A grove of apple saplings grows on the lee side of Ulrich Schulz's barn. He did not plant them for the fruit, he said, but as an act of rebellion against a nearby mining company that wants to raze his farm, which his family has owned since 1560, to get at the coal beneath his land. ...

It is an uncomfortable fact for European politicians professing resistance to Russia's geopolitical assertiveness that their energy dependence on Russia is growing. ...

Saddled by production problems and uncertainty in both Nigeria and an explosive Libya, Italy's energy giant Eni started 2014 on shaky ground. The company began the year by posting a 4th quarter loss of $832 million, a 14% decline from last year, though slightly better than industry expectations. ...

A decline in energy consumption across the European Union that began in 2006 is due to the region‘s sluggish economic performance, officials said Tuesday. ...

State-owned oil major Rosneft is determined to help Russia get its first crude oil benchmark for Asia while using its newly acquired trading desk from Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley to boost liquidity behind the oil flows. ...

An agreement to end the 40-year division of Cyprus could act as a catalyst to improve relations between Turkey and Israel, the president of the small Mediterranean island nation said Monday. ...

The director of a Chinese government research institute has suggested China revamp its energy strategy to secure its energy future. ...

Leaders of six green energy firms challenged big utilities on Wednesday by advocating a tougher EU renewable goal to save billions in fossil fuel imports and create hundreds of thousands of jobs. ...

The UK is lagging behind other European nations by not using the £60bn it is expected to collect from European carbon taxes over the next fifteen years to insulate homes, a report has concluded. ...

Europe risks losing its foothold as a major competitive renewables market to China and the US if it doesn't regain leadership on climate and green energy policies, warns a new study. ...