Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2019 - Ecuador will clean areas of its Amazon region that were polluted decades ago by Texaco in a move criticized by activists who fear too little will be done. After 26 years of legal actions in Ec
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2019 - ExxonMobil will surpass one million oil-equivalent barrels per day production in the Permian basin by 2024, an 80 percent increase, while Chevron separately announced it will increase its Permian ou
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2019 - ExxonMobil reached a $600,000 settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency over a Texas refinery fire in 2013. The oil corporation agreed to pay a $61
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2019 - Oil prices rose early Thursday after a commercial inventories report in the United States released yesterday revealed a smaller stockpile buildup than analysts expected. The U.S. Energy Inform
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2019 - Average gasoline prices at service stations across the United States saw the biggest rise since 2015 for a January-February period, with an additional three cents per gallon added in just the last w
Pullman WA (SPX) Mar 06, 2019 - Last August, Abdelrhman Mohamed found himself hiking deep into the wilderness of Yellowstone National Park. Unlike thousands of tourists who trek to admire the park's iconic geysers and hot sp
New York NY (SPX) Mar 06, 2019 - Frost and Sullivan perspective on the acquisition of Maxwell Technologies by Tesla One of the biggest game-changing news in the EV and energy storage industry is the impending acquisition of M
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 05, 2019 - Biofuel experts have long sought a more economically-viable way to turn algae into biocrude oil to power vehicles, ships and even jets. University of Utah researchers believe they have found an answ
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2019 - There are 5.5 million miles of power lines in this country - each one is losing energy right now. This ongoing 2 to 4 percent overhead loss could be reduced or eliminated if a lower resistance trans
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 05, 2019 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Drexel University and their partners have discovered a way to improve the energy density of promising energy-storage materials
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 - Ingeteam Power Technology, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, announced today that it contracted over 4GW of wind energy converters globally in 2018. With a total of
Ames IA (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 - by Sarah Ryan | Professor of Industrial Engineering | Iowa State University When temperatures in Minneapolis fell to 27 below zero during the January 2019 polar vortex, the Xcel Energy utility urge
Wellington (AFP) March 1, 2019 - New Zealand joined an international effort Friday to limit damage from oil spilling out of a ship that ran aground near World Heritage-listed waters in the Solomon Islands almost a month ago.
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 01, 2019 - Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said Friday the regime in Caracas is moving the European branch of state-run oil company PDVSA to Russia. Rodriguez said Venezuela President Nicolas M
United Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 - Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a US resolution in the UN Security Council on addressing the crisis in Venezuela, while a rival draft put forward by Moscow failed to win enough votes.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 - A global battery consortium charged with advancing lead battery technology has re-launched as it prepares to unveil a raft of new research designed to take the technology to the next level. Th
