AFP - India is committed to a multi-billion dollar pipeline that will transport gas from energy-rich Iran through Pakistan despite reported objections from United States, Oil Minister Murli Deora said.

AFP - African countries must reduce their dependence on oil and begin to seek bold energy alternatives so the continent can emerge from a cycle of poverty, the head of the UN environment agency said Thursday.

Reuters - Africa must be bold and follow the examples of Brazil and Germany to plan an energy future around renewable and alternative sources, the head of the U.N. environment agency said on Thursday.

Reuters - Cooperation between India, Iran and other nations on developing Tehran's gas and oil assets would help the Islamic nation's nuclear weapons programme, U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said on Thursday.

Reuters - Next-generation hybrid cars could one day help ease corn prices that have doubled as greater supplies of the grain are distilled into ethanol fuel, and could also head off potential meat and dairy price boosts, a U.S. environmentalist said on Wednesday.

Reuters - President George W. Bush used visits to struggling U.S. automakers on Tuesday to pitch his energy agenda, promoting cars that use less or no gasoline as a way to cut oil use and tailpipe emissions.

AFP - El Hierro, one of the smallest of Spain's Canary Islands, is to receive 100 percent of its electricity supply from renewable energy sources, the Madrid government said Tuesday.