New Orleans (UPI) Jul 10, 2015 - BP offered a $45 million settlement to New Orleans, which will use the funds for water management and coastal restoration, the city's mayor said.
Edmonton, Alberta (UPI) Jul 10, 2015 - The latest flare-up in wildfires in western Canada did not impact oil production as earlier outbreaks did, a provincial spokesperson in Alberta said.
Paris (AFP) July 10, 2015 - Academics and economists called Friday for a price on carbon and an end to fossil fuel subsidies to help curb rampant greenhouse gas emissions harming Earth's climate system.
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jul 10, 2015 - Draining tropical peatlands for oil palm plantations may result in nearly twice as much carbon loss as official estimates, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Minnesota In
Sendai, Japan (SPX) Jul 10, 2015 - A research team comprising scientists from Tohoku University, RIKEN, the University of Tokyo, Chiba University and University College London have discovered a new chemical reaction pathway on titani
Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 09, 2015 - Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for scheduling energy in electric grids that moves away from centralized management by tapping into the distributed
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 09, 2015 - Monday's 8% WTI crude decline is setting up a big opportunity for buyers. And there could be more to come. But this is driven by momentum, not by the fundamental conditions in the physical market.
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2015 - Electrical engineers have broken key barriers that limit the distance information can travel in fiber optic cables and still be accurately deciphered by a receiver. Photonics researchers at the Univ
Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2015 - A committee from the Republican-led House of Representatives said it issued a subpoena to the State Department on the permit process for Keystone XL.
London (UPI) Jul 9, 2015 - British energy company Gulf Keystone Petroleum said Thursday it was lowering its production expectations from Kurdish assets because of adverse market factors.
Tioga, N.D. (UPI) Jul 9, 2015 - The North Dakota government reported a minor spill of so-called condensates migrated to a drainage ditch feeding a creek in the west of the state.
New Rochelle NY (SPX) Jul 09, 2015 - A first of its kind study that modeled oil slick weathering over time in a laboratory setting provides evidence that evaporation combined with sinking of the heavy components of surface-spill slicks
Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2015 - U.S. House leaders heard testimony largely in support of lifting a ban on crude oil exports, though debate over OPEC's market role emerged on the margins.
London (AFP) July 9, 2015 - Oil prices rose Thursday, clawing back ground after recent sharp losses, while gains were capped by concerns surrounding the impact of China's and Greece's problems on crude demand, analysts said.
Milan, Italy (UPI) Jul 9, 2015 - Italian energy services company Saipem said Thursday it received word from Gazprom its contract to build a natural gas pipeline through Turkey was cancelled.
Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2015 - Stanford University scientists have invented a low-cost water splitter that uses a single catalyst to produce both hydrogen and oxygen gas 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The device, described in
