MOSCOW, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Russian Unified Energy System and the governor of Nizhny Novgorod announced an agreement Wednesday, investing more than $800 million in the power grid there.
MINSK, Belarus, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- If the gas price row between Russia and Belarus further escalates, supplies to Europe may be in danger, a top Belarus official said.
DAVIS, Calif., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- In California, as well as in Vermont and Michigan, commercial processors are being used to convert agricultural waste to hydrogen and methane.
ROSEMEAD, Calif., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A California company announced a deal Wednesday with Alta Windpower Development LLC to put up additional wind turbines in the area.
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The mayor of Pembroke Pines, Fla., wants the city to force all new or renovated buildings to be built using energy-saving standards.
BILLERICA, Mass., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A Connecticut company wants to build a 480 megawatt natural gas- and diesel-fueled power plant in Massachusetts to operate during peak energy demand hours.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- California regulators will decide whether customers or utilities own renewable energy credits, although the solar energy market will benefit either way.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp. is exploring the option of assets swap with foreign firms and acquiring more blocks abroad.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Some 44 million people will visit New York City in 2006, beating last year's 42.6 million and this year's early projections of 43 million, officials estimated.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Animal researchers are claiming an important victory with the listing by the New York Stock Exchange of a company targeted by animal rights protestors.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. airport security screeners are getting "cultural sensitivity training" to help them understand the Islamic pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia that starts Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Strapped for soldiers, the U.S. Army wants new authority to send National Guard and Reserve soldiers back to Iraq for repeat deployments, even if those who have already served the maximum time allowed by the Pentagon.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The ever-growing threat of Islamist radicalism, rising crime and wide-scale corruption, theft of intellectual property and military conflicts have hampered Amer
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. workers filing for jobless benefits rose by 1,000 to 317,000 last week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Job seekers expect to need seven to 14 months of searching to find new jobs as the U.S. economy softens, a nonscientific employment canvassing reported.
HONG KONG, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Asian telecommunications services were partially restored Thursday after an earthquake near Taiwan damaged seven undersea cables.
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- North Korea has described 2006 as a "historic year" to build up its military capabilities, boasting its nuclear test in October.
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says Sudan has accepted a plan leading to the deployment of a hybrid United Nations-African Union force in war-torn Darfur.
BERLIN, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A series of polls in Germany paint a gloomy picture about German politics and the country's stance on European Union enlargement.
MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A top German conservative politician has come under fire after his chief of staff spied on a competitor's private life.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- NEW DELHI, Dec. 28 (UPI)--India's petroleum ministry has pitched for infrastructure status for exploration and production business seeking 10 years tax exemptio
MOSCOW, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- State-owned Russian oil giant Rosneft said revenues increased in the first three quarters of 2006 but blamed a drop in net profits on taxes.
President Barack Obama throws a football on the field at Soldier Field following the NATO working dinner in Chicago, Illinois, May 20, 2012. UPI/Pete Souza/White House Photo
