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Middle East beginning to embrace solar energy
Covering nearly 300 football fields in a remote patch of desert, the Shams 1 solar project carries off plenty of symbolic significance for the United ...
Mongolia finds China can be too close for comfort
After years of testy debate, Mongolia broke ground this spring for a railroad that will haul coal across the pebbled Gobi desert to China, but with ...
Big miner buys pair of energy companies for $9B
Mining company Freeport-McMoRan is buying a pair of oil and gas producers for $9 billion, creating a natural resources conglomerate with assets ...
Brazilian company to build $1B railroad in Malawi
Malawi plans to break ground on a $1 billion new railway line in the country to ferry both passengers and minerals through the nation. A statement ...
Exxon Mobil to give CEO a raise to $2.7 million
Exxon Mobil Corp. is raising CEO Rex W. Tillerson's salary 6 percent to $2.72 million on Jan. 1. The oil giant said Tuesday in a regulatory filing ...
Louvre comes to poor French city, raising eyebrows
The Louvre has embarked on an ambitious quest — opening a €150 million ($196 million) extension in an abandoned coal mining town in northern France ...
Japan campaign opens with focus on economy, nukes
Leaders of Japan's major political parties kicked off campaigning Tuesday for this month's parliamentary elections in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima ...
Chinese co. to pay $2M for nuke export violations
A company owned by the Chinese government has pleaded guilty for conspiring to violate nuclear export restrictions on Pakistan and agreed to pay $2 ...
Fossil fuel subsidies in focus at climate talks
Hassan al-Kubaisi considers it a gift from above that drivers in oil- and gas-rich Qatar only have to pay $1 per gallon at the pump. "Thank God that ...
Cyprus offers mediation between Lebanon, Israel
Cyprus has offered to mediate between Lebanon and Israel over a maritime border dispute that is delaying some oil and gas exploration in the ...
Clinton pushes US bid for Czech nuclear project
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lobbied the Czech government Monday to approve an American bid for a $10 billion expansion of a nuclear ...
Asia stocks rise on improved China manufacturing
Asian stock markets rose Monday after surveys showed a recovery in China's manufacturing. HSBC's Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 50.5 in November ...
4 workers missing after dam collapses in Cambodia
Four workers are missing and presumed to have drowned after the partial collapse of a dam being constructed in western Cambodia, officials said Sunday
Iran says plans to raise crude oil production
Iran's oil minister has said the country plans to increase its oil production capacity to up to 5.2 million barrels per day by early 2016. A Sunday ...
US to sell wind energy leases off 3 states
The federal government plans to sell leases for wind farms off the coasts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Virginia, marking the first time it has ...
Oil up 1 pct.; weather outlook sinks natural gas
The price of oil rose 1 percent Friday as traders weighed a new debt deal in Europe and political bickering in the U.S. over looming tax increases and ...
UN climate boss: No support for tough climate deal
The United Nations climate chief is urging people not to look solely to their governments to make tough decisions to slow global warming, and instead ...
Possible generator tampering found at nuke plant
Someone may have tampered with an emergency generator at the San Onofre nuclear power plant, but there was no danger because both reactors at the ...
Shell restores Forcados export levels from Nigeria
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has lifted a six-week-long production warning on Forcados crude exports from Nigeria's oil-rich delta following pipeline ...
BP barred from new US gov't contracts, land leases
The Obama administration put a stop to new federal contracts with BP on Wednesday, admonishing the British oil company for a "lack of business ...
'Fiscal cliff' worries pressure oil prices
The price of oil fell Wednesday as traders looked for signs of progress in negotiations over U.S. budget issues. Benchmark oil dropped 69 cents to ...
Fiat 500 adds electric and big versions to lineup
The Fiat 500 is getting bigger and going electric. Two new versions of the Italian-styled mini-car are appearing at the Los Angeles Auto Show this ...
Western lawmakers seek probe of refineries
Six Democratic senators representing states along the Pacific Coast asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate the role of oil refineries ...
Workers raise 1st section of new Chernobyl shelter
Workers have raised the first section of a colossal arch-shaped structure that eventually will cover the exploded nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl ...
AP IMPACT: NYC flood protection won't be easy
Inside tunnels threading under a Houston medical campus, 100 submarine doors stand ready to block invading floodwaters. Before commuters in Bangkok ...