China cut prices for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel Thursday, giving a break to Chinese companies and motorists as they struggle with a worsening economic downturn.
Irish airline Aer Lingus announced Friday it has stopped adding hefty fuel charges to its long-haul tickets, ending a two-year practice introduced to offset the soaring cost of oil.
One car of the not-so-distant future is powered in part by a battery weighing more than two fully grown men. Another lacks side doors in the interest of reducing drag. And dozens of teams from around the world — both amateur and professional — are racing to build sleek, ultra-fuel efficient cars powered by alternative energy and attractive to cash-conscious consumers.
A stretch of Interstate 95 southbound was closed for much of the day Thursday after a tanker truck rolled over, spilling thousands of gallons of jet fuel, injuring three people and forcing the evacuation of 14 nearby homes.
A former Army contractor pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing nearly $40 million worth of jet and diesel fuel from a U.S. Army base in Iraq and selling it on the black market.
Germany has returned over 20 pounds of highly enriched uranium fuel to the U.S. for safeguarding from terrorists or potential misuse, the government said Tuesday.
A retired NASA engineer looking to develop an inexpensive way for people to travel to space might have to go back to the drawing board after one of his experiments exploded Saturday.
When the 1,020-foot Explorer of the Seas cruises through North Atlantic waters next year, it'll spend more time off the coast of New England and less time near Canadian shores, and it's not because of better vistas.
Lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez want to allow the nationalization of fuel distribution, the government's latest move to bring Venezuela's economy under increased state control.
A state-by-state look at the locations of underground fuel-storage tanks that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is studying to look for possible leaks. There could be more than one tank at each location. FEMA is inspecting tanks in 220 cities in 48 states and Guam, plus the District of Columbia. FEMA would not provide exact locations of these tanks.
The Aviation Safety Reporting System — a database maintained by NASA — has reports from pilots expressing safety concerns about airline directives pressuring them to fly with uncomfortably low fuel levels. NASA deletes names and other identifying information to encourage pilots, flight crews, dispatchers and others to identify safety problems, including their own mistakes.
Pilots are complaining that their airline bosses, desperate to cut costs, are forcing them to fly uncomfortably low on fuel.
Venezuela has sent 70 million liters (18.5 million gallons) of diesel fuel to support Paraguay's incoming president.
Energy supplier Rentech Inc. says it has opened a synthetic diesel and jet fuel plant in Colorado which is now the only operating one of its kind in the country.
The third time was an alarm for a Cadillac driver apparently loading up on free gas while posing as a stranded motorist. A police officer became suspicious the third time he saw the same man stopped on the side of a road next to his Cadillac with the hood up, said Charles Gonzalez, the area's neighborhood police officer.
Authorities are investigating how a man got through the locked gates at Reid-Hillview Airport in East San Jose and filled up at the gas pumps.
A former contractor was charged Friday with making false statements as military investigators probe the apparent theft of nearly $40 million in fuel from a U.S. Army base in Iraq.
Bulgaria has sent its remaining highly enriched uranium to Russia for safeguarding from terrorist or other potential misuse.
The pilots union for US Airways said Wednesday the airline is pressuring pilots to use less fuel than they feel is safe in order to save money.
As you ooh and aah at the dazzling explosions of a fireworks display, there are three things going on that you probably wouldn’t guess: The chemists who made those pyrotechnics designed most of them so they explode, you’re actually seeing nature conserving energy, and most peculiar of all, when things are at their flashiest, you’re actually seeing the fireworks as they’re cooling down.
Record high gas prices are drawing new attention, this time to the competitive tribe of drivers dedicated to squeezing every last mile out of a tank of fuel — and that hasn’t necessarily been a good thing.
The computer screen on Scott Topping's desk at Southwest Airlines flickered with row after row of dates and numbers, but they had nothing to do with arrivals and departures.
Truck drivers protesting soaring fuel prices have slowed highway traffic outside Paris and other French cities.
Jet fuel costs paid by military units since 2005. "JP8" jet fuel is one of the most heavily used fuels in the military.
Using ultrathick insulation and complex doors and windows, the architect engineers a home encased in an airtight shell, so that barely any heat escapes and barely any cold seeps in.
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This is not good: Ukraine is scrambling for the money amid a devastating financial crisis and relentless political turmoil. Ukrainian officials have accused Moscow of trying to exploit the situation to force it to surrender control of its gas transportation network.
Like everyone, we've got a Christmas wish-list of stuff we'd love to find under the tree but don't expect to.
US authorities are investigating a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon who claims that he used fat he removed from patients in liposuction operations to power his "green" four-wheel-drive car.
The report underscores major difficulties in bringing assistance to people affected by conflict.
In his selection of four top scientific advisers, President-elect Barack Obama has signaled what are likely to be significant changes in policies governing global warming, ocean protections and stem cell research.
Nasa's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) will pinpoint the key locations on the Earth's surface where CO2 is being emitted and absorbed. More Articles
Milestone Towards a Sustainable Galapagos Achieved as Charles Darwin's Bicentennial Approaches
What I charge all depends because for those who can pay, I charge 210 South African rand [about $21].
Researchers in Nevada are reporting that waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel for powering cars and trucks.
The 129-page report was completed in September to coincide with the Paris motor show. But the government has continued to sit on it and seems reluctant to ever publish it.
'Lives at risk' from Gaza fuel cuts Shifa hospital is being forced to run incubators off old generators amid the power outages [AFP]
President-elect Barack Obama is expected to nominate Nobel-laureate physicist Steven Chu, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a renowned expert on alternative fuels and climate change, as the nation's energy secretary. More Articles
"American automakers lag behind Japanese companies like Honda and Toyota in mass-producing green vehicles. (The Toyota Prius and Honda Civic Hybrid lead the hybrid market).
Continental Airlines Inc. said Monday it will test the use of a biofuel blend to power one of its jetliners on a flight that won't carry any passengers.
Because my wife and I live in the middle of nowhere, we were at the bottom of the list for having the 90% gasoline plus 10% corn ethanol brew at our local filling stations.
More than a third of the world's population can't afford propane or other petroleum-based cooking fuels, relying instead on biomass such as wood or charcoal. Most biomass is burned in inefficient stoves that emit soot, smoke, and toxic fumes.
It's my turn. I want a bailout. Not hundreds of billions of dollars to the auto industry for making an inefficient, dirty product that Americans have stopped buying.
Ideas on how to decrease the amount of heating and electricity used in winter
Drive-by-wire technology, customized bodies, no fossil fuels. This is the future.
t seems that it is not enough for Americans to watch football on turkey day.
During one of the gloomiest weeks in recent memory, the story that Owen Louis, a 21-year-old student in Portsmouth, had succeeded in powering his iPod by plugging it into an onion soaked in Lucozade came as a shaft of brilliant sunshine. More Articles