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Bio-diesel film not to everyone's tastes at Sundance Park City, Utah (AFP) Jan 23, 2008 
Activist Josh Tickell has been using and promoting bio-diesel for about 10 years as an alternative to fossil fuels, helping America lessen its dependence on foreign oil.
In his documentary film "Fields of Fuel," premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this week, he outlines the historical origins of and the political constructs that support petroleum use.
As well, he presents the benefi ... read more
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Philips Patents TU Eindhoven's Energy Return System
Den Haag, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 25, 2008An increasing number of private individuals supply their excess energy, from external energy sources (windmills and solar cells), to the electricity grid and only take energy from the grid when necessary. Dutch-sponsored researcher Haimin Tao examined how this externally generated energy can be better stored and transferred. Philips has acquired a patent for a part of the system. In a proj ... more Indian PM hopes nuclear talks with IAEA will conclude soon 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 25, 2008Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said talks with the UN's nuclear watchdog on a pact allowing New Delhi to buy nuclear power plants and technology will be soon completed. Indian negotiators have held several rounds of talks at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since last month. The IAEA negotiations follow India and the United States signing a pact in 2006 reversin ... more China energy law likely to see delay: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2008China's new energy law has been held back by bureaucratic infighting and is unlikely to be ready in time for the annual session of the national parliament in March, state media reported Friday. The law, which provides the legislative basis for the establishment of a powerful new energy ministry, may not be passed until next year's gathering of the National People's Congress, the China Daily ... more In Cairo the noise pollution can be a killer 
Cairo (AFP) Jan 25, 2008From blaring car horns to wedding parties, rising noise pollution in the 24-hour metropolis of Cairo has reached alarming levels, leading to hearing problems, irritability and even death. Living in the city centre, where noise levels reach an average of 90 decibels (dB) and never drop below 70 dB, is like spending all day inside a factory, a 2007 study by the Egyptian National Research Centr ... more Bush pushes US-Turkey nuclear cooperation 
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2008President George W. Bush has green-lighted a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Turkey, saying that private-sector proliferation worries have been addressed, the White House said Wednesday. Bush on Tuesday sent the US Congress a July 2000 agreement, signed by then-US president Bill Clinton, that would clear the way for transfers of nuclear know-how to Turkey's planned civilian atomic sec ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2008The Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell has received Green Car Journal's first-ever Green Car Vision Award(TM), which honors the vehicle that best envisions the road ahead. The award was presented at a press conference at the Washington Auto Show. The 2008 Green Car Vision Award(TM) program considered five nominees. These included the Equinox Fuel Cell along with the BMW Hydrogen 7, Honda FCX Clarity, P ... more Boosting Europe's Growth And Jobs By Meeting Climate Change Commitments 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2008The European Commission has today agreed on a far-reaching package of proposals that will deliver the European Council's commitments to fight climate change and promote renewable energy. The proposals demonstrate that the targets agreed last year are technologically and economically possible and provide a unique business opportunity for thousands of European companies. These measures will dramat ... more Analysis: Growing Kazakh maritime trade 
Washington (UPI) Jan 24, 2008While most visitors to the rising petro-state of Kazakhstan are dazzled by the oil-fueled construction boom in Astana and the former capital, Almaty, an equally significant town is rising on the eastern shores of the Caspian. What is most extraordinary about Aktau is its youth; the town was only founded in 1961 as a small village, after large crude oil deposits were discovered nearby. T ... more Analysis: Yar'Adua eyes emerging Nigeria 
Miami (UPI) Jan 24, 2008Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is hoping to transform his energy-rich country into a leading world player on the energy market and beyond during the next decade by improving the country's oil and gas production as well as its infrastructure. In a recent meeting with officials from General Electric -- led by GE Vice Chairman John Rice -- Yar'Adua said his administration recognized th ... more |
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Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 23, 2008The new EU stratgey unveiled Wednesday for slashing greenhouse emissions is "not up to expectations," the head of the UN's Nobel Prize-winning scientific panel on climate change said Tuesday. The package announced by European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso set targets on EU nations to cut greenhouse gases and increase Europe's use of renewable energy and biofuels. "One would say th ... more Keep climate change on agenda, pleads IPCC 
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 23, 2008The head of the UN's Nobel Prize-winning scientific panel on climate change warned Wednesday that fears about the world economy could put climate change issues in the shade. Global warming is a key theme at this year's meeting of the world's business and political elite in Davos, but fears of a US recession and plummeting global stock markets risk overshadowing it. "I do realise that the ... more LSU, Yale Team Study Agricultural Impact On Mississippi River 
Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Jan 24, 2008According to a study published in "Nature" by researchers at LSU and Yale University, farming has significantly changed the hydrology and chemistry of the Mississippi River, injecting more carbon dioxide into the river and raising river discharge during the past 50 years. LSU Professor R. Eugene Turner and graduate student Whitney Broussard, along with their colleagues at Yale, tracked cha ... more NGOs cool on EU climate change targets 
Brussels (AFP) Jan 23, 2008Environmental and poverty groups criticised the European Commission's package to fight climate change, announced Wednesday, for being too modest and even posing a threat to the world's poor. Greenpeace greeted the package revealed by EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, as "a good but faltering start" with the "fundamental drawback" of not being ambitious enough. The measures are ... more
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