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Another Oil Bounty For Brazil Miami (UPI) Dec 14, 2007 
Brazil's Tupi oil field -- estimated to contain as much as 8 billion barrels of oil -- could quite possibly have an even bigger deposit right next to it, experts said this week.
According to officials at Petrobras, Brazil's state-run oil and gas company, the Sugar Loaf field off the shore of Brazil and right next to Tupi may produce even greater yields. Speculation about the bounty of ... read more
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S.Africa looks to sun, wind to lighten blackouts
Johannesburg (AFP) Dec 16, 2007Faced with power cuts stretching into the next decade, South Africa is slowly switching its focus to alternative energy sources in a country blessed with bountiful sunshine and a lengthy coastline. While state power utility Eskom warns solar and wind power can only ever meet a fraction of the nation's needs, environmentalists want a more aggressive pursuit of alternative energy rather than a ... more Italy begins shipments of uranium to France: report 
Rome (AFP) Dec 16, 2007A first shipment of uranium bars left a disused nuclear plant in northern Italy on Sunday bound for France, where they will be reprocessed in Le Hague, Normandy, the ANSA news agency reported. The 34 uranium bars -- the first 7.5 tonnes of 235 tonnes of waste to be sent to France for disposal -- were first loaded in two casks onto a truck under heavy guard, then placed on a special train for ... more Analysis: British-Azeri energy ties 
Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2007 Following the 1991 collapse of communism, the United States was Azerbaijan's largest single foreign investor, but Britain is rapidly expanding its role there and in 2006 overtook the United States as Baku's leading investor. According to the Azerbaijani National Statistical Committee, in 2006 of $3.7 billion total foreign investment in Azerbaijan, Britain placed first with more than $1 ... more Soaring energy needs, oil prices push SE Asia to nuclear power 
Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 16, 2007As oil prices and energy demand soar in tandem in Southeast Asia, many nations are turning to nuclear power -- to the horror of environmentalists who say it is not a safe option. Thirsting for energy to fuel their growing economies, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam have all put in place nuclear power strategies, aiming to build the first plants by 2015 at the earliest. Thailand's energy m ... more US lawmakers back energy bill to reduce oil consumption 
Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2007The United States was poised to adopt measures to reduce its dependence on foreign oil after the Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would raise fuel efficiency rules for vehicles and boost ethanol production. The bill won overwhelming support from both parties in 86-8 vote but only after the Democratic majority dropped disputed provisions that would have cut billions of dollars worth of t ... more |
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Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 17, 2007CERN1 Director General Robert Aymar delivered an end of year status report at the 145th meeting of Council, the Organization's governing body. Dr Aymar reported a year of excellent progress towards the goal of starting physics research at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in summer 2008. Council also approved a budget for CERN in 2008 that will allow consolidation of CERN's aging infrastructure to ... more Russian arms treaty suspension 'unjustified': Britain 
London (AFP) Dec 13, 2007British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Thursday that Russia's decision to suspend a treaty which puts clear limits on the stationing of troops and heavy weapons across Europe was "unjustified". In a written statement to parliament, Miliband added that he "regrets the unilateral decision" by Moscow to freeze its compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, signed in ... more US wants nuclear-free Middle East, but on conditions 
Dubai (AFP) Dec 13, 2007The United States favours denuclearisation of the Middle East in principle, provided that a global peace has been reached there and control is imposed on Iran's nuclear capacity, the US ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency told a debate in Dubai. Israel, Washington's main ally in the region, is believed to be the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East with an estimated 2 ... more A High Rise Apartment Complex With Built-In Greenhouse 
New York NY (SPX) Dec 14, 2007A design for an apartment building with its own integrated greenhouse has netted a team headed by two Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning lecturers top honors in an international sustainable building design competition. Tagit Klimor and David Knafo's high-rise apartment complex includes greenhouse spaces that enable a family of four to grow a v ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Dec 14, 2007A study appearing in the December 14 issue of the journal Science shows, for the first time, that parasitic sea lice infestations caused by salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward extinction. The results show that the affected pink salmon populations have been rapidly declining for four years. The scientists expect a 99% collapse in another four years, or two salmon gen ... more UN Climate Conference Hears How EO Can Help 
Bali, Indonesia (ESA) Dec 14, 2007The role of Earth Observation satellites in combating climate change is being highlighted at the United Nations climate change conference where thousands of delegates from more than 180 countries are gathered to begin negotiations of an international emissions-cutting agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, whose first commitment period ends in 2012. The Protocol commits its signatories t ... more Innovation Is Essential To Increasing Energy Efficiency And Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
Bali, Indonesia (SPX) Dec 14, 2007Innovations will be essential to increasing the energy efficiency of buildings and transportation to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, DuPont Greater China President Doug Muzyka told participants at the Bali Global Business Day at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. "In the growing world economy, energy demand remains high and will continue to increase, particu ... more Asian datacenter energy use to double by 2010: study 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Dec 13, 2007Energy use by datacenters in the Asia-Pacific is set to double from 2005 to 2010 as growth in the region's consumption outpaces the rest of the world's, said a study released Thursday. The region excluding Japan will require electricity equal to output from two new 1,000-megawatt power plants by 2010 to run datacenters, which house computer systems, and telecommunications, storage and coolin ... more
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