NEW ORLEANS, April 7, 2008 — Amid concerns about rising gas prices and the growing need for environmentally-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels, American Chemical Society President Bruce E. Bursten, Ph.D., will lead a special half-day symposium entitled "Energy Research: Future
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of "green gasoline," a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees. Reporting in the cover article of the April 7, 2008 issue of
A limited nuclear weapons exchange between Pakistan and India using their current arsenals could create a near-global ozone hole, triggering human health problems and wreaking environmental havoc for at least a decade, according to a study led by the University
Bloomberg) -- The U.S. will use less gasoline this summer than last year, the first drop for that season since 1991, said Guy Caruso, administrator of the Energy Information Administration. Demand is expected to fall by 85,000 barrels a day,
Creative financing allows cities to expand public transit offerings City commuters weary of stuffy journeys aboard buses and subways now have a better way to get to work, buy groceries and meet for a Saturday matinee. The bike-sharing programs that
Bloomberg) -- World oil prices are likely to remain high ``for many years to come'' as demand increases and national oil companies lack an incentive to increase production, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency said. ``The current drivers
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has given planning permission for a prototype tidal power project in the northeast England, industry minister John Hutton said on Monday. Pulse Tidal Ltd's test project, which has been given 878,000 of public money, could generate
Oil sands, long too expensive to process, help make it major U.S. source Ft. McMurray, Alberta - With oil prices hovering near a hundred dollars a barrel, there’s a major oil boom underway. It’s not happening in the sweltering heat
In Greenland, locals hunt reindeer for food and use dog sleds to traverse the ice sheet. Soon they may be working on offshore oil rigs and counting their money. Oil companies have begun looking for crude deposits off the west
In Australia's first known case of murder due to "water rage," a dispute over a suburban man's water usage led to him being beaten to death in front of his home. According to police, 66-year-old Ken Proctor was watering the
Russian media company CTC Media Inc. has signed a multi-year licensing deal with the Walt Disney Co.'s Disney-ABC International Television group. (DIS)
