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TXU Wholesale Adds To Wind Energy Portfolio With 209-MW Deal Dallas TX (SPX) May 17, 2007 
TXU Wholesale has announced that it has increased its portfolio of wind power contracts with a 209-megawatt (MW) agreement with Airtricity, a world-leading renewable energy company based in Dublin, Ireland. Under terms of the five-year contract, Airtricity will provide the wind power generated by its Roscoe Wind Farm, currently under construction about 45 miles southwest of Abilene in West Texas ... read more
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Scientists Tell Leaders To Tackle Climate Change, Energy Security
Paris (AFP) May 16, 2007Top scientific bodies called Wednesday on world leaders gathering at a G8 summit next month to tackle the twin issues of energy security and climate change. "The problem is not yet insoluble, but becomes more difficult with each passing day," said the 13 national science academies of the Group of Eight industrialised nations and five developing countries in a joint statement. "We call on a ... more US, China To Build Clean Coal Plant In Northwest China 
Beijing (AFP) May 16, 2007China's leading coal miner Shenhua Group and US-based Dow Chemical Company have signed an agreement for a clean coal plant in China, state media said Wednesday. The project will use "clean coal" technologies that convert coal to methanol to produce ethylene and propylene, the building blocks of various plastics and chemical products, the China Daily reported. "This project aligns with Dow' ... more US Senator Lugar Says Russia Wants Arctic Energy Reserves 
Washington DC (RIA Novosti) May 17, 2007U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar said Russia is aspiring to take control over potential energy reserves in the Arctic Ocean at the expense of U.S. interests. The senator, known for his anti-Russian statements, urged the U.S. authorities to join the struggle for the polar oil and gas resources by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The issue has acquired importance i ... more Bill Clinton Unveils Energy-Saving Plan For 15 Cities 
New York (AFP) May 16, 2007Former US president Bill Clinton on Wednesday announced a five-billion-dollar program to make buildings in 15 of the world's largest cities more energy efficient and help combat global warming. The so-called energy efficiency building retrofit program involves Clinton's private foundation, four of the world's largest energy service companies and five of the biggest banks. "Climate change i ... more Hi-Tech Wealth Launches Solar-Powered Mobile Phone 
Hong Kong, China (SPX) May 17, 2007Hi-Tech Wealth announces the launch of the world's first commercialized solar-powered mobile phone, the "S116." When exposed to direct sunlight for 60 minutes, the S116 battery allows for 40 minutes of talk time. Even when exposed to "weak light" such as sunlight on an overcast day, indoor lighting or candle light, the S116 generates enough electricity to charge the battery. Additionally, ... more |
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Baltimore, MD (SPX) May 16, 2007Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter that formed long ago during a titanic collision between two massive galaxy clusters. The ring's discovery is among the strongest evidence yet that dark matter exists. Astronomers have long suspected the existence of the invisible substance as the source of additional gravity that holds t ... more Using Soil To Lock Up Carbon Could Help Offset Global Warming 
Ithica NY (SPX) May 16, 2007Writing in the May 10 issue of the journal Nature, a Cornell biogeochemist describes an economical and efficient way to help offset global warming: Pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by charring, or partially burning, trees, grasses or crop residues without the use of oxygen. This process, he writes, would double the carbon concentration in the residue, which could be returned to the soil ... more Brazil Demonstrating That Reducing Tropical Deforestation Is Key WinWin Global Warming Solution 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) May 16, 2007Tropical deforestation is the source of nearly a fifth of annual, human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Recent studies by Woods Hole Research Center scientists demonstrate that during years of severe drought, tropical rainforest fires can double emissions from tropical forests. Now, an international team of forest and climate researchers has found that halving d ... more Spud Origin Controversy Solved 
Madison WI (SPX) May 16, 2007Molecular studies recently revealed new genetic information concerning the long-disputed origin of the "European potato." Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of La Laguna, and the International Potato Center used genetic markers to prove that the remnants of the earliest known landraces of the European potato are of Andean and Chilean origin. They report their fin ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) May 15, 2007Russia said Tuesday it had agreed to help build a nuclear research centre in Myanmar, the Asian state run by a military junta that is under European and US economic sanctions. "The agreement foresees cooperation in the design and equipping of a centre for nuclear research in Myanmar," including a small light-water nuclear reactor, Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom said in a statement. ... more Newmont Exec Sues New York Times Over Indonesia Stories 
Jakarta (AFP) May 15, 2007An executive from US mining giant Newmont sued the New York Times for more than 64 million dollars Tuesday over claims the firm dumped toxic waste into an Indonesian bay. Richard Ness said he sued the newspaper and one of its reporters for defamation in an Indonesian court over stories published in 2004 that claimed Newmont polluted the bay with tonnes of waste from its now defunct gold mine. ... more The Driving Force Behind Electric Vehicles 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 16, 2007Cultural differences between countries run right to the heart of government, thereby influencing technological innovation. This is reported in a comparative study by David Calef and Robert Goble published recently in the journal Policy Sciences. The authors outline efforts taken throughout the 1990s by both the US and French governments to adopt legislation fostering technological innovation to ... more Researchers Identify Compounds When Making Cellulosic Ethanol 
Waco, TX (SPX) May 16, 2007As cellulosic ethanol becomes more and more a front-runner to help reduce the country's "addiction to oil," the high cost of producing it still stands as one of the major hurdles. But now, Baylor University researchers have identified about 40 different compounds created in the pre-treatment step when making cellulosic ethanol that could be responsible for restricting the fermenting process, whi ... more
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