Tourism set to suffer from the climate change it generates: UN
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Oct 1, 2007
A booming worldwide tourism industry could prove its own worst enemy by contributing to the global warming that threatens some of the planet's most prized destinations, UN agencies warned Monday.
If no measures are taken, tourism's impact on climate change is set to more than double in the next 30 years, according to advance data from a report by the UN tourism, environment and weather agenc ... read more
Analysis: Yemen, Jordan hope for nuclear
Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2007
Deals to build nuclear power plants in Yemen and Jordan have come sooner than many expected, but a lack of funding and internal violence could derail those plans before they ever get off the ground.
Many countries in the Middle East are considering nuclear power, hoping to free up petroleum reserves for export, and also to balance Iran's nuclear ambitions. Among others, regional heavywe ... more
Scottish police arrest more than 170 anti-nuclear protestors
London (AFP) Oct 1, 2007
Police arrested more than 170 anti-nuclear protestors Monday as they gathered for the culmination of a year-long campaign at a nuclear submarine base on the west coast of Scotland.
Officers made the arrests as they removed protestors blockading the main entrance to the Faslane Naval Base on the River Clyde.
Some demonstrators had glued themselves to the tarmac outside, while others chain ... more
Rolls-Royce Announce Biofuel Flight Demo With Air New Zealand And Boeing
Seattle WA (SPX) Oct 02, 2007
Boeing, Air New Zealand and Rolls-Royce have announced a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct a biofuel demonstration flight designed to help accelerate the development of viable and sustainable alternative fuels for commercial aviation uses. Boeing is exploring second-generation biofuel feed stocks and processes that have the potential to reduce greenhouse gases throughout their entire lifecy ... more
European Commission, business leaders push for nuclear power
Madrid (AFP) Oct 1, 2007
Leaders of the European Union and the bloc's major energy firms urged member states on Monday to consider making greater use of nuclear power at a conference held in Spain.
"Member states can not avoid the question of nuclear energy. There needs to be a total and frank debate regarding this problem," said European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso.
Also in attendance were the bloc's e ... more
Air Force Energy Initiatives Focus On Fuel
Washington (AFPN) Oct 02, 2007
Leaders of Air Force energy policy and programs convened here Sept. 25 to discuss the Air Force's direction and initiatives in the realm of renewable and alternative energy sources. William C. Anderson, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics and senior energy executive, and his deputy, Kevin W. Billings, presented the latest Air Force energy initiat ... more
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ENERGY TECH
Engineered Eggshells To Help Make Hydrogen Fuel
ENERGY TECH
Paris adopts 'climate plan' to slash emissions
CIVIL NUCLEAR
France's EDF aims to build first nuclear plant in US in 2015
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Raytheon Awarded Hybrid Silicon Compound Semiconductor Contract
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Oct 01, 2007
The Office of Naval Research has awarded Raytheon a $6.5 million contract to develop affordable, high-performance semiconductor integrated circuits for electronic-driven military systems. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding the contract as part of its Compound Semiconductor Materials on Silicon (COSMOS) program. Dr. Mark Rosker is DARPA's program manager. A Raytheon-led ... more
Civil aviation conference rejects EU push for emission cuts
Montreal (AFP) Sept 28, 2007
The International Civil Aviation Organization on Friday adopted a broad program to counter the effects of global warming in the aviation industry, but rejected EU proposals to cut carbon emissions.
After meeting for 10 days, majority of delegates at the United Nations body that specializes in air transportation rejected a European Union proposal to to impose quotas on CO2 emissions on airlin ... more
Washington Climate Meeting Wraps Up As Bush Goes On Attack
Boston (AFP) Sep 28, 2007
In the wake of the U.N. climate-change summit earlier this week, a more intimate gathering of the world's greatest emitters convened Thursday for a discussion many have tentatively hailed as a positive move.
President Bush announced his plan to host climate-change meetings, including this week's two-day "Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change," in the spring. The ... more
GMES Space Program Reaches Important Development Milestone
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 01, 2007
Yesterday ESA's Member States participating in the GMES Program approved the transition to Phase-2 of Segment 1 of the GMES Space Component Program. Oversubscription of the program by the ESA Council at ministerial level in 2005 was confirmed, with oversubscription to phase 2 of 116%, giving a total amount of 500 million euros. This additional contribution to the program will allow ESA to confir ... more
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SOLAR DAILY
Solar Power 2007 Dazzles Exhibitors and Visitors
CAR TECH
Toyota says new fuel-cell car can go further on single tank
ENERGY TECH
Site For New Michigan Clean Coal Power Plant Announced
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Praxair To Participate In Spanish Clean-Coal Project
Danbury, CT (SPX) Oct 01, 2007
Praxair will work with Fundacion Ciudad de la Energia (CIUDEN), a Spanish government agency, to develop a pilot facility incorporating advanced technologies for carbon dioxide abatement and capture from coal-fired electricity generating plants.To be located in El Bierzo, in northern Spain, the initial phase of project is scheduled to be completed by mid-2009. It will conduct tests using anthraci ... more
Fire breaks out at Japanese nuclear plant construction site
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 29, 2007
A minor fire broke out at a nuclear power plant construction site in northern Japan on Saturday but there was no danger of radiation leakage, an official said.
No one was hurt in the small fire at a half-built reactor at Tomari Nuclear Power Plant on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, which is scheduled to be tested early next year.
"A guard found white smoke coming out of textile shee ... more
World's first commercial nuclear plant demolished
London (AFP) Sept 29, 2007
Demolition experts blew up Saturday the giant cooling towers of the world's first commercial nuclear power station, 51 years after it was opened in northwest England.
The first two of the four 88-metre (288-foot) high cooling towers at Sellafield were demolished at 9 a.m. (0800 GMT), sending a cloud of dust over the Irish Sea before hundreds of onlookers.
Four minutes later the final pai ... more
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy enters Chinese nuclear power market
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 28, 2007
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is making a full-scale entry into China's growing market for nuclear power generation as it has won a major order there, the company said Friday.
China's demand for nuclear power generation is increasing as the booming economy consumes more and more energy but needs to curtail air pollution.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. has won an order from Sanmen ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR
Indian communist leader vows no compromise on US nuke deal
ENERGY TECH
Infinity Bio-Energy Wants To Make Cleanest And Greenest Production Ethanol From Sugarcane Yet
WATER WORLD
North America's Northernmost Lake Affected By Global Warming
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