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Australia's oil investment is up this year
Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:51 AM
SYDNEY, May 9 (UPI) -- Investment in Australia's oil firms increased at the beginning of 2008. -
Canadian oil firm increases exploration
Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:49 AM
CALGARY, Alberta, May 9 (UPI) -- Duvernay Oil Corp. of Calgary, Alberta, has added $50 million to its 2008 capital plan. -
South American Energy Council inaugurated
Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:47 AM
CARACAS, Venezuela, May 9 (UPI) -- The first South American Energy Council was inaugurated in Venezuela.
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OPEC Chief: U.S. economy to blame for high oil prices
Published: May 8, 2008 at 6:09 PM
By BEN LANDO
UPI Energy Editor
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Angry oil consumers taking aim at OPEC are looking at a "scapegoat" instead of a needed mirror, the head of the bloc of oil producers said during a visit to Washington Thursday. -
UPI Energy Watch
Published: May 8, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Southern Sudan's oil revenues reach $3.2B in the last 3 years; Gazprom board orders creation of winter gas reserves; Russian oil exports to non-C.I.S. down -
Analysis: Define 'renewable'
Published: May 8, 2008 at 1:33 PM
By ROSALIE WESTENSKOW
UPI Correspondent
THE DALLES, Ore., May 8 (UPI) -- Crucial options were left out of last year's energy bill, advocacy groups say, and policymakers are looking to remedy the exclusion. -
Nigeria oil rebels eye U.S. presidential race
Published: May 8, 2008 at 12:38 PM
By CARMEN GENTILE
UPI Energy Correspondent
Nigerian militants are calling for former U.S. President Carter to mediate talks between rebels and the government to end hostilities in the oil-rich Niger Delta and are weighing a reported cease-fire appeal by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. -
UPI Energy Watch
Published: May 7, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Kazakhstan increases output; Surgutneftegaz net proceeds grow by 19 percent in 2007; China, Japan work to resolve East China Sea Resources issue -
Experts ask if China has an energy policy
Published: May 7, 2008 at 11:36 AM
By SIOBHAN DEVINE
UPI Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- Experts say China's government has less control over energy decisions than the nation's mammoth energy companies.
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ASID, USGBC release green building rules
Published: March 27, 2008 at 12:56 PM
WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- The United States now has new nationwide green building guidelines.
The American Society of Interior Designers Foundation and the U.S. Green Building Council recently launched the regulations and standards for green remodeling of residential properties.
The new "REGREEN" guidelines cover the 10 most common projects but they can be applied to many others, from remodeling a kitchen to a total home renovation, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Included in the guidelines are a set of examples and other information about variations depending on location, building materials and the project's impacts on energy and water efficiency and indoor environmental quality.
The rules and some additional information are expected to be available online to homeowners and contractors beginning early this summer, the USGBC said.
A recent report from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation suggests that promoting green design, construction, renovation and operation of buildings could be the most efficient way to significantly cut North American greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, according to the report, North America's buildings cause the annual release of more than 2,200 megatons of carbon or about 35 percent of the continent's total carbon emissions.
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The American Society of Interior Designers Foundation and the U.S. Green Building Council recently launched the regulations and standards for green remodeling of residential properties.
The new "REGREEN" guidelines cover the 10 most common projects but they can be applied to many others, from remodeling a kitchen to a total home renovation, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Included in the guidelines are a set of examples and other information about variations depending on location, building materials and the project's impacts on energy and water efficiency and indoor environmental quality.
The rules and some additional information are expected to be available online to homeowners and contractors beginning early this summer, the USGBC said.
A recent report from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation suggests that promoting green design, construction, renovation and operation of buildings could be the most efficient way to significantly cut North American greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, according to the report, North America's buildings cause the annual release of more than 2,200 megatons of carbon or about 35 percent of the continent's total carbon emissions.
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