YALTA, Ukraine, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Ukraine will generate revenue from Russian gas transits to European customers for the first time in its history, said Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
DALLAS, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Expansion projects in the Haynesville shale play add to plans to increase production capacity of gas systems in the southern United States, developers say.
ESSEN, Germany, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- An effort to encourage Zambians to use biomass instead of charcoal contributes to efforts to push green technology in developing nations, executives say.
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. sanctions targeting Iranian gasoline could be overcome by tighter restrictions on fuel usage and increased production, but at a cost, ministers said.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A wind farm constructed on a former surface coal mine in Pennsylvania could supply energy to as many as 16,000 homes, said German utility E.ON.
LAKEWOOD, Colo., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Researchers in the biotechnology field in Colorado are working on a pilot scale facility to produce 250,000 gallons of biofuel from cellulosic biomass.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Natural gas from Alaska is a competitive source for markets in the Lower 48 despite shale deposits and other obstacles, state officials said.
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A Turkish agreement to acquire marketing rights for Iranian gas indicates the Persian country could be a Nabucco supplier, Iranian lawmakers said.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Failure by U.S. lawmakers to pass laws on climate change is likely to derail efforts to reach an agreement at a Denmark summit, officials said.
BRASILIA, Brazil, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Performance of test wells in the offshore Tupi area in the Santos Basin of Brazil were the highest achieved so far, said project operators.
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A cease-fire in Nigeria's oil war appeared to be under threat Wednesday after army soldiers destroyed the home of one of their commanders. But to some observers, the episode was part of a bizarre pre-election ritual.
HAMBURG, Germany, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The world's cities agreed in Germany Wednesday to an ambitious set of binding climate-protection measures, less than a month before world leaders meet for what scientists say needs to be a globe-saving climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark.
BEIJING, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, on Tuesday pledged a "vigorous response" to climate change, saying they would work toward a global agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
MILAN, Italy, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Italian energy giant Eni and Croatian oil and company INA began producing gas from six wells located in the Croatian waters of the Adriatic Sea.
BRASILIA, Brazil, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- BG Group signed a joint venture agreement with Brazil's Petrobras to vet proposals to develop a floating liquefied natural gas vessel in the Santos Basin.
HOUSTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Transportation commitments from gas shippers contribute to plans to increase Haynesville shale gas production by nearly twice the current level, producers say.
BERN, Switzerland, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Russian gas giant Gazprom and Serbian state-owned Srbijagas signed documents to create a joint company for the South Stream gas pipeline in Serbia.
WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- German utility RWE opened its first electric vehicle charging station at its Polish corporate headquarters in the capital city, Warsaw.
HOUSTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Houston unveiled the pilot launch of a series of 10 networked charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles for public and city fleet use.
OSLO, Norway, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Industrial and world leaders must use their collective will to move forward to tackle climate change at an energy summit in Denmark, Statoil officials said.
MOSCOW, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Unprecedented declines in European gas demand will disappear as the global economy recovers from the recession, Gazprom executives said.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell announced a $22 million grant for smaller municipalities to fund projects that will conserve electricity and natural gas.
PRATO, Italy, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Japanese giant Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced it completed the installation of its largest single rooftop solar panel system on a warehouse in Italy.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Swedish state-owned energy giant Vattenfall will replace its longtime CEO Lars Josefsson after he and his company endured a difficult year.
President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
