, 2019 - Fulfilling the world's growing energy needs summons images of oil pipelines, electric wires and truckloads of coal. But Michigan State University scientists show a lot of energy moves nearly incogni
