BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Mega mines planned for the Australian state of Queensland would adversely affect the region's water supply, a new report says.
LONDON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Some of the untapped fossil fuel resources should be left in the ground for the sake of the environment, former Irish President Mary Robinson said.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The federal court in New Orleans gave the U.S. Environmental Protection agency six months to mull new pollution limits in the Mississippi River basin.
LONDON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- British energy company Centrica said it was putting two natural gas storage facilities in the country on hold because of lack of financing.
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A Pakistani energy official said Russia's state-owned energy company Gazprom could eventually play a role in a long-planned natural gas pipeline from Iran.
BISMARCK, N.D., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- North Dakota expands on its environmental success by offering E15 blended gasoline in four of its larger cities, Gov. Jack Dalrymple said.
TEHRAN, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- More than a dozen new oil and natural gas fields near the Persian Gulf island of Qeshm are slated for development, an Iranian energy official said.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Canadian National Railway said delivering oil by rail to export terminals along the western Canadian coast is just as safe as pipelines.
LONDON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- British energy company Cuadrilla Resources said it was pleased with the results from its controversial exploration drilling program in Balcombe.
DENVER, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Colorado seems ill prepared to respond to flood damage inflicted on the state's oil and natural gas operations, an advocacy group said Tuesday.
STAVANGER, Norway, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Norwegian energy company Statoil said Monday it discovered natural gas but no oil at a prospect in the Johan Castberg complex in the Barents Sea.
LONDON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The British government said it was examining the prospects for development of a North Sea gas field controlled in part by an Iranian oil company.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Panelists at a climate-change conference in Sweden are looking for more answers on a reported slowdown in global temperature increases, a scientist said.
SEVILLE, Spain, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Spanish energy company Abengoa announced Monday it was tasked with building a 70 megawatt wind farm worth an estimated $165 million in Uruguay.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Motor group AAA reports Monday the national price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $3.47, the lowest since February
OSLO, Norway, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Norwegian government shelved a plan from energy company Statoil to capture carbon dioxide underground, citing escalating expenses.
MOSCOW, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Advocacy group Greenpeace said it was frustrated with the way Russian authorities responded to protesters storming an arctic drilling program last week.
SAN BRUNO, Calif., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- California's Pacific Gas & Electric said a natural gas pipeline ruptured 4 miles from the San Bruno neighborhood where a 2010 gas blast killed eight people.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A state senator in Iowa organized a weekend protest against the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline, which opponents see as a looming threat to the environment.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A Dutch government move to delay a decision on allowing shale gas drilling was hailed by local communities but "regretted" by energy boosters.
ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Nigeria, once Africa's energy powerhouse, is losing an average of $5 billion a year in potential revenue because international criminal networks are stealing at least 100,000 barrels daily, reducing the country's production to a four-year low of under 2 million barrels a day, a British report says.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Stormy weather played havoc with Uruguayan agriculture and livestock farms, killing thousands of animals, disrupting electricity supplies and communications.
DENVER, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- While two oil releases in Colorado are notable, state regulators said the spills aren't expected to lead to dramatic pollution in flooded areas.
LONDON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Oil production from Libya should be up to about 700,000 barrels per day, with some fields returning to service, an oil company official said.
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney arrive on the red carpet at the New York Premiere of Gravity at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City on October 1, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
