| May 07, 2007 |  |
cleaner, cheaper energy today |
|
Science Triumphs Over Politics At UN Climate Change Meeting Bangkok (AFP) May 05, 2007 
Science had a rare victory over politics at this week's UN climate change conference, after a united call for action emerged despite fierce debate over how to best tackle global warming. The UN's top body on climate change on Friday released a report approved by delegates from 120 nations, laying out how the world could avoid the worst impacts of global warming with minimal economic damage.
... read more
|
|
|||||||||||||||
| Previous Issues | May 04 | May 03 | May 02 | May 01 | Apr 30 |
Despite Perils UN Report Upbeat On Climate Change
Bangkok (AFP) May 06, 2007After two grim warnings on the impact of climate change, the world's top experts were unusually upbeat in assessing ways to protect the Earth, but said that national leaders have no time to waste. The report delivered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN's top authority on the subject which met in Bangkok last week, said humanity could at least slow global warming with existi ... more Question Marks Over Commitment By China Climate Change Mitigation 
Bangkok (AFP) May 06, 2007Huge questions remain over China's commitment and ability to combat global warming after the surging Asian power bruised and cajoled but also charmed delegates at a UN conference, observers said. China was one of the nations most under focus at the climate change meeting in Bangkok that wrapped up on Friday with a message that the world had just a few years to act if it was to avert the worst im ... more Sarkozy Urges Action On Global Warming 
Paris (AFP) May 06, 2007President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy said Sunday that the United States can count on friendship from France but urged Washington to show leadership in the struggle against global warming. Sarkozy, who won Sunday's presidential election to succeed Jacques Chirac, said "a great nation like the United States has the duty to not create obstacles in the struggle against global warming." "Quite the c ... more Russia Ready To Modernize Slovakia Nuclear Facilities 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 07, 2007Russia is ready to help Slovakia modernize its Soviet-designed nuclear power facilities, the president said opening negotiations with the Slovak premier Friday. Russia won a tender in December 2003 to supply nuclear fuel to all the four operating power units in Slovakia until 2010 under a $200-million contract. "Russia is not only a fuel supplier to Slovakia but it is also willing to help modern ... more North Korea To Import Solar Power To Give Soldiers TV 
Tokyo (AFP) May 06, 2007North Korea's rulers are to import solar power from the West so that its soldiers can watch television and use computers when in barracks, a press report said Sunday. The energy poor nation has acted after communist leader Kim Jong-Il toured a military unit last year and found that power shortages were stopping soldiers from watching programmes, the major Japanese daily Mainichi reported. ... more |
energy-news:
 physics:  superpowers:  |
Jakarta (AFP) May 03, 2007Indonesia had the highest deforestation rate in the world between 2000 and 2005 with almost two million hectares destroyed annually, environmental group Greenpeace said Thursday. Indonesia had lost more than 72 percent of its intact ancient forests and much of the rest is threatened by commercial logging and clearance for palm oil plantations, Greenpeace also said in a statement ... more Indigenous Groups Seek Millions From Credit Suisse Over Timber Deal 
Zurich (AFP) May 03, 2007Groups representing indigenous peoples in Guyana, Cambodia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea on Thursday urged the Swiss bank Credit Suisse to pay them 10 million dollars (7.0 million euros) in compensation because of its links with a Malaysian timber company. The company, Samling, retained Credit Suisse as an adviser during its stock market flotation in February, along with HSBC and Australian ban ... more In Search Of The Missing Dead 
Paris (AFP) May 03, 2007First, the bad news: more than 6,000 people should have died in a 17-day heatwave that gripped France last July. The good news: only 2,000 actually succumbed. The dilemma was revealed in a study published on Thursday by France's National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and the National Health Monitoring Institute (InVS). According to their mathematical model of the French ... more GE To Supply Additional 600 Megawatts Of Wind Turbines To Invenergy 
Atlanta GA (SPX) May 04, 2007GE Energy will provide an additional 600 megawatts of wind turbines to Invenergy Wind for 2008 projects in the United States and Canada. Invenergy previously announced the purchase of 600 megawatts of GE Energy wind turbines for 2007 projects. The latest order brings the total to 1,200 megawatts of GE 1.5-megawatt machines for projects over the next two years -- enough power for more than 300,00 ... more |
energy-tech:
 coal:  energy-tech:  |
Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2007Although the use of wind energy to generate electricity is increasing rapidly in the United States, government guidance to help communities and developers evaluate and plan proposed wind-energy projects is lacking, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. To inform the development of guidelines, the report offers an analysis of the environmental benefits and ... more Crucial Climate Change Agreement Reached After Fierce Debate 
Bangkok (AFP) May 04, 2007Climate change experts agreed Friday on measures the world can take to combat global warming, following intense debate and marathon negotiations at a crucial UN conference here, a French delegate said. Scientists and other leading authorities from 120 nations finally achieved a consensus after an exhausting session that lasted from Thursday morning until 4:30 am on Friday (2130 GMT Thursday), Fr ... more New VERITAS Telescope Array May Help Find Dark Matter 
Argonne IL (SPX) May 03, 2007Scientists in the Northern Hemisphere have opened a new window on the universe allowing them to explore and understand the cosmos at a much higher level of precision than was previously available. Think of it as acquiring a new pair of glasses that allow you to see more clearly. These new "glasses" are VERITAS, (the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System), a major new ground-bas ... more Thai Scientists Fear Global Warming Could Empty World Rice Bowl 
Ayutthaya, Thailand (AFP) May 02, 2007In Thailand, rice is more than just a food -- it is said to represent life itself. Rarely is a grain wasted and a common greeting translates as "have you eaten rice yet?" Thailand is thought to have been one of the first countries to cultivate rice, and today the kingdom is the world's largest exporter, with 7.5 million tonnes of the grain shipped overseas in 2005. It is unsurprising that ... more
|
solarcell:
 wind:  gas:  |
| Previous Issues | May 04 | May 03 | May 02 | May 01 | Apr 30 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
