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US Public's View Of Energy Sources, Preferences and Environmental Issues Assessed Menlo Park CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2007 
While only two percent of the public indicates that energy is the most important problem facing the U.S. today, the results of a new MIT study based on data from Knowledge Networks offer a compelling snapshot of the public's declining satisfaction with oil for energy, as well as an openness toward alternative energy sources. Study findings highlight viewpoints on coal, dams, natural gas, nuclear ... read more
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UN Chief Urges New Climate Change Deal By 2009
United Nations (AFP) Jul 31, 2007UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday appealed to all countries to do their utmost to seal a new climate change deal by 2009 and have it in force by the time the Kyoto protocol expires in 2012. Addressing an informal General Assembly debate on the impact of climate change, Ban said: "All countries must do what they can to reach agreement by 2009, and to have it in force by the expiry of the current Ky ... more Police Seize Three More Suspects In Attack On Nuclear Protesters 
Irkutsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007Police in Siberia have detained another three suspects in an attack on an anti-nuclear protest camp that left one person dead and 21 injured July 21, the first assistant prosecutor in Irkutsk said Tuesday. Alexander Semyonov said the detention brings the total number of detainees to 16 after masked assailants carrying baseball bats and metal rods attacked the camp in Angarsk, near Lake Baikal, w ... more Researchers Think Pink To Produce Green Solar Energy 
Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 31, 2007When it comes to producing earth-friendly solar energy, pink may be the new green, according to Ohio State University researchers. Scientists here have developed new dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) that get their pink color from a mixture of red dye and white metal oxide powder in materials that capture light. Currently, the best of these new pink materials convert light to electricity with o ... more Nanotech Clay Armour Creates Fire Resistant Hard Wearing Latex Emulsion Paints 
Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 31, 2007Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Chemistry have found a way of replacing the soap used to stabilize latex emulsion paints with nanotech sized clay armour that can create a much more hard wearing and fire resistant paint. To date latex emulsion paints have relied on the addition of soaps or similar materials to overcome the polymer parts of the paint's aversion to water, s ... more New Aerogels Could Clean Contaminated Water And Purify Hydrogen For Fuel Cells 
Argonne IL (SPX) Jul 31, 2007Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have identified a new technique for cleansing contaminated water and potentially purifying hydrogen for use in fuel cells, thanks to the discovery of a innovative type of porous material. Argonne materials scientists Peter Chupas and Mercouri Kanatzidis, along with colleagues at Northwestern and Michigan State universities ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) July 30, 2007China's environment watchdog said Monday it will make it harder for heavily energy-consuming, highly polluting industries to borrow money from the banks. The State Environmental Protection Administration will regularly hand over lists of violators of environmental rules to the central bank and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the administration said on its website. Banks must conduct str ... more Wild Weather Forces Farmers To Adapt 
Madison WI (SPX) Jul 29, 2007Around the world, extreme climatic conditions are forcing farmers to rethink current cropping system strategies. To maximize crop production in the face of variable temperatures and precipitation, scientists say farmers may want to adopt a system in which crop sequencing decisions are based upon weather patterns and management goals each year. However, before making the change to a more adaptabl ... more Africa Starts To Gear Up For Biofuels 
Dakar (AFP) Jul 29, 2007Faced with mounting energy crises, many African nations in recent years have zealously launched projects to produce cheaper biofuels, but few have gained steam. One fervent advocate of biofuels, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, said during a trip to Brazil, a leading ethanol supplier, that biofuels would set in motion "a new revolution in Africa." Wade boasted that the African continent was ... more France Nukes It With Growing Energy Deals 
Washington DC (UPI) July 30, 2007The sudden flurry of controversy that erupted over France's new deal to supply a nuclear power station to Libya may have missed the point. It was a striking coup by France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy to make the sale as part of the agreement he helped engineer to release the Bulgarian nurses from their long and unjust detention in Libya. It was also a characteristic piece of French president ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Jul 30, 2007The planned signing Tuesday of a letter of intent by China and France on the construction in China of two nuclear reactors by the French group Areva has been postponed, a French source said Monday. But he stressed that "the principle of a letter of intent remains intact, with the date (of the signing) to be decided. The initial date of July 31... was postponed for technical and calendar reasons. ... more China To Step Up Energy Efficiency Drive 
Beijing (AFP) Jul 28, 2007China has announced plans to double spending on improving energy efficiency and slashing pollution, in an effort to combat its dismal environmental record. The government will spend an extra 10 billion yuan (1.33 billion US dollars) on reducing energy use and cutting pollution, according to a statement from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the state body responsible for eco ... more UN Inspectors Check Key Iran Nuclear Site 
Tehran (AFP) Jul 30, 2007A group of UN atomic inspectors on Monday visited a heavy water reactor in Iran that is one of the key Western concerns over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme, officials said. The visit, agreed in talks between Iran and the UN atomic agency, was the first inspection since Iran in April blocked access to the plutonium-producing research reactor, which lies outside the central town of Arak. ... more Schwarzenegger Nears 60 In Top Political Form 
Los Angeles (AFP) Jul 27, 2007Arnold Schwarzenegger, who once flexed his muscles as Mr. Universe and as an action-film hero, turns 60 Monday as the respected and popular governor of the most-populous US state. The "governator" of California, who played the robotic killing machine in the "Terminator," has become a charismatic leader whose work against global warming has drawn the interest of world dignitaries. First ele ... more
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