A man-made island housing a hydroelectric plant and generating enough electricity to supply two million Dutch homes is planned for the North Sea by 2020.

<p>Soaring commodity and fuel prices are driving up costs for manufacturers; faced with a choice between raising prices (which consumers would surely notice) or quietly putting fewer ounces in the bag, carton or cup (which they generally don't) </p>

<p>What's really driving up your gas prices? Oil companies say it's government regulators, foreign dictators, and those pesky polar bears</p>

Faced with looming energy crises in their developing economies, power-hungry Indonesia and the Philippines are looking deep into the earth for a solution.

India unveiled on Monday a national plan to deal with the threat of global warming, focusing on renewable energy for sustainable development while refusing to commit to any emission targets that risk slowing economic growth.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that Exxon Mobil Corp had been ordered to pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska.

Exxon Mobil said on Thursday that it is withdrawing from the retail gas business in the United States, citing the "very challenging" business conditions for its service stations. Exxon, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said it would sell

"What set of known spatial conditions will slowly, predictably, release the potential strains of 4-space into 3-space' ... inside a massive world ... so that when this energy inevitably degrades to heat, its radiative signature identifies the original..

Jackie Hoffman sifted through a laundry bin filled with aging bread, choosing a loaf of white.Like nearly a third of the first 50 customers to arrive at the Emergency Food Bank of Stockton that morning, Hoffman was new to the pantry. But since she lost