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China to hold first-ever 'no car day' on Saturday Beijing (AFP) Sept 17, 2007 
China will initiate its first-ever nationwide "no car day" this weekend in an effort to promote environmental health and alleviate increasingly gridlocked urban roads, state press said Monday. Residents in 108 cities will be urged to take public transport, ride bikes or walk on the nation's first "no car day" on Saturday, the China Daily reported. "The move is an attempt to raise ... read more
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Vietnam sends highly enriched uranium to Russia
Hanoi (AFP) Sept 17, 2007Vietnam has sent a shipment of highly enriched uranium used at its Soviet-built Dalat research reactor to Russia as part of a fuel conversion plan agreed with the United States, an official said Monday. The shipment -- of an unspecified size -- was sent last week, according to an official at the Vietnamese Atomic Energy Commission, who asked not to be named. In March, the United States ... more New Jersey's Largest Electrical Workers Union Joins Clean Reliable Energy Coalition 
Trenton NJ (SPX) Sep 18, 2007The 35,000-member New Jersey chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and Local Union 1289 has joined the growing membership of the New Jersey Affordable, Clean, Reliable Energy Coalition (NJ ACRE). With more than 750,000 members throughout the United States and Canada, the IBEW represents workers employed in a variety of industries including utilities, construction ... more New shell to cover deadly Chernobyl 
Kiev (AFP) Sept 17, 2007French consortium Novarka signed a contract Monday with Ukraine to shut away the radioactive heart of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster with a multi-million-euro protective cover designed to last a hundred years. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and the French trade minister, Herve Novelli, oversaw the signing by the consortium, which includes French builders Bouygues and Vinci. ... more Maxwell Technologies Introduces 75-Volt Ultracapacitor Module For Renewable Energy Industrial Applications 
San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2007Maxwell Technologies is introducing a 75-volt BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor module to provide a scaleable, cost-effective, low-maintenance solution to meet the backup power and power quality requirements of wind turbines and other renewable energy generation and industrial equipment applications. Maxwell developed the new module, which will be generally available early in the fourth quarter, in ... more EOS Estate Winery Converts Entirely To Solar Power 
Franklin TN (SPX) Sep 18, 2007The EOS Estate Winery has announced plans to convert its facility entirely to solar power. The $3.8 million project, including the installation of more than two acres of ground-mounted tracking solar arrays that will provide all of the electrical power needs for the winery and tasting room, will make EOS the largest winery in California's Central Coast to run completely on alternative energy. ... more |
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Blacksburg VA (SPX) Sep 17, 2007An international team of scientists has produced a new type of rice that grows better and uses water more efficiently than other rice crops. Professor Andy Pereira at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) has been working with colleagues in India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Mexico and The Netherlands to identify, characterize and make use of a gene known as HARDY that improves key features ... more Worst pollution sites include India, China: survey 
New York (AFP) Sept 16, 2007Poisonous industrial sites in India, China and the former Soviet Union topped a new ranking this week of the world's most polluted places, where millions of people are threatened by toxic chemicals, a US-based environment watchdog said. The lead production base of Tianying, eastern China and the industrial town of Vapi, India were among new additions to the top 10 list of "worst polluted ... more Australia says some water cuts permanent 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 16, 2007Some water restrictions introduced in Australia's most populous state because of a long-running drought will become permanent because of the threat of global warming, officials said Sunday. Banned forever will be the practice of hosing pathways and the daytime use of sprinklers to water lawns and gardens. The New South Wales government said the restrictions would remain in place even ... more Analysis: Solar energy in Uzbekistan 
Washington (UPI) Sep 14, 2007 An era of record-high oil prices topping $80 a barrel has left investors and nations scrambling to develop alternative sources of energy. The theoretical annual potential of solar power is estimated to exceed all fossil fuels reserves by more than 10-20 times. In Central Asia, solar power is receiving renewed attention, particularly in Uzbekistan, with a population of 26 ... more |
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San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2007Just as a lizard can find the perfect spot in the sun or shade to control its body temperature, Australian award winning solar heating and cooling innovation Sun Lizard can help heat or cool offices and factories while cutting energy bills and greenhouse emissions. Companies can run up large energy bills and contribute to greenhouse emissions for the sake of a few extra degrees in room ... more Iran sees progress in Russia nuclear talks 
Tehran (AFP) Sept 16, 2007Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said talks with Russia over the much delayed completion of Iran's first nuclear power station are making progress, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. "The question of the Bushehr nuclear power station was raised and we see progress in the negotiations," said Mottaki, referring to his visit last week to Moscow for talks on the atomic plant ... more More countries join US-led nuclear energy programme 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 16, 2007Eleven countries joined Sunday a US-led initiative to spread atomic power but not technology which can be used to make nuclear weapons. Australia, Bulgaria, Ghana, Hungary, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Ukraine signed in Vienna a statement of principles for the programme, the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). It called for the "the expansion of ... more 135 Million Dollars For Innovative Solar Technology 
Newington CT (SPX) Sep 17, 2007Schuco International KG, German parent company of Schuco USA L.P., and German energy giant E.ON AG are jointly investing $135 million to develop new photovoltaic (PV) modules based on thin-film technology for metal and glass facades. Production begins in mid 2008. The modules will be produced in Germany using technology supplied by Applied Materials, Inc., global market leader in ... more
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