14-12-04 Scientists have developed a way to sniff out tiny amounts of toxic gases -- a whiff of nerve gas, for example, or a hint of a chemical spill -- from up to one kilometer away. The new technology can discriminate one type of gas from another with grea...

14-11-14 Swiss-based power and automation technology firm ABB has announced plans to help develop China's first large-scale shale gas project. 总部设在瑞士的能源与自动化技术公司ABB宣布帮助中国发展首个大规模页岩气开发计划。 ABB is going to be working with Sin...

14-10-30 A new round of talks is underway between Ukraine and Russia to try to settle their dispute over natural gas supplies. 乌克兰与俄罗斯就天然气供应争端展开了新一轮会谈。 The Energy Ministers from the two countries are meeting in Brussels under the medi...

14-10-27 With global crude prices falling over the past week, another window for adjusting down China's retail prices of gasoline and diesel will open next week, analysts said. 分析师表示，过去一周全球原油价格下降，中国汽油与柴油的零售价下调的窗口将于下周开...

14-10-17 Russian President Vladimir Putin is promising not to create a gas crisis in Europe. 俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔普京承诺，不会在欧洲制造一场天然气危机。 Speaking at a ceremony in Belgrade, Serbia marking the 70th anniversary of the former Yugoslavia's liber...

14-09-25 Abundant supplies of natural gas will do little to reduce harmful U.S. emissions causing climate change, according to researchers at UC Irvine, Stanford University, and the nonprofit organization Near Zero. They found that inexpensive gas boosts ele...

14-09-20 Massive galaxies in the Universe have stopped making their own stars and are instead snacking on nearby galaxies, according to research by Australian scientists. Astronomers looked at more than 22,000 galaxies and found that while smaller galaxies a...

14-09-15 A strange thing happened on the way to dealing with climate change: Advances in hydraulic fracturing put trillions of dollars' worth of previously unreachable oil and natural gas within humanity's grasp. The environmental costs -- and benefits -- fr...

14-08-13 Groundwater and air quality testing before, during, and after natural gas drilling -- which includes hydraulic fracturing -- should be key components of efforts to ensure the safety of communities near these sites, according to an expert panel conve...

14-08-04 In the United States, natural-gas production from shale rock（页岩） has increased by more than 700 percent since 2007. Yet scientists still do not fully understand the industry's effects on nature and wildlife, according to a report in the journal...