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Airline Sector Aims For Zero Emisssions By 2050 Vancouver (AFP) Jun 05, 2007 
The airline sector must aim for zero carbon-dioxide emissions by 2050, an industry association says, but not everyone is heeding its call for a joint effort by aircraft manufacturers, carriers and public authorities. "We have to move all forward in the same direction" toward reducing CO2 emissions to zero percent, the International Air Transport Association said in Vancouver Monday at the annual ... read more
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GM To Speed Up Development Of Electric Vehicles
Washington (AFP) Jun 05, 2007General Motors said Tuesday it will speed up development of electrically driven vehicles as part of a program to reduce gasoline usage. Rick Wagoner, chairman and chief executive, said the company was moving forward on several fronts to develop alternative-fuel vehicles. "Energy diversity means that we'll continue to improve the efficiency of the internal combustion engine, as we have for ... more Florida Rejects Clean Coal Bid As Public Ignores Cost Of National Self Sufficiency 
Juno Beach FL (SPX) Jun 06, 2007Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) said that it is deeply disappointed in the Florida Public Service Commission's (PSC) ruling that failed to recognize the utility's need to build an advanced clean coal technology power plant to meet customers' future energy demands. For several years, FPL has received strong encouragement through the Florida Energy Plan, the Florida legislature and the ... more UN Chief Concerned Over Impact Of Travel On Climate Change 
Madrid (AFP) Jun 05, 2007United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon expressed concern during a visit to Spain on Tuesday over the impact that the drastic rise in global travel is having on climate change. "Some 840 million people travel across borders each year. An even greater number move within their own countries," he said at the Madrid headquarters of the UN's World Tourism Organization. "This mass travel contributes ma ... more Powerful Cyclone Threatens Oil Industry In Oman 
Muscat, Oman (AFP) Jun 05, 2007A cyclone packing huge winds of up to 260 kilometres an hour advanced towards the Gulf state of Oman on Tuesday, posing a potential threat to the key route for oil exports from the energy-rich region. Oman has evacuated about 7,000 people from coastal areas in the sultanate, where the weather service said Cyclone Gonu was expected to make landfall by early Wednesday. The first signs of the ... more DRI Energy And Fat Spaniel Technologies Partner To Deliver Integrated Solar Solution 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Jun 06, 2007DRI Energy, a leading California provider of roof integrated solar energy installation services, and Fat Spaniel Technologies, the premier provider of critical information services for distributed energy generation systems, announced the formation of a strategic alliance to offer a one-stop solution for builders and building owners seeking solar powered roofs and the related financial and enviro ... more |
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London (AFP) Jun 04, 2007Russia must decide if it wants positive relations with the West, Britain said Monday after President Vladimir Putin warned of a new Cold War-style arms race. Putin said Sunday that Russia would have to respond if the United States built a planned anti-missile defence shield near Russia's borders and warned it would point its missiles at European targets. British Prime Minister Tony Blair's ... more The G8 Meltdown 
Washington (UPI) June 04, 2007This week's Group of Eight summit in Germany may be the last, or almost the last of its kind. When this process began in the mid-1970s, the five founding members of the United States, Japan, Germany, France and Britain were without question the world's richest and most important industrial democracies. Italy and Canada were then brought into the process to make it the G7, and Russia in the ... more Indonesia Threatened By Rising Sea Levels 
Jakarta (AFP) Jun 04, 2007Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change as global warming threatens to raise sea levels and flood coastal farming areas, threatening food security, a report released Monday said. The report sponsored by the World Bank and Britain's Department for International Development said global warming could increase temperatures, shorten the rainy season and intensify rainfall ... more Global Warming House Committee Visits Greenland 
Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland (SPX) Jun 05, 2007While most Americans are enjoying the beach or barbeque at this time of year, Chairman Edward Markey of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members of the Select Committee on an international fact-finding mission on global warming impacts and solutions during Memorial Day weekend. The bipartisan delegation arrived in Gr ... more |
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Elk River MN (SPX) Jun 05, 2007Great River Energy has issued a request for proposals for renewable energy resources (RFP) and other power generation resources with low or no net carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Great River Energy is subject to the Minnesota Renewable Energy Standard, which requires electric utilities to supply an increasing percentage of their energy sales from renewable energy, reaching 25 percent by 2025. ... more GE Investing To Expland Wind Energy Portfolio 
Sweetwater TX (SPX) Jun 05, 2007GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of General Electric, has agreed to invest in its biggest wind farm, the 241-megawatt Sweetwater 4 facility, along with a sister project in Texas. The announcement was made today at Universal Studios California at GE's "Green is Universal" exhibition, a celebration of GE customers' improvements in operating and environmental p ... more How To Rip And Tear A Fluid 
University Park PA (SPX) Jun 05, 2007In a simple experiment on a mixture of water, surfactant (soap), and an organic salt, two researchers working in the Pritchard Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at Penn State have shown that a rigid object like a knife passes through the mixture at slow speeds as if it were a liquid, but rips it up as if it were a rubbery solid when the knife moves rapidly. ... more Sandia And Boeing Collaborate To Develop Aircraft Fuel Cell Applications 
Albuquerque, NM (SPX) Jun 05, 2007Sandia National Laboratories and Boeing are collaborating on a project looking at the feasibility of using a hydrogen-powered fuel cell for providing backup power in aircraft. Commercial and military aircraft use a variety of techniques for providing backup electrical power to critical subsystems during emergency scenarios. Depending on the aircraft, these may ... more
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