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Russia charges all 30 Greenpeace activists with piracy

Oct 03, 2013 (AFP)

Russian investigators said Thursday they had charged all 30 crew members of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship with piracy over a protest against Arctic oil explo...

Slow progress in Israel-Turkey talks threatens gas pipeline plan

Oct 02, 2013 (UPI)

The pace of the supposed rapprochement between one-time strategic allies Israel and Turkey is almost glacial, casting doubts on prospects the Jewish state may b...

Quakes rattle Spain, offshore gas storage project blamed

Oct 02, 2013 (AFP)

Hundreds of small earthquakes which have rattled Spain's eastern coast were blamed Wednesday by green groups and geologists on a large offshore gas storage plan...

No Keystone XL pipeline approval this year: company

Oct 02, 2013 (AFP)

TransCanada said Wednesday it has given up on a White House nod by year's end to proceed with construction of the northern leg its proposed Keystone XL pipeline...

Russia charges five activists with piracy: Greenpeace

Oct 02, 2013 (AFP)

Russian investigators on Wednesday charged five Greenpeace campaigners with piracy over an open-sea protest against Arctic oil drilling, the environmental group...

Methane Out, Carbon Dioxide In

Oct 01, 2013 (SPX)

A University of Virginia engineering professor has proposed a novel approach for keeping waste carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Andres Clarens, an assistan...

Drexel finds new energy storage capabilities between layers of 2-D materials

Oct 01, 2013 (SPX)

Drexel University researchers are continuing to expand the capabilities and functionalities of a family of two-dimensional materials they discovered that are as...

China's shale development gets off to slow start

Oct 01, 2013 (UPI)

Development of China's vast shale resources is getting off to a slow start amid challenges, experts say. "Gas is the future for China, but it's in the next deca...

China's synthetic gas plants would be greenhouse giants

Oct 01, 2013 (SPX)

Coal-powered synthetic natural gas plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, a...

Can bacteria combat oil spill disasters?

Oct 01, 2013 (SPX)

Teams of international scientists have decrypted the effectiveness of two types of bacteria, which could be used in the future to help combat oil spill disaster...

AEA's tactic: If you can't win, delay

Sep 30, 2013 (UPI)

While the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered and ultimately rejected Ron Binz's nomination for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairm...

Indonesia ripe for U.S. investment in shale gas?

Sep 30, 2013 (UPI)

Indonesia is encouraging the United States to invest in shale gas exploration in the Southeastern Asian country. Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Waci...

Russian court detains eight more Greenpeace crew members

Sep 29, 2013 (AFP)

A Russian court on Sunday ordered the detention for two months of eight more crew members of a Greenpeace ship who protested against Arctic oil drilling as part...

Greenpeace's 'Arctic 30': a diverse group of activists

Sep 27, 2013 (AFP)

The 30 activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise being held by Russia hail from 18 different countries with diverse backgrounds and ages. Dubbed the "Ar...

Libya oil crisis imperils badly needed investment in energy

Sep 27, 2013 (UPI)

Libya's seemingly endless security crisis has crippled its all-important energy sector, slashing production from 1.4 million barrels per day to as little as 250...

Arctic drilling needs federal standards

Sep 27, 2013 (UPI)

Federal standards are needed to ensure safe Arctic drilling, a new report says. The report, "Arctic Standards: Recommendations on Oil Spill Prevention, Response...

China wins $2 billion oil deal in Uganda

Sep 27, 2013 (AFP)

China's state-owned CNOOC has secured a $2-billion deal to develop a petroleum field in Uganda and help propel the east African nation into the club of oil-prod...

Iraq's oil-rich Kurds move steadily toward independence

Sep 26, 2013 (UPI)

Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region is moving ever closer to declaring independence, thanks largely to its oil reserves of 45 billion barrels and increasingly...

Rainbow Warrior captain among activists held in Russia

Sep 26, 2013 (AFP)

A veteran Greenpeace campaigner who was the captain of the ship Rainbow Warrior when it was bombed and sunk by French secret services in New Zealand in 1985 is ...

Egypt for Sale

Sep 26, 2013 (SPX)

Three years has seen the overturn of two government, the deaths of thousands of people and the destruction of much of the Egyptian economy. In the end, the mobs...