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Methane From Microbes: A Fuel For The Future York, UK (SPX) Dec 11, 2007 
Microbes could provide a clean, renewable energy source and use up carbon dioxide in the process, suggested Dr James Chong at a Science Media Centre press briefing today. "Methanogens are microbes called archaea that are similar to bacteria. They are responsible for the vast majority of methane produced on earth by living things" says Dr Chong from York University.
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France to supply nuclear reactors to Libya: presidency
Paris (AFP) Dec 10, 2007France signed an agreement Monday to supply "one or more nuclear reactors" to Libya at a ceremony hosted by President Nicolas Sarkozy for visiting Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, the French presidency said. Paris and Tripoli signed a cooperation accord to develop the "peaceful use of nuclear energy", covering "the supply of one or more nuclear reactors for the desalinisation of sea water" and ... more Wind turbines to power every British home by 2020: minister 
London (AFP) Dec 10, 2007Up to 7,000 wind turbines will be installed off the English coast under plans announced by the government on Monday to power every home in Britain with wind-generated electricity by 2020. "The draft plan I'm setting out today could allow companies to develop 25 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2020, in addition to the eight gigawatts already planned," Energy Secretary John Hutton said in a stat ... more SKorea's worst oil spill spreads along coast 
Taean, South Korea (AFP) Dec 10, 2007South Korea's worst-ever oil spill spread along a pristine coastal area Monday, fouling beaches and marine farms, as the government faced accusations it acted too slowly to limit the disaster. Almost 9,000 troops, police and volunteers armed with shovels and buckets struggled to clean up the huge crude oil slick. Officials said it would deal a huge blow to tourism and oyster and abalone farm ... more Al-Qaeda could spark US economic crisis: McCain 
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2007Republican presidential candidate John McCain warned Monday that Al-Qaeda could trigger a major US economic crisis with just one successful attack on a Middle Eastern oil installation. The Arizona senator argued that terror groups understood America's reliance on foreign oil -- and did not believe it had the will to find alternative energy sources. "Al-Qaeda plans for attacks on oil faci ... more Analysis: Can agriculture save Africa 
The Dalles, Ore. (UPI) Dec 10, 2007 The solution to Africa's poverty rates lies within the soil that stretches across the vast land mass, a group of government leaders and development experts say. Agriculture holds the key to economic development for the continent, these experts say, and strategies for jump-starting the industry will take center stage at an upcoming congress scheduled for Uganda next September. Organized ... more |
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2007One hundred fifty scientists from more than 40 universities in nine countries are starting a coordinated program aimed at gaining new insights about the Earth's climate and the complex, interconnected system involving the oceans, the atmosphere and the land. The program will study the southeastern Pacific Ocean, the marine area off South America's west coast - a region where the interplay among ... more New Report On Deforestation Reveals Problems Of Forest Carbon Payment Schemes 
Bali, Indonesia (SPX) Dec 10, 2007A new study by one of the world's leading forestry research institutes warns that the new push to "reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation," known by the acronym REDD, is imperiled by a routine failure to grasp the root causes of deforestation. The study sought to link what is known about the underlying causes of the loss of 13 million hectares of forest each year to the promise-and ... more Deforestation declines in Brazil for third year in a row: report 
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Dec 7, 2007The rate of deforestation in Brazil's Amazon forest has declined for the third consecutive year, according to figures cited in a Sao Paulo newspaper on Friday. From 2006 to 2007, the rate of deforestation dropped 20 percent for the 12-month period ending in August, said the daily Estado de Sao Paulo, quoting preliminary figures. The paper said 11,224 square kilometers (4,333 square miles ... more Greenpeace urges summit to end Africa's deforestation 
Lisbon (AFP) Dec 7, 2007Six activists from the environmental pressure group Greenpeace scaled a tower close to the Lisbon venue of a weekend EU-Africa summit where they unveiled a giant banner to denounce deforestation. The giant red and green-lettered banner, which read "Save the Climate -- Save the African Forests", was unfurled at the Vasco da Gama tower next to a giant exhibition hall where the two-day heads of ... more |
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London (AFP) Dec 10, 2007The chief executives of 13 automobile companies pledged their support for UN climate talks in Bali, Indonesia, in a letter published in the Financial Times on Monday. The group called on the 180 governments in negotiations, which will eventually produce a successor to the current phase of the Kyoto protocol when it expires in 2012, to "embrace sound and holistic measures." "We think it v ... more Eco Dive Center Requests Solar Permit Fee Waiver In Culver City 
Culver City CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2007Starting with today's solar permit application at the building department of Culver City, Eco Dive Center Announces the installation of a solar electric system and energy management plan. Culver City is actively pursuing solar and renewable policies that could include free solar permits and a solar for new building requirement. Eco Dive Center is one of the first small businesses to go solar in ... more Sunshine To Petrol Project Seeks Fuel From Thin Air 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Dec 10, 2007Using concentrated solar energy to reverse combustion, a research team from Sandia National Laboratories is building a prototype device intended to chemically "reenergize" carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using concentrated solar power. The carbon monoxide could then be used to make hydrogen or serve as a building block to synthesize a liquid combustible fuel, such as methanol or even gasolin ... more Cleaner Diesels Thanks To Laser Light 
Den Haag, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 10, 2007Measuring soot formation in a diesel engine is far from easy. Due to the turbulent environment in the combustion cylinder, no two combustion cycles are the same. Furthermore, the measurements are difficult to reproduce as the pressure at which fuel is injected into the cylinder causes an extra source of turbulence. Bougie made his measurements in a glass cylinder with an engine adapted for this ... more
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