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Launch Of Fisker Premium Hybrid At North American International Auto Show Irvine CA (SPX) Jan 11, 2008 
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide announced that its Fisker Automotive, Inc. joint venture will launch the Fisker Hybrid at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) to be held in Detroit, MI on January 19-27, 2008.
The Fisker Hybrid sedan will be showcased in two locations at NAIAS, with the main display in the Oakland Hall at Booth OAK9 and a second sedan displayed tog ... read more
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India's low-cost car may prove too high a price to pay
Paris (AFP) Jan 10, 2008The launch Thursday of India's low-cost car at just 2,500 dollars points the way to a higher standard of living for the billions of people in the developing world but at the price of increased pollution, congestion and energy consumption. "Global growth is profiting" from the rapid growth of the Asian giants, China and India, and their catching up with the developed countries "should be welc ... more GM says China ventures notch sales record 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 10, 2008US auto giant General Motors said Thursday its Chinese joint ventures had sold more than 1.03 million vehicles in China last year, a record annual sales mark in the country by a global automaker. Sales rose 18.5 percent over 2006, powered by its mini-van venture with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp and Wuling Motors, it said in a statement. SAIC-GM-Wuling sold 548,945 units, while GM's ... more Ireland to ban low-efficiency light bulbs 
Dublin (AFP) Jan 10, 2008Ireland is to ban the sale of traditional light bulbs from next year and promote the use of low-energy CFL bulbs, environment minister John Gormley said Thursday. He said the switch will see Ireland lead the way in Europe -- just as it taken the lead with its ban on smoking in public places and its levy on plastic shopping bags. "The ultimate aim of this measure is to increase energy eff ... more Egypt names site of first nuclear power reactor 
Cairo (AFP) Jan 10, 2008Egypt's first nuclear reactor will be built at Dabba on the Mediterranean coast west of the main port of Alexandria, Electricity and Power Minister Hassan Younis said on Thursday. The site, 160 kilometres (100 miles) west of Alexandria, "meets all the safety conditions and the requirements of operating an electricity generating nuclear plant," Younis said in a statement. Egypt's nuclear ... more Analysis: Turkey, Iran shiver together 
Washington (UPI) Jan 10, 2008For Iranian consumers, Turkmenistan's halting of natural gas deliveries to the Islamic republic on Dec. 31 has represented a bitter New Year's present, as the country endures its hardest winter in a decade. The weather has caused 21 deaths, and Iran's northern regions are covered with nearly 2 feet of snow. Turkmenistan halted daily deliveries of up to 23 million cubic meters to Iran b ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jan 10, 2008Russia's state-owned Gazprom is moving to gain access to Nigeria's gas reserves, considered Africa's largest. According to Nigerian officials, Gazprom has already approached energy officials in Abuja about investing in Nigeria's infrastructure in return for development rights in the country. "What Gazprom is proposing is mind-boggling," a Nigerian official told The Financial Time ... more ATK To Acquire Information Systems And Geospatial Businesses Of MacDonald Dettwiler And Associates 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jan 10, 2008Alliant Techsystems has negotiated definitive agreements with Canadian-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, to acquire its Information Systems and Geospatial Information Services businesses for $1.325 billion (CDN). The company expects that this acquisition will provide a higher growth and earnings profile, and be neutral to earnings per share (EPS) in fiscal year 2009 (FY09) an ... more Commentary: Bipartisan manifesto 
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2008The bipartisan conclave in Oklahoma this week was designed as a bridge between moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats who seek to use "smart power" to build a new world order. Smart power is the skillful conjugation of soft (diplomacy) and hard (military intervention) power, which kept the world at peace for half of the 20th century. (Wars in Korea and Vietnam were bumps in the road.) ... more Walker's World: A Union of the West 
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2008Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur this week proposed in a long essay "a true union of the West" between Europe and North America, which received a warm response from France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy. His call reflects what has become the conventional wisdom, to interpret the widespread predictions of future economic growth in China and India as meaning that Asia will b ... more |
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Naples, Italy (AFP) Jan 9, 2008Many Naples residents sum up the region's recurring waste disposal nightmare in one word -- the mafia -- but organised crime is only part of the conundrum. "The Camorra (mafia) ... are active at every link in the chain, from collecting rubbish to storing it and treating it," says Massimiliano Marotta, a litigation lawyer who specialises in the issue. The companies that manage rubbish col ... more Dartmouth Researchers Alarmed By Levels Of Mercury And Arsenic In Chinese Freshwater Ecosystem 
Hanover NH (SPX) Jan 10, 2008A team of researchers, led by biologists at Dartmouth, has found potentially dangerous levels of mercury and arsenic in Lake Baiyangdian, the largest lake in the North China Plain and a source of both food and drinking water for the people who live around it. The researchers studied three separate locations in Lake Baiyangdian, all at varying distances from major sources of pollution, such ... more Automobile's future is electronic and green: GM chief 
Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 8, 2008The automobile's future is electronic and green, using alternate fuels and slick technology to protect both people and the environment, the head of the world's largest car company said Tuesday. General Motors chief executive Rick Wagoner's prediction came in an unprecedented address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). He capped his presentation by unveiling a prototype Cadillac Provo ... more Sustainable Fuel For Road, Rail, Air And Sea Transport 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jan 10, 2008CSIRO's newly formed Future Fuels Forum (FFF) is bringing together community, industry and government to plan for the future of transport fuels in Australia. Emissions trading, future fuels and international oil supply are just some of the factors that will be considered as the Forum articulates the main challenges for our nation in arriving at a secure and sustainable transport fuel mix for roa ... more
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