China, Japan agree to talks on disputed gas field
Sydney (AFP) Sept 6, 2007
Japan and China on Thursday agreed to hold further talks on proposed joint exploration of a disputed natural gas field in the East China Sea, a Japanese official said. Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi agreed that senior officials should discuss the proposal in Beijing on September 21, foreign ministry spokesman Mitsuo Sakaba told ... read more
Protests as BBC scraps planned green day
London (AFP) Sept 6, 2007
The BBC has dropped plans to hold a day of programming highlighting the threat from climate change, it said Thursday, in a move which has drawn sharp criticism from environmental groups. The "Planet Relief" telethon had been pencilled in for early next year and was due to feature stars including Emmy Award-winning comedian Ricky Gervais. But it was ditched after some senior BBC ... more
Indian parliament stalls over US nuke deal
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 6, 2007
India's opposition stalled parliament on Thursday over a controversial nuclear accord with the United States as it demanded a joint parliamentary probe into the deal. The pact, concluded in August, seeks to bring New Delhi into the loop of global atomic commerce after a gap of more than three decades. But it has been rejected by the Congress-led government's communist allies and the ... more
China Southern orders 55 planes from Boeing
New York (AFP) Sept 6, 2007
China Southern Airlines has ordered 55 "next-generation" 737 jets from US aviation giant Boeing, the companies announced Thursday. The order from China's largest airline would be worth 3.8 billion dollars at list prices, but large orders are often discounted. The 55 planes, the smallest models in Boeing's civilian airline fleet, will supplement the 129 737s operated by China Southern as ... more
Shell defends environmental record in Argentina
London (AFP) Sept 6, 2007
Anglo-Dutch oil firm Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday defended standards at its Argentina operations after authorities there closed a Shell refinery near Buenos Aires on environmental grounds. "All of our operations were and still are conducted according to the local legislation and strengthened Shell standards," a company spokesman in London told AFP. ... more
Sunpower Launches Full Range Of Solar Power Solutions In Italy
Milan, Italy (SPX) Sep 06, 2007
At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition this week, SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWR - News), a US-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, is launching a range of solar products and systems for the Italian residential, commercial and solar power plant markets. For homeowners, SunPower is introducing a 220-watt, all-black ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR
Iran says Russia committed to finishing nuclear plant
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Start of ALOS Kyoto And Carbon Initiative By The ALOS Daichi
CIVIL NUCLEAR
French companies keen to build Lithuanian nuclear plant: minister
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Oil and security for Iraq investors
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 5, 2007
Security in Iraq is a major holdup to investment there, sometimes second only to the lack of a law governing Iraq's vast oil and gas reserves.
Various security plans, by Iraqi and U.S. forces, are intended to break the cycle of violence, but little of the ambitions for Iraq's future will take hold until its citizens face fewer day-to-day threats to their lives.
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MIT Unraveling Secrets Of Red Tide
Cambridge MA (SPX) Sep 05, 2007
In work that could one day help prevent millions of dollars in economic losses for seaside communities, MIT chemists have demonstrated how tiny marine organisms likely produce the red tide toxin that periodically shuts down U.S. beaches and shellfish beds. In the Aug. 31 cover story of Science, the MIT team describes an elegant method for synthesizing the lethal components of red tides. ... more
Malaysia culls 50,000 pigs over smell, pollution
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 4, 2007
Malaysian authorities on Tuesday began slaughtering some 50,000 pigs in southern Malacca state, saying that the stench and pollution from unlicensed farms had become unbearable. Ismail Salleh, Malacca's state secretary, told AFP that the number of pigs in one state should not exceed 50,000, but that there were about 120,000 in Malacca, most raised on farms operating without licences. ... more
America Regains Leadership With World Record
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 05, 2007
The Spallation Neutron Source, the Department of Energy's $1.4 billion research facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has established a new record as the world's most powerful accelerator based source of neutrons for scientific research. The SNS surpassed the previous record of 160 kilowatts for beam power, held by the United Kingdom's ISIS facility, while operating at 183 kilowatts.
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ENERGY TECH
Grain Will Not Become Oil
ENERGY TECH
Iraq oil law (still) coming soon
ENERGY TECH
Composite Technology's DeWind Announces Texas Wind Turbine Demonstration Site
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