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  • India electric car pioneer plans biggest plug-in plant

    AFP – 2 hrs 2 mins ago  
    An Indian-made Reva electric car during a rally in New Delhi... AFP/File

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - Chetan Maini, the engineer who pioneered India's first electric car, had his eureka moment two decades ago when he drove a vehicle fuelled by solar power across the blazing Australian outback. Full Story »

  • US official blasts big oil over Obama energy program

    AFP – Tue Nov 24, 7:21 pm ET  
    US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, pictured in September 2009,... AFP/Getty Images/File

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar blasted big oil trade groups Tuesday, accusing them of barring the way to a balanced US energy system that would create thousands of jobs. Full Story »

  • Salazar blasts critics of U.S. energy policy

    Reuters – Tue Nov 24, 5:03 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday fired back at critics who claim he's not supportive enough of domestic energy production, saying their accusations have the same "poison and substance of election-year politics." Full Story »

  • Interior: Oil and gas lease plans include Alaska

    AP – Tue Nov 24, 1:00 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the government has scheduled 38 oil and natural gas lease sales for public lands next year, including one in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. Full Story »

  • Coal-burning China invests in methane capture

    AFP – Mon Nov 23, 11:21 pm ET  
    Visitors stand beside the new protection gear for mine workers... AFP

    BEIJING (AFP) - China, a massive consumer of fossil fuels and coal in particular, is trying to modernise its mines by containing emissions of methane and turning the toxic gas into a source of much-needed energy. Full Story »

  • India ties solar plans to global climate support

    Reuters – Mon Nov 23, 9:37 am ET  
    A labourer cleans solar cells placed on a window of a solar housing... Reuters

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India issued solar power targets on Monday, with plans to boost ouptut from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2022, but tied chances of the plan's success to availability of international finance and technology. Full Story »

  • India's Reliance announces bid for LyondellBasell

    AFP – Sun Nov 22, 2:36 am ET  
    India's private sector energy giant Reliance Industries Limited... AFP/File

    MUMBAI (AFP) - India's private sector energy giant Reliance Industries Limited has announced a cash bid to buy a controlling stake in bankrupt petrochemicals firm LyondellBasell Industries. Full Story »

  • China harnesses mountain wind power

    AFP – Sun Nov 22, 2:25 am ET  
    Cars and people are seen passing near wind power turbines in... AFP/File

    DALI, China (AFP) - In the mountains above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -- a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy. Full Story »

  • LyondellBasell says receives offer from Reliance

    Reuters – Sat Nov 21, 10:18 pm ET  
    Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, speaks during... Reuters

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Indian energy giant Reliance Industries has made a non-binding cash offer to buy a controlling interest in bankrupt petrochemicals company LyondellBasell Industries, LyondellBasell said on Saturday. Full Story »

  • Pennsylvania residents sue over gas drilling

    Reuters – Fri Nov 20, 2:56 pm ET  

    DIMOCK, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Residents of a small rural Pennsylvania town sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corp on Friday, claiming the company's natural-gas drilling has contaminated their water wells with toxic chemicals, caused sickness and reduced their property values. Full Story »

  • Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: study

    AFP – Fri Nov 20, 2:03 pm ET  
    A gas pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station... AFP/File

    MOSCOW (AFP) - Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday. Full Story »

  • Cabinet approves solar power programme

    Reuters – Thu Nov 19, 11:10 am ET  
    A labourer cleans solar cells placed on a window of a newly constructed... Reuters

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's cabinet on Thursday approved its first solar power plan, pledging to boost output from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2020 as part of its plan to fight global warming. Full Story »

  • EU-Russia summit sees climate progress, rights row

    AFP – Wed Nov 18, 3:19 pm ET  
    Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) poses in front of Russian,... AFP/SCANPIX

    STOCKHOLM (AFP) - EU criticism of Russia's rights record and fears Moscow will delay its WTO entry clouded EU-Russia talks Wednesday, but the two sides aligned on climate issues ahead of a key summit in December. Full Story »

  • Iraq wants France's Total to work its oilfields: Talabani

    AFP – Wed Nov 18, 6:07 am ET  
    An Iraqi engineer works at the Barjisiya oil field in Zubair.... AFP/File

    PARIS (AFP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told business leaders in Paris that he wanted to see the French energy giant Total working in his country's oil fields. Full Story »

  • Fossil-fuel emissions up 2% in 2008

    AFP – Wed Nov 18, 5:41 am ET  
    The smoke stacks at a coal power plant in West Virginia. Carbon... AFP/File

    PARIS (AFP) - Carbon emissions from fossil fuels rose two percent last year to an all-time high, leaving Earth on a worst-scenario track for global warming, scientists reported on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Long-awaited pipeline funnels gas across 8 states

    AP – Tue Nov 17, 8:34 pm ET  

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A 1,679-mile pipeline crossing eight states is now fully completed and funneling natural gas from Wyoming and Colorado to the eastern edge of Ohio. Full Story »

  • India's Reliance looks to oil for growth: chairman

    AFP – Tue Nov 17, 5:12 am ET  
    Indian energy giant Reliance Industries will launch an "aggressive"... AFP/File

    MUMBAI (AFP) - Indian energy giant Reliance Industries will launch an "aggressive" oil and gas exploration campaign over the next three years, its chairman Mukesh Ambani told shareholders on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Kuwait says OPEC to keep production steady

    AFP – Tue Nov 17, 3:55 am ET  
    Kuwait's Oil Minister, Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah, has... AFP/File

    KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Kuwait's Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah said on Tuesday OPEC will leave its production unchanged at its meeting next month, adding that current oil price was "comfortable." Full Story »

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