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Fuel Cells Gearing Up To Power Auto Industry Houston TX (SPX) Oct 31, 2007 
The average price for all types of gasoline is holding steady around $2.95 per gallon nationwide, but the pain at the pump might be short-lived as research from the University of Houston may eliminate one of the biggest hurdles to the wide-scale production of fuel cell-powered vehicles.
Peter Strasser, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, led the research team i ... read more
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Time Spent In Car Drives Up Air Pollution Exposure
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2007The daily commute may be taking more of a toll than people realize. A new study by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) and the California Air Resources Board found that up to half of Los Angeles residents' total exposure to harmful air pollutants occurs while people are traveling in their vehicles. Although the average Los Angeles driver spends about six percent (1.5 ... more China launches counter-protest against Japan in island dispute 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 30, 2007China on Tuesday launched a counter-protest against Japan after Hong Kong-based activists were prevented from landing on islands claimed by both countries. "The Japanese action against the Chinese activists violates international law and infringes on Chinese sovereignty," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters. "It is illegitimate, and China is strongly opposed to that." ... more Japan, SAfrica agree to cooperate in rare metal production 
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 30, 2007Japan and resource-rich South Africa agreed Tuesday to cooperate in the production of rare metals such as platinum and cobalt, officials said. The agreement was reached by visiting South African Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica and Akira Amari, the Japanese minister of economy, trade and industry, the officials said. Amari plans to visit South Africa in mid-November, accompan ... more Nuclear reactor's long voyage sparks protest in Germany 
Rheinsberg, Germany (AFP) Oct 30, 2007The core of a nuclear reactor from the former East Germany on Tuesday began a 300-kilometre (190-mile) train journey to a storage site amid protests by environmentalists. The Soviet-made reactor is being moved from Rheinsberg, some 75 kilometres northeast of Berlin, to Lubmin on the Baltic Coast where it was due to arrive at midnight. Protestors met it along the way and halted the train ... more Indian PM says US nuclear deal not dead 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 30, 2007India's prime minister said Tuesday he was still trying to push forward a nuclear energy deal with the United States that has been blocked by his sceptical coalition partners. But communists and left-wing parties, whose MPs prop up the government say any deal involving India being subjected to more international safeguards, including inspections, could harm the country's nuclear weapons prog ... more |
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Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 31, 2007An A$11 million collaboration to unlock stranded offshore oil and gas reserves through improved subsea pipeline design will be launched today in Perth. The Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship's Collaboration Cluster on Subsea Pipelines (CCSP) unites the research capabilities of The University of Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology, The University of Queensland, Monash Un ... more Donkey power fuels ecological rubbish revolution 
Rome (AFP) Oct 30, 2007The Sicilian town of Castelbuono has replaced garbage trucks with donkeys and claims to be saving money as well as helping to beat global warming. Since last February, six donkeys have replaced the four rubbish trucks in the town of 10,000 people. By replacing garbage trucks with donkeys "we are making savings and making the world a better place" with less pollution, Castlebuono's mayor ... more Yemen scraps nuclear energy deal with US firm 
Sanaa (AFP) Oct 30, 2007The Yemeni government announced on Tuesday that it was scrapping a contract with the US firm Powered Corp to build five nuclear reactors at an estimated cost of 15 billion dollars. The decision was taken after "the publication of information that the company is not qualified to carry out the reactors' project," the cabinet said in a statement, quoted by the state news agency SABA. It sai ... more Sustainable development a huge failure in Canada: audit 
Ottawa (AFP) Oct 30, 2007A decade-old plan to introduce sustainable development strategies and green thinking into the Canadian government's daily work has failed miserably, the environment commissioner said Tuesday. The 1997 plan "to encourage government departments to green their policies and programs" has become a "major disappointment," said environment commissioner Ron Thompson, releasing his annual audit. ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Oct 29, 2007European steelmakers called on Monday for EU anti-dumping action against imports from China, Taiwan and South Korea, which they claim are flooding the European market at unfair prices. The European steel and iron confederation Eurofer said it had filed two dumping complaints with the European Commission targetting cold-rolled, stainless flat steel from China, South Korea and Taiwan and galva ... more PetroChina Shanghai IPO attracts record 440 billion dlrs: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Oct 29, 2007PetroChina, the country's largest oil and gas producer, has attracted a record 3.3 trillion yuan (440 billion dollars) in orders for its Shanghai initial public offering, state media said Monday. Demand exceeded the previous record set by China's top coal company, Shenhua Energy, which drew 2.67 trillion yuan in a share offer last month, the China Securities Journal reported. PetroChina, ... more GM looks to China for cleaner cars 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 29, 2007US giant General Motors said Monday it would launch a 250-million-dollar alternative fuel research centre in China, as it looks to dramatically ramp up production of more environmentally friendly cars. The new centre in Shanghai, which will conduct research into fuels and vehicles, will be launched in conjunction with the firm's Shanghai auto partner, SAIC, General Motors chief executive Ric ... more ElBaradei urges global cooperation to supply nuclear fuel 
United Nations (AFP) Oct 29, 2007The head of the UN atomic watchdog agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, on Monday pressed for a global reserve of nuclear fuel to safely meet growing worldwide demand for nuclear energy. In a report on his agency's activities to the UN General Assembly, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief said his agency was weighing a proposal for "an actual or virtual reserve fuel bank of last resort ... more
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