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For Japanese automakers, the future's green and groovy Tokyo (AFP) Oct 10, 2007 
Forget horsepower, top speed and miles per gallon. The cars of the future are all about making drivers feel warm, fuzzy and less guilty about damaging the planet.
Japanese automakers have taken the wraps off a clutch of futuristic new concept cars that put the emphasis on funky designs, low emissions and a new level of interaction between humans and their vehicles.
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Nuclear power share-out not delaying grid deal: Lithuania, Poland
Vilnius (AFP) Oct 10, 2007The leaders of Poland and Lithuania Wednesday dismissed suggestions that a dispute over sharing output from a new nuclear power plant was hampering a related accord on linking their power grids. Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, speaking after a meeting with his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski, said that they "came to the commitment that the electric bridge has to be built, and will be ... more EA And BP Collaborate To Include Climate Education In SimCity Societies 
Redwood City CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2007Electronic Arts and BP have collaborated to include climate change education within SimCity(TM) Societies, the next iteration in the genre-defining city-building franchise that has sold more than 18 million games to date. The collaboration brings together world-class game building skills and industry expertise on energy, electricity production and greenhouse gas emissions to highlight the impact ... more Analysis: PDVSA to increase ranks 
Miami (UPI) Oct 10, 2007 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he wants to increase the workforce of state-run petroleum company PDVSA by 35 percent in the coming year, a move some say is an effort to increase the government's hold on the country's oil and gas industry and win additional political support ahead of a key vote. Chavez said he would like to expand PDVSA's workforce from 75,000 workers to nearly 10 ... more China Nuvo Technology Addresses Current Silicon Shortage 
West Palm Beach FL (SPX) Oct 11, 2007China Nuvo Solar Energy says that its licensed technology based on an invention entitled "Photovoltaic Cell with Integral Light Transmitting Wave Guide in a Ceramic Sleeve" can address the current short supply and rising prices for silicon. The Company's licensed technology uses a ceramic sleeve as a receptacle for the various materials used for a solar cell. The ceramic sleeve replaces ty ... more Analysis: Iraqi Kurds make oil sales pitch 
Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2007 The Kurdistan Regional Government is offering the global oil industry its first and, so far, only chance at entering the Iraqi crude sector. Despite anger in Baghdad, the KRG plans to sign even more controversial oil deals and is waving the "For Sale" sign proudly. "We have many opportunities to excite you," KRG Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami told United Press International wh ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 10, 2007NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos have agreed to fly two Russian scientific instruments on NASA spacecraft that will conduct unprecedented robotic missions to the moon and Mars. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Roscosmos head Anatoly Perminov signed agreements in Moscow on Oct. 3 to add the instruments to two future missions: the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, scheduled to ... more Sarkozy praises 'frank' talks with Putin, 'closer' views on Iran 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 10, 2007French President Nicolas Sarkozy's first meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin late Tuesday was "relaxed," "detailed" and "frank," and could lead to a "convergence" of views on the Iranian nuclear issue. "During these three hours we had a very long, relaxed, detailed, frank and passionate discussion," Sarkozy told French reporters after a dinner with Putin in the presidential r ... more Greenpeace aims to expose Indonesian forest destruction 
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 9, 2007Environmental activists Greenpeace said Tuesday they have sent dozens of activists to Sumatra to collect evidence of the continued destruction of Indonesia's fast-dwindling forests. "We set up a forest defenders camp prior to a climate change conference in Bali (in) December to bring the global attention to the problem of forest destruction and deforestation in Indonesia," Greenpeace forest ... more Vietnam villagers face hunger amid floods 
Thuong Village, Vietnam (AFP) Oct 9, 2007It is hard to tell where the river ends and the rice fields start. This Vietnamese village is under muddy water that reeks with the stench of dead animals. The worst floods in decades that followed last week's typhoon have left hundreds of homes submerged in the brown overflow of the Hoang Long river. Families are forced to cower on higher floors and rooftops, surviving on the little water a ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Oct 9, 2007A crisis in India's coalition appeared to ease Tuesday after politicians agreed to more talks on a nuclear energy pact with the United States that has threatened to tear the government apart. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said a meeting on Tuesday between members of the dominant Congress party and its left-wing allies, who are trying to block the accord, took place in a "cordial atmosphe ... more Analysis: Myanmar energy biz untouched 
Washington (UPI) Oct 8, 2007 Despite widespread criticism of international energy companies operating in Myanmar, the country's instability seems unlikely to hamper business or cause it to reconsider in the near term. International energy companies "can work in even the riskiest of environments as long as sufficient profits can be had and their contracts remain stable -- and IOCs (international oil companies) opera ... more Consultants Give Environmental Approval To Sakhalin 2 Project 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 10, 2007International consultants have ruled that the Sakhalin II oil and gas project off Russia's Pacific Coast is in line with national and international environmental laws, Russian gas giant Gazprom said. AEA Technology, an independent consultant to potential lenders to the Sakhalin II project, has produced a final report on the commitments of project operator Sakhalin Energy, the press office of Gaz ... more India, Brazil, South Africa to hold summit this month 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 9, 2007India, Brazil and South Africa will hold a summit next week in Johannesburg to bolster ties among the three emerging powerhouses and review deadlocked global trade talks, an official said Tuesday. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki held their maiden summit in September 2006 in Brasilia. The Oct ... more
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