BEIJING, May 9 (UPI) -- A Chinese government official has signaled that tougher taxes on the use of resources and on emissions would be imposed so the country can achieve greener industrial development.
WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers want to know what information law enforcement officials had about the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, a congressman said.
MADRID, May 9 (UPI) -- Spanish energy company Repsol said Thursday it was having a good year in part because of upstream gains ranging from Brazil to Alaska.
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 9 (UPI) -- The garment industry is called on to address working and safety conditions in the industry after the Bangladeshi factory collapse, the United Nations said.
HOUSTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Programs by Exxon Mobil and Total are expected to contribute significantly to Nigerian oil production, the petroleum minister said at a Texas energy conference.
LONDON, May 9 (UPI) -- Oil production from Ghana is expected to contribute to what Tullow Oil company said should be an exciting and busy rest of the year.
WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. government has an obligation to ensure that oil and natural gas deposits are developed responsibly, a natural resource advocate testified.
CALGARY, Alberta, May 9 (UPI) -- There was a net increase in 2012 in the amount of crude oil produced from Alberta province, the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board said.
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 (UPI) -- Expanding interests in renewable energy technology could provide broad economic opportunities, the U.N. Environment Program said from Nairobi.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 9 (UPI) -- Mayflower, Ark., residents face compensation decisions from Exxon Mobil that are far more complex than they should be, the state's attorney general said.
WARSAW, Poland, May 9 (UPI) -- International oil companies don't have the patience to explore for shale natural gas in frontier territory like Poland's, an executive said.
SINGAPORE, May 8 (UPI) -- Singapore's first liquefied natural gas terminal has received its first commercial cargo, putting the island country on course to become a major gas trading hub.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. consumers should pay about $3.53 for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline this summer, down from last year's average, the government said.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. and South Korean governments will explore possibilities of sharing knowledge from the shale natural gas sector, the U.S. Energy Department said.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- The debate over the Keystone XL pipeline is part of a larger conversation regarding climate change, the Natural Resources Defense Council said.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. policymakers and those in the energy industry need a clear set of rules before they can start arctic exploration campaigns, lawmakers said.
PARIS, May 8 (UPI) -- The Canadian government has an environmental record and the oil reserves on hand to be a world-class leader, the natural resources minister said in Paris.
IRVING, Texas, May 8 (UPI) -- Exxon Mobil and Norwegian energy major Statoil said they were examining a frontier field in the Gulf of Mexico said to hold 6 billion barrels of reserves.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 8 (UPI) -- Sudanese Oil Minister Awaz Ahmed al-Jaz said South Sudanese oil arrived at a treatment facility headed for an export hub at Port Sudan.
IRVING, Texas, May 8 (UPI) -- All of the freestanding oil from the March oil spill from the Pegasus pipeline in Arkansas has been recovered, Exxon Mobil said.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Funding from the government will help East Coast communities recover from last year's Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said.
BERLIN, May 8 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week called for a redoubling of efforts to forge a new United Nations agreement on climate change by 2015.
Jodi Arias (R) reacts as she hears the verdict of guilty of first degree murder after a four month trial in Phoenix, Arizona, May 8, 2013. Arias was convicted of murdering her lover Travis Alexander in Tempe, Arizona in June of 2008. UPI// Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic/Pool
