JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s rebels captured a refinery near a key oilfield in Upper Nile State, where fighting has flared up in recent days, their spokesman said on Tuesday. The rebel group SPLM/SPLA also told all oil companies operating in Upper Nile state they should shut down and evacuate their staff immediately because of ongoing clashes with government soldiers, spokesman James Gatdet Dak said in a statement. …
A Japanese court upheld an injunction banning the restart of two nuclear reactors, a report said Tuesday, in a blow to the government’s ambitions to return to atomic power generation. Fukui District Court in central Japan dismissed Kansai Electric Power’s motion for a stay on an earlier decision to temporarily bar the restart of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at plant in Takahama, Kyodo News said. The decision
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average national price of a regular gallon of gasoline has jumped 22 cents in the past three weeks to $2.80.
The company behind a high-profile green-energy technology community in Abu Dhabi says a fire has broken out on the site for the second time in a week. Government-backed Masdar said in a statement Sunday …
By John Tilak, Euan Rocha and Scott Haggett TORONTO/CALGARY (Reuters) – Imperial Oil , Canada’s No. 2 integrated oil producer and refiner, is moving forward on plans to sell some 500 of its remaining company-owned Esso retail sites and has begun to accept proposals from interested bidders, according to four sources familiar with the process. In January Imperial, majority-owned by Exxon Mobil , said it was evaluating selling its remaining
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (AP) — A hazardous-waste incinerator in Ohio released dangerous toxins into the air over the past four years, exposing those nearby to chemicals that can cause cancer, miscarriages and early death, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
By Nichola Groom and Richard Valdmanis LOS ANGELES/BOSTON (Reuters) – When Debbie Dooley, a Tea Party firebrand from Woodstock Georgia, makes the case for solar power, she doesn’t rely on the usual environmental talking points. Former Republican Congressman Barry Goldwater, Jr. casts his support for solar energy as a conservative stance against monopoly power utilities that “want to limit energy choice.” Dooley and Goldwater, along with the right-leaning pro-solar groups
President Barack Obama called US oil production an “important” source of energy as America transitions towards cleaner resources, defending his move to allow petroleum giant Shell to drill in the Alaskan Arctic. Obama’s administration gave the petroleum giant a green light three days ago to explore the Chukchi Sea near Alaska — as long as the Anglo-Dutch firm has the correct permits from the agencies that regulate the environment and
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Tuesday voted to block government rules that would clarify which streams, tributaries and wetlands should be protected from pollution and development under the Clean Water Act.
The developer of a wind power project proposed for a southern Vermont forest is seeking permission to connect turbines to a regional power grid, three years after announcing plans to explore the possibility. …