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California to sue over emissions snub in weeks: Schwarzenegger Los Angeles (AFP) Dec 20, 2007 
California will sue the US government within weeks over its failure to give the green light to the state's tough new vehicle emissions standards, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday.
The movie star turned Republican politician said in a strongly worded statement that the Environmental Protection Agency's rejection of a request by California to be allowed to set its own standards was ... read more
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Analysis: Militants threaten oil industry
Miami (UPI) Dec 19, 2007 Nigeria's leading militant group has called for its allies to band together to cripple the country's oil industry through attacks on oil installations. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta issued a statement to local reporters earlier this week saying all "genuine" militant groups in the West African country's oil-rich Niger Delta should wage full-blown attacks on oil i ... more The Quest For A New Class Of Superconductors 
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Dec 21, 2007Fifty years after the Nobel-prize winning explanation of how superconductors work, a research team from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge University are suggesting another mechanism for the still-mysterious phenomenon. In a review published in Nature, researchers David Pines, Philippe Monthoux and Gilbert Lonzarich posit that superconductivity in cer ... more Analysis: Eye on Novorossiisk 
Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2007 Novorossiisk, Russia's prime export terminus on the Black Sea, is attracting considerable interest from Western investors seeking a slice of the Russian energy pie. In a world of record-high energy prices, Novorossiisk is a crown jewel. For the period January-September 2007, the Novorossiisk Commercial Sea Port announced its unaudited consolidated financial data, during which time the c ... more France backs India nuclear accord 
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 20, 2007France's foreign minister said Thursday he was hoping to see India secure a nuclear safeguards agreement with the UN atomic watchdog that would pave the way for energy business in the country. India needs to reach an agreement on UN inspections as part of a deal with the United States that would give New Delhi access to the global nuclear fuel market even though it has not signed the Non-Pro ... more Problems reported at two German nuclear power plants 
Berlin (AFP) Dec 20, 2007Incidents have occurred at two nuclear power plants in Germany, officials said on Thursday, six months after the sector was shaken by accusations that problems at plants had been covered up. A small leak was found Thursday in a pipe that forms part of the cooling system at a reactor at the Biblis nuclear power plant in Hesse that has been shut down for renovations, the environment ministry i ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 21, 2007Altair Nanotechnologies has announced that Dennis "Kilowatt" Berube has set the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) Super Pro class world speed record for electric dragsters driving an electric vehicle powered by Altairnano battery packs. Powered by Altairnano's lithium-titanate battery packs, Berube's electric dragster, named the Current Eliminator V, accelerated to a speed of 153.6 mph ... more EU agrees curbs on airline emissions from 2012 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 20, 2007European Union environment ministers agreed Thursday to impose carbon dioxide emissions curbs on airlines from 2012, but environmentalists and EU lawmakers said the plans did not go far enough. Under the agreement, airlines flying not only within the EU but also to or from the 27 nation bloc will be included in Europe's emissions trading system, like other energy-hungary industries have been ... more Move Over, Silicon: Advances Pave Way For Powerful Carbon-Based Electronics 
Princeton NJ (SPX) Dec 21, 2007Bypassing decades-old conventions in making computer chips, Princeton engineers developed a novel way to replace silicon with carbon on large surfaces, clearing the way for new generations of faster, more powerful cell phones, computers and other electronics. The electronics industry has pushed the capabilities of silicon -- the material at the heart of all computer chips -- to its limit, ... more Bush says nuclear energy 'best' for greenhouse gases 
Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2007US President George W. Bush said Thursday that nuclear power represents the "best solution" to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and stressed he was serious about fighting climate change. Bush said he told Nobel peace laureate and former vice president Al Gore that he takes the issue of greenhouse emissions "seriously" and that his administration was "developing a strategy that will deal wi ... more |
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Guwahati (AFP) Dec 20, 2007Pollution authorities in the northeastern Indian state of Assam began Wednesday investigating the mysterious deaths of thousands of fish in the Brahmaputra River, officials said. More than 1,500 dead fish have been found floating in the river, lifeline of India's northeast this week, fuelling fears that toxic chemicals are being used by fishermen. Groups of fishermen sometimes use explos ... more Forest Service Launches Web-Based Forest Threats Viewing Tool 
Asheville NC (SPX) Dec 20, 2007The Forest Service's Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (EFETAC) recently launched its forest threats summary viewer, a tool that will provide images, threat distribution maps, additional forestry contact information, and brief descriptions about forest threats throughout the eastern U.S. EFETAC partnered with the University of North Carolina Asheville's National Environmental ... more First US Solar Thermal Power Manufacturing Plant Lands In Nevada 
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Dec 20, 2007Ausra announced it is building the first U.S. manufacturing plant for solar thermal power systems in Las Vegas. The 130,000-square-foot, highly automated manufacturing and distribution center will produce the reflectors, towers, absorber tubes, and other key components of the company's solar thermal power plants. Solar thermal power plants use fields of mirrors to capture the sun's power t ... more Bush signs bill raising auto fuel standards 
Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2007US President George W. Bush signed a bill Wednesday that raises fuel efficiency standards for the first time since 1975 and offers sweeping support for biofuels, in a bid to cut US reliance on foreign oil. Bush inked the legislation after the Democratic-led House of Representatives passed the legislation in a 314-100 vote on Tuesday, a week after the Senate approved the bill 86-8 following a ... more
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