U.S. solar-panel installations more than doubled in the second quarter from a year earlier led by demand in California, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
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Shell interrupts drilling in Alaska Arctic to avoid ice
One day after starting to drill the first well in Alaska's Arctic offshore in more than two decades, Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Monday it needed to move its rig as a...
Obama official neutral on naming US coastal waters after Reagan
The Interior Department is remaining neutral on GOP legislation that would name 3.4 million square nautical miles of ocean after former President Ronald Reagan.
GM says Reuters report that the company loses $49,000 on every Volt is "grossly wrong"
The automaker challenged a Reuters report estimating that GM loses $49,000 on every Volt it sells. The estimates, which are based on figures from industry analysts,...
Arctic oil drilling begins in Chukchi Sea
On 9 September, oil company Shell began drilling off the coast of Alaska in what is the first offshore exploratory arctic drilling in the Chukchi Sea for more than 20 years.
"Frustrated" IAEA wants immediate access to Iran site
VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog pressed Iran on Monday to grant his inspectors immediate access to the Parchin military site, where they believe...
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