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Pollution 'matter of life or death': HK leader Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 11, 2007 
Hong Kong's leader said Thursday tackling pollution in the territory was "a matter of life and death" and conceded that failing to do so would harm the city's competitiveness in the long term.
Speaking following his annual policy address Wednesday, Chief Executive Donald Tsang pledged to improve air quality by the time he leaves office in 2012 and said he expected the full backing of China's ... read more
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New Membrane Strips Carbon Dioxide From Natural Gas Faster And Better
Austin TX (SPX) Oct 12, 2007A modified plastic material greatly improves the ability to separate global warming-linked carbon dioxide from natural gas as the gas is prepared for use, according to engineers at The University of Texas at Austin who have analyzed the new plastic's performance. Like a sponge that only soaks up certain chemicals, the new plastic permits carbon dioxide or other small molecules to go throug ... more Estonia completes secure storage facility for Soviet-era reactors 
Tallinn (AFP) Oct 11, 2007Estonian authorities said Thursday they had finished rebuilding a secure facility meant to prevent potential leaks from two mothballed nuclear reactors and radioactive waste left by the Soviet navy. The upgraded facility at a former Soviet military base in the Estonian coastal town of Paldiski is meant to provide safe storage for the next 50 years, after which the reactors are to be dismantl ... more China, Japan meet on long-running East China Sea dispute 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 11, 2007Chinese and Japanese officials met in Beijing on Thursday for a fresh round of talks on resolving a dispute over rival claims in the energy-rich East China Sea, a government spokesman said. The Asian rivals, two of the world's largest energy importers, are locked in a long-running disagreement over the boundaries of their territorial waters and have held regular bilateral talks on the issue ... more Analysis: Nigeria looks for outside help? 
Miami (UPI) Oct 11, 2007 Nigeria's vice president has asked the United Nations to assist the government's efforts to stop the flow of illegal arms to the oil-rich Niger Delta, though he stressed Abuja did not want to internationalize the issue. Speaking to officials Monday, Vice President Jonathan Goodluck said U.N. help was essential to tackle the problems of arms coming into the delta and falling into the han ... more Chlamy Genome Holds Clues For Renewable Energy, The Environment And Human Health 
Twin Cities MN (SPX) Oct 12, 2007University of Minnesota researchers contributed to a national effort to sequence the genome of an ancient, one-celled organism that will help advance research in a broad range of areas, from biofuels to restoring the environment to understanding a variety of human diseases. The organism, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, known affectionately as "Chlamy," has long fascinated scientists because it ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2007 The global economy is under new management, if those somewhat battered institutions the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund may be said to play such a managerial role. Certainly nobody else is doing the job. The Group of Seven finance ministers' meetings hardly qualify. So long as they exclude the finance ministers of key emerging markets like China, India and Brazil, they ar ... more NAS Report Offers New Tools To Assess Health Risks From Chemicals 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 11, 2007Determining how thousands of chemicals found in the environment may be interacting with the genes in your body to cause disease is becoming easier because of a new field of science called toxicogenomics. A new report issued today by the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) recognizes the importance of toxicogenomics in predicting effects on human health and recommends the integration of toxicoge ... more For Japanese automakers, the future's green and groovy 
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 10, 2007Forget 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. Among them is Toyota M ... 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 |
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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 Ferro To Break Ground In China For Solar Paste Production Facility 
Cleveland OH (SPX) Oct 11, 2007Ferro has announced that it will begin construction in fourth quarter 2007 on a 16,500-square-meter (177,604-square-foot) facility in Suzhou, China, where it will produce aluminum pastes for the Southeast Asia solar cell manufacturing market. The new site is expected to begin production in the third quarter of 2008 and will include expansion capacity to accommodate expected growth of Ferro Elect ... 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
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