How To Manage Floating Fluids In Space
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 05, 2007
Six months is a long time to be away from home. But Astronaut Sunita Williams had plenty of work to keep her busy during her stay on the International Space Station, including a group of experiments she dubbed "lava lamp." "I call it the 'lava lamp' experiment because some of the fluid is pink, and we hang out watching it with video and pictures," she wrote in her mission log. "If only we had a ... read more
Let Them Raise Catfish Says Indonesian Minister As Future For Mud Volcano Victims
Jakarta (AFP) Jul 05, 2007
Hundreds of hectares of land inundated by sludge spewed from a devastating "mud volcano" in Indonesia should be developed to raise catfish, a minister said Thursday. "We have tested this and it has been proven that catfish can be raised in ponds made of the mud," environment minister Rachmat Witoelar told AFP. Witoelar said the government's priority was now to try to reduce the mud outflow or ha ... more
Green Campaigners Keep Watch On Dubai Man-Made Isles
Dubai (AFP) Jul 05, 2007
Giant islands taking shape off the coast of Dubai are sparking interest not only from celebrities but also from environmental campaigners jittery about the man-made structures so large they can be seen from space. Work is all but complete on the Palm Jumeirah, the first of three palm tree-shaped islands, which developers Nakheel say is more than one and a half times the size of New York's Centra ... more
Lula Defends Brazil Biofuels Industry
Brussels (AFP) Jul 05, 2007
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defended biofuels Thursday aimd growing concerns about their drawbacks, saying they offer an "opportunity" to lift developing countries out of poverty. The Brazilian leader said that the success his country's booming biofuels industry has enjoyed could be reproduced in some of the poorest parts of the world, helping to alleviate poverty. "I am convin ... more
EU Highlights Biofuel Drawbacks
Brussels (AFP) Jul 05, 2007
The European Commission called Thursday for the increased use of biofuels to help fight global warming but warned that production had to be carefully managed to avoid damage to the environment. "This clean, renewable source of energy has the potential to help us respond to the dual climate change/energy security challenges we face," EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said. ... more
Malaysian Rainforests Not Cleared For Palm Oil In A Decade
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jul 05, 2007
A minister on Thursday defended Malaysia's plantation industry and said tropical rainforests have not been cleared to plant palm oil in the last 10 years. Plantations Minister Peter Chin was refuting allegations that palm oil production destroys rainforests and wildlife habitats or that it increases greenhouse gas emissions and leads to a loss in biodiversity. "I would like to reiterate here tha ... more
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ENERGY TECH
Hot Economy Means China May Miss Energy Efficiency Targets
ENERGY TECH
Nearly Half Of Electricity From Renewable Resources By 2030 Says Berlin
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Environmental Degradation A Growing Public Danger To People In China
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Activists Demand Full Details Of German Nuclear Plant Fire
Kiel, Germany (AFP) Jul 04, 2007
Environmentalists on Wednesday blasted an energy company for failing to reveal the full extent of a fire last week at a German nuclear power plant. The German branch of Friends of the Earth, BUND, demanded from European energy group Vattenfall "full transparency in the investigation of the causes of the fire and possible dangers." A company spokesman dismissed the criticism, saying it had provid ... more
Eyeing The Shanghai Group In 2007
Sapporo, Japan (UPI) Jul 03, 2007
The annual summit of the presidents of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will take place this coming August in Kyrgyzstan. The SCO groups together Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The U.S. government has reacted warily to the SCO for several reasons. First, when Washington asked to send observers to the SCO summit meetings, its request was refused.
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US And Russia Begin Nuclear Reduction Talks
Washington (AFP) Jul 03, 2007
The United States and Russia on Tuesday pushed for peaceful nuclear energy use and said they had begun talks to trim their nuclear arsenals "to the lowest possible level" ahead of the expiry of a landmark strategic weapons agreement. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which led to the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive weapons under the largest arms control accord in histo ... more
Cities To Boom In Africa And Asia
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 03, 2007
The urban populations in Africa and Asia will at least double over the next 30 years to 1.7 billion, adding more people than the Chinese and U.S. populations combined. According to a recent U.N. study, urban populations are growing at more than 1.2 million people a week. In 2008, for the first time in history, city residents outnumber rural population, the report's principal author George Martin ... more
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FROTH AND BUBBLE
Islands Off China Vanishing Under Weight Of Exploitation
ENERGY TECH
Statoil And Shell Scrap Carbon Capture Plans To Pump More Oil
ENERGY TECH
EU To Relaunch Ties With Africa Amid Rising Chinese Influence
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ADB Eyeing To Boost Clean Energy Program
Manila (AFP) June 26, 2007
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday it was planning to boost its clean energy program to one billion dollars annually amid warnings Asia's contribution to green gas emissions could get worse. ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda said the region faced a "daunting challenge in securing energy" and expanding economies needed to spend more on clean energy technologies.
"About 70 percent of ... more
Russia And France Establish JV To Produce Nuclear Power Planet Turbines
Paris (RIA Novosti) Jun 29, 2007
Russia's Atomenergomash and France's Alstom signed Friday documents to establish a $400-million joint venture to manufacture half-speed turbines for nuclear power plants in Russia and abroad. The companies reached a deal in April with Russia's state controlled nuclear power corporation having a 51%-share in the JV, which will operate on the platform of the machine-building firm ZIO Podolsk in th ... more
Russia Pipeline No Threat To Europe Caspian Project Says Gazprom
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 29, 2007
Russia's South Stream pipeline project is not politically motivated and does not threaten Nabucco, Europe's $6-billion gas pipeline project linking the energy-rich Caspian to Europe, bypassing Russia, the Gazprom head said Friday. The Russian energy giant and the Italian gas company Eni SpA signed June 23 a memorandum to construct the South Stream gas pipeline, which will stretch for 900 kilomet ... more
Belarus To Announce Nuclear Power Planet Tender Soon
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 29, 2007
Belarus will soon announce a tender for the construction of its first nuclear power plant, the prime minister said Friday. "The amount of finance will be determined shortly, and a tender will be announced," Sergei Sidorsky said after a ministerial Russia-Belarus union session in Moscow, adding a potential construction site was already being selected.
Belarusian officials have said that Rus ... more
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ENERGY TECH
India-Iran-Pakistan Talks On Gas Pipeline Still To Continue
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Hong Kong Choked By Growing Pollution Problem
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Impact Of Climate Change Equal To Nuclear War
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