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US And Australia Reject Asia-Pacific Carbon Trade Scheme Darwin, Australia (AFP) May 29, 2007 
Hopes for an Asia Pacific-wide carbon emissions trading scheme were dashed Tuesday as APEC energy ministers met to discuss climate change and the region's booming power needs. The United States and Australia ruled out a regional carbon trading scheme before the meeting officially opened in the northern city of Darwin, saying it was too early to impose uniform targets on APEC nations. ... read more
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Magnetic Handedness Could Lead To Better Magnetic Storage Devices
Argonne IL (SPX) May 30, 2007Better magnetic storage devices for computers and other electronics could result from new work by researchers in the United States and Germany. Their findings demonstrate that chirality - a spiral-like "handedness" - in nanoscale magnets may play a crucial role in data transmission and manipulation in spintronic devices, where the spin rather than the charge of an electron is used to store data. ... more New Jersey Department Of Military And Veterans Affairs Dedicates SunPower Solar Power Systems 
San Jose CA (SPX) May 30, 2007As part of its ongoing efforts to optimize energy efficiency, conserve natural resources and reduce dependency on foreign energy sources, the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (NJ DMAVA) dedicated a 321-kilowatt solar electric power system atop the Homeland Security Center of Excellence in Lawrenceville, NJ. The new system was installed by PowerLight, a subsidiary of ... more SolarCraft Completes Largest Agricultural Solar Energy System In California 
Novato CA (SPX) May 30, 2007SolarCraft announced that is has completed installation and commissioned a 1.1 Megawatt solar energy system at Paramount Farms, the world's largest vertically integrated supplier of pistachios and almonds, at their Lost Hills, CA orchards and processing facility. The system utilizes ground-mounted, Uni-Solar Amorphous Thin Film Photovoltaic (PV) panels. Spanning 8 acres, it is one of the ... more Power Auto Group Debuts Fuel Efficient E-Vehicle Program 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 30, 2007Power Auto Group has announced the launch of the company's E-Vehicle program. The program is the first of its kind among automotive retailers, an effort that's designed to promote greater consumer awareness of fuel-efficient vehicles by identifying those cars and trucks available online and in-store that have exceptional energy efficiency. To qualify, vehicles must produce at least 28 mile ... more China Rejects Binding Targets On Greenhouse Emissions 
Hamburg (AFP) May 29, 2007China on Tuesday promised to "do its best" on fighting climate change but rejected calls that Asia should sign up to binding targets on cutting carbon emissions. Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said China and other Asian nations cannot bear the same responsibility for restricting greenhouse gas emissions as the developed world. "The developed world should do more but China will do its best," ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) May 23, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he feared that a US plan to build a missile defence system in eastern Europe could launch a new arms race. "What has happened in Europe that is so negative that one should need to fill central Europe with arms?" Putin asked at a joint press conference in Vienna with Austrian President Heinz Fischer. ... more NATO Reassures Russia Over Eastern Moves 
Funchal (AFP) Portugal, May 28, 2007NATO's chief fended off Russian concerns over the bloc's expansion and a new US missile defence system, insisting both would mean greater security. "NATO enlargement is not a threat to anybody," NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on the opening day of a meeting in Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira. "NATO enlargement means more democracy, more stability, more ... more Steel Dam Plan To Plug Indonesian Mud Volcano 
Jakarta (AFP) May 28, 2007A massive concrete dam 15 storeys high would be built around Indonesia's disastrous "mud volcano" under the latest proposal to stop toxic sludge spewing from its core, a report said Monday. Indonesian and Japanese engineers have pitched the ambitious plan to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the nation marks one year on Tuesday since the mudspill started, forcing thousands to flee their home ... more How Much Will Beijing Pay For The Olympics 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2007The Chinese authorities are sparing no expense for the 2008 Olympic Games. They are eager to show the whole world China's impressive economic success, growing prosperity, openness and love of peace. The Chinese Olympics promises to be the most expensive sports event in human history. In the past hundred years, the summer 2004 Olympics in Athens had the biggest price tag - seven billion ... more |
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Birmingham UK (SPX) May 29, 2007A new breakthrough in hydrogen storage technology could remove a key barrier to widespread uptake of non-polluting cars that produce no carbon dioxide emissions. UK scientists have developed a compound of the element lithium which may make it practical to store enough hydrogen on-board fuel-cell-powered cars to enable them to drive over 300 miles before refuelling. Achieving this driving ... more New Research Advances Energy Efficiency, Safety And Performance Of Public Transit 
Rochester NY (SPX) May 29, 2007Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (CIMS) and the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) are collaborating on a joint research project designed to implement state-of-the-art vehicle monitoring technology into public transit fleets. The monitoring system will assist the fleet in increasing energy efficiency, improving vehicle ... more Physicists Exploit Ultra-Cold Gases To Measure Ultra-Small Magnetic Fields 
Berkeley CA (SPX) May 29, 2007Capturing the coldest atoms in the universe within the confines of a laser beam, University of California, Berkeley, physicists have made a device that can map magnetic fields more precisely than ever before. Doctors now use sensitive magnetic field detectors called SQUIDS to record faint magnetic activity in the brain, while similar detectors are employed in fields ranging from geology to ... more Pelosi Non-Committal On Climate As Germany Increasingly Frustrated By US Policy 
Berlin (AFP) May 28, 2007US House of Representatives leader Nancy Pelosi refused here Monday to be drawn on whether the United States would back Germany's strong position on climate change at next week's G8 summit. Pelosi held talks with German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel on the first stop of a European tour she is making accompanied by a delegation of high-ranking Democrat and Republican politicians. ... more
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