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China to order up to 150 Airbus jets during Sarkozy visit: report Paris (AFP) Nov 23, 2007 
China will announce the order of up to 150 Airbus aircraft, including 100 of its short-haul A320 planes, during the upcoming visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the La Tribune newspaper reported Friday.
Chinese airlines are also interested in the long-haul A330 family of planes, it added, quoting a company source.
However no orders of Airbus' recently launched A380 superjumbo airc ... read more
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New Australian leader works on climate change
Sydney (AFP) Nov 26, 2007Australia's prime minister-elect Kevin Rudd got down to work Monday on plans to sign the Kyoto Protocol and reverse unpopular labour laws that led to conservative leader John Howard's ouster. The centre-left leader is reshaping foreign and domestic policy following his landslide victory Saturday that ended Howard's 11-year reign and left US President George W. Bush standing alone on the issu ... more German cars world champs, except in Germany 
Frankfurt (AFP) Nov 22, 2007German auto giants represent the gold standard in car brands the world over. But sales of BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen at home are hitting the lowest level since national unification. Despite the record strength of the euro against the dollar, sales of German cars reached 3.6 million units between January and October, up 11 percent from last year. "2007 is likely to be the fifth record y ... more Indonesia's forests: a precious resource in climate change fight 
Pangkalan Kerinci, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 23, 2007Indonesia's vast forests have long been seen by governments and businesses alike as a resource to be exploited for massive profit. But as worldwide climate negotiations approach in Bali next month, keeping the nation's forests just as they are could become a new multi-billion-dollar industry. A drive to do just that is called Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), w ... more Analysis: KazMunayGaz's prosperity rises 
Washington (UPI) Nov 23, 2007 As much of the world faces an economic slowdown because of record-high energy prices, oil exporters are enjoying windfall profits, with Kazakhstan's KazMunayGaz wallowing in record profits. For January-September, KazMunayGaz racked up a $1.72 billion profit on revenue from sale of goods and services totaling $7.69 billion, up 13 percent from the same period in 2006. KazMunayGaz is proj ... more Analysis: U.S. irked by Turkmen gas policy 
Washington (UPI) Nov 23, 2007 Since the death last December of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov, interested diplomats and energy company executives from around the world have jetted into dusty Ashgabat airport for meetings with Niyazov's successor, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. The United States has strived to make up for lost time, according to one State Department official, sending 16 high-level delegations for ... more |
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Sofia (AFP) Nov 23, 2007Bulgaria's new nuclear plant at Belene will be safe against earthquakes, the country's National Electricity Company said Friday, following warnings by environmentalists in Brussels that its planned site was in a seismic zone. "The nuclear plant at Belene will be built in one of the safest zones in terms of seismic activity in Bulgaria," the company said in a statement. NEC cited analysis ... more Vattenfall to restart two German reactors by end of February 
Frankfurt (AFP) Nov 23, 2007The Swedish energy group Vattenfall expects to put two closed German nuclear reactors back online by the end of February, a spokeswoman for the utility said Friday. The two northern German power plants which Vattenfall's German subsidiary operates jointly with E.ON have been disconnected from the grid since separate power supply incidents in June prompted the firm to conduct extensive inspec ... more The Power Of Multiples: Connecting Wind Farms Can Make A More Reliable - And Cheaper - Power Source 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 22, 2007Wind power, long considered to be as fickle as wind itself, can be groomed to become a steady, dependable source of electricity and delivered at a lower cost than at present, according to scientists at Stanford University. The key is connecting wind farms throughout a given geographic area with transmission lines, thus combining the electric outputs of the farms into one powerful energy source. ... more Government Offers 100 Acres Of Land For ISROs' Space Institute 
Thiruvananthapuram, India (SPX) Nov 22, 2007Seeking to end the long-drawn row over the land for ISRO's Space Institute here, Kerala Government on Wednesday offered 100 acres of land free-of-cost close to the Ponmudi, a hill station in the district, to the space agency. Disclosing this during his weekly cabinet briefing, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan denied reports in a section of media that the proposed land at Thennur village was fore ... more |
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Atlanta GA (SPX) Nov 22, 2007Climate change may be one of the most significant threats facing humankind. A new study shows that long-term climate change may ultimately lead to wars and population decline. The study, published November 19 in the early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), revealed that as temperatures decreased centuries ago during a period called the Little Ice Age, ... more Don't Judge A Brook By Its Color -- Brown Waters Are More Natural 
London, UK (SPX) Nov 22, 2007Over the last 20 years lakes and streams in remote parts of the UK, southern Scandinavia and eastern North America have been increasingly stained brown by dissolved organic matter. In this week's Nature journal (22 November) an international team, led by researchers from UCL (University College London) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), demonstrates that the colour change is indic ... more Scientists to discuss ways to 'climate-proof' crops 
Hyderabad, India (AFP) Nov 21, 2007Scientists will discuss ways to protect crops from climate change and boost farm produce when they gather in this Indian city this week, organisers of the meet said Wednesday. Experts from 15 international agricultural research centres will discuss how to "climate-proof" crops, at the three-day meet starting Thursday, said Gopikrishna Warrier, spokesman for the International Crops Research I ... more LSU Helps Bangladesh Save Lives By Providing Storm Surge Models 24 Hours In Advance Of Cyclone Sidr 
Baton Rouge LO (SPX) Nov 22, 2007Early on the morning of Nov. 16, Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh and showed no mercy. The death toll continues to rise even today. Hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless. But, nearly 24 hours in advance of the storm, Hassan Mashriqui, assistant extension professor of coastal engineering with LSU, the LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, gave Bangladesh emergency offi ... more
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