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Russian court to rule on jailing Greenpeace activists

Sep 26, 2013 (AFP)

A Russian court on Thursday began considering whether to prolong the detention of 30 Greenpeace activists suspected of piracy after they held a high seas protes...

Dubai signs MoU with Sonangol to build oil refinery

Sep 26, 2013 (AFP)

Dubai said on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with China Sonangol to build a crude oil refinery aimed at meeting rising domestic deman...

Israel sees Turkey-Cyprus settlement as key to gas exports

Sep 25, 2013 (UPI)

Israelis are still trying to figure out how to export natural gas from their big offshore fields under the eastern Mediterranean, and their thinking these days ...

Fusion, anyone?

Sep 25, 2013 (SPX)

The dream of igniting a self-sustained fusion reaction with high yields of energy, a feat likened to creating a miniature star on Earth, is getting closer to be...

Lawmaker charged over British fracking site protest

Sep 25, 2013 (AFP)

A prominent Green Party lawmaker was charged Wednesday following her arrest last month at a British anti-fracking protest. Caroline Lucas -- the party's first a...

Russia accuses Greenpeace activists of piracy

Sep 24, 2013 (AFP)

Russia opened a criminal probe Tuesday into suspected piracy by both foreign and local activists from environmental lobby group Greenpeace who staged a protest ...

Leaders to discuss Japan importing Canada gas: reports

Sep 24, 2013 (AFP)

Japan and Canada will hold talks Tuesday on Canadian shale gas exports to Japan, reports said, as the resource-poor Asian country looks to diversify its sources...

Shale pits environmental versus economic interests

Sep 24, 2013 (AFP)

Shale oil and gas may be massive untapped energy sources, but the risks of extracting them has drawn calls for tighter regulation or an all-out ban. To release ...

Dutch decision to delay shale gas drilling brings mixed reactions

Sep 23, 2013 (UPI)

A Dutch government move to delay a decision on allowing shale gas drilling was hailed by local communities but "regretted" by energy boosters. Netherlands Econo...

Queensland coal projects a threat to water

Sep 23, 2013 (UPI)

Mega mines planned for the Australian state of Queensland would adversely affect the region's water supply, a new report says. The report, "Draining the Life-bl...

Russia tows Greenpeace ship to port, activists risk charges

Sep 23, 2013 (AFP)

Russian border guards were on Monday towing a ship of the environmental lobby group Greenpeace to an Arctic port where its activists could face charges for a pr...

Study determines best arrangement of tidal sails device

Sep 22, 2013 (SPX)

In the long sprint to find new sources of clean, low-cost power, slow and steady might win the race -- the slow-moving water of currents and tides, that is. Jus...

Nanocrystal Catalyst Transforms Impure Hydrogen into Electricity

Sep 22, 2013 (SPX)

The quest to harness hydrogen as the clean-burning fuel of the future demands the perfect catalysts-nanoscale machines that enhance chemical reactions. Scientis...

Clean Energy, Ferus Natural Gas Fuels, and GE Join Forces To Jointly Deliver LNG

Sep 22, 2013 (SPX)

Clean Energy Fuels, Ferus Natural Gas Fuels, GE Ventures and GE Energy Financial Services have announced a consortium to jointly deliver liquefied natural gas (...

Venezuelan president in China after US airspace row

Sep 21, 2013 (AFP)

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he had arrived in Beijing on Saturday after accusing the United States of refusing his plane access to its airspace for...

AllCell Launches Industry's First Stand-Alone Premium E-Bike Battery

Sep 20, 2013 (SPX)

AllCell Technologies today announced the launch of the company's new Summit line of lithium-ion e-bike batteries. Unlike other premium batteries that are only a...

Oil thieves cripple Nigeria's production, cost state $5B a year

Sep 20, 2013 (UPI)

Nigeria, once Africa's energy powerhouse, is losing an average of $5 billion a year in potential revenue because international criminal networks are stealing at...

Jordan, China ink $2.5 bn deal to build oil shale-fired plant

Sep 19, 2013 (AFP)

Jordan and China have inked a memorandum of understanding to build a $2.5 billion (1.8 billion euros) oil shale-fired power plant in the kingdom to produce 900 ...

An Electric Atmosphere As Industry Specialists Gather From Around the Globe

Sep 19, 2013 (SPX)

A hundred years after the first experiments on lithium batteries, the world's advanced battery and EV engineers and suppliers have not lost their genius for inn...

Superconductivity to meet humanity's greatest challenges

Sep 19, 2013 (SPX)

The stage is now set for superconductivity to branch out and meet some of the biggest challenges facing humanity today. This is according to a topical review `S...