Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2010 - US authorities announced new safety rules Thursday for offshore oil and gas drilling, a move aimed at preventing a recurrence of the disastrous Deepwater Horizon accident earlier this year.
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2010 - A major US trade union on Thursday accused China of handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in illegal subsidies in a bid to dominate the green energy sector.
Washington (AFP) Sept 22, 2009 - The US government has spent more than one billion dollars on private sector renewable energy projects from the massive economic stimulus program passed seven months ago, officials said Tuesday.
Washington (AFP) Sept 26, 2019 - The United States announced Thursday the deployment of 200 troops as well as Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia to help the country's defense in the wake of last month's attacks on oil installations blamed on Iran.
Washington (AFP) Sept 20, 2013 - The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to limit carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants, in a bid to implement President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change.
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2024 - A key US senator called Monday for Azerbaijan officials to release 15 jailed activists and journalists ahead of the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Baku in November.
Chicago (AFP) Sept 9, 2016 - The US government on Friday sought to stop construction on a controversial oil pipeline in North Dakota that has angered Native Americans, blocking any work on federal land and asking the company to voluntarily pause work nearby.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 2, 2008 - The United States does not maintain controls on clean energy exports, a senior American trade envoy said Tuesday, while addressing Chinese concerns over billions of dollars in potential trade.
Washington (AFP) Sept 3, 2020 - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions against 11 Iranian, Chinese and United Arab Emirates companies accused of helping to bypass the American embargo on Iran's oil exports.
United Nations (AFP) Sept 25, 2019 - The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions on Chinese companies for buying Iranian oil, stepping up pressure despite European attempts to arrange talks between Washington and Tehran.
Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2011 - A key US government report spreads the blame for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, citing a bad cement job, poor management by BP and its subcontractors and risky shortcuts. The findings by the agency that regulates offshore drilling are largely in line with other investigations into the 2010 disaster, but offer the most detailed analysis to date.
Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2009 - The United States is pushing key developing and developed nations to agree on a plan to phase out subsidies for fossil fuel industries blamed for global warming, the White House said.
Washington (AFP) Sept 1, 2020 - The United States announced Tuesday that it would lift for one year its three-decade-old arms embargo on Cyprus to allow non-lethal military goods to be sold to the Mediterranean island.
Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2010 - The United States on Wednesday ordered oil and gas firms to permanently plug nearly 3,500 unused wells and dismantle hundreds of idle platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, in a bid to shore up industry safety after the disastrous BP spill.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 5, 2011 - The US oil giant behind a huge spill off China said Monday it had halted production at the oilfield in line with a government order, as an influential Chinese newspaper accused it of a cover-up.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 5, 2011 - The US oil giant behind a huge spill off China said Monday it had halted production at the oilfield in line with a government order, as an influential official newspaper accused it of a cover-up.
