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Analysis: China beats West in Africa Brussels (UPI) Feb 1, 2008 
China's growth and close economic ties with Africa are affecting the ability of the United States and the European Union to influence politics on the continent, experts say. Europe became aware of its new secondary role in Africa during the latest round of trade negotiations at the EU-Africa summit last month. The EU, which had grown accustomed to getting what it wants from Africa, was ... read more
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Analysis: Turkey embraces wind power
Washington (UPI) Feb 1, 2008In an era of record high oil prices, many countries increasingly are turning to alternative fuels, including biofuel, solar energy and wind power. This pattern is typically pronounced in Turkey, forced to import more than 90 percent of its energy needs, with energy suppliers that are not only expensive, but erratic. In 2006, Turkey spent $29 billion on energy imports, primarily from Sau ... more Uranium reserves in Mali 'highly encouraging': Australian company 
Dakar (AFP) Feb 2, 2008Australian mining company Oklo Uranium Limited said Saturday the result of prospecting for uranium in Mali was "highly encouraging", with widespread elevated uranium levels in the northeastern Kidal region. A report Friday by the Dakar-based OuestafNews website was confirmed by the company in a statement obtained by AFP on Saturday. Oklo has identified a large uranium province in northea ... more Australia seeks bigger anti-nuclear role: minister 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 1, 2008Australia's new government will take a more active role against nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Friday, pledging not to sell uranium to nuclear-armed India. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's centre-left government said last month it would scrap a landmark deal to sell uranium to India for civilian use because it has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The reject ... more Ukraine may beat Russia to WTO: minister 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 2, 2008Ukraine may join the WTO on unfavorable terms just to beat Russia to it and gain advantage, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Saturday, adding that Russia would only take an offer that guarantees its economic stability. "On the wave of its political relations with the West, Ukraine will most likely join (the WTO) on unfavorable terms just to join ahead of Russia and get some advant ... more France, Japan, US cooperate on nuclear reactors 
Paris (AFP) Feb 1, 2008France, Japan and the United States agreed Friday to cooperate in making prototypes of so-called "4th generation" nuclear reactors, according to statements released by each country's energy ministries. These sodium-cooled reactors, which would not come on line until mid-century, produce more energy per unit of fuel than nuclear reactors currently in operation. But early prototypes have b ... more |
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Vacaville CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2008OCR Solar and Roofing and BP Solar have announced an expanded agreement to provide turn-key solar installations to production homebuilders throughout Northern and Central California. Within the framework of the expanded agreement, valued at over $10 million, OCR Solar and Roofing will receive the exclusive right to offer BP Solar's market-leading EnergyTile roof-integrated solar modules to produ ... more US, Russia to hold formal economic talks 
Washington (AFP) Jan 31, 2008The United States and Russia announced Thursday they will launch formal talks this year to discuss growing trade and investment links, which include US plans to import Russian nuclear fuel. Washington will host the first meeting in the spring and delegates from both the public and private sector will participate in the new dialogue, according to a joint statement released by the State Depart ... more Honeywell Helps Power Poway Schools With Green, Renewable Energy 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Feb 04, 2008Honeywell has announced that Poway Unified School District in San Diego, Calif. has awarded the company a solar project that is expected to save the district more than $1 million in energy costs over the next 20 years. Under the agreement, Honeywell will install solar arrays at four of the district's schools and sell the electricity the panels produce to the district. "This structure allow ... more California's Largest Utility Scale PV Solar Farm Gets Final CPUC Approval 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2008CalRENEW-1 has received formal approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The 5 megawatts of emissions-free peaking power generated from CalRENEW-1, to be located in the City of Mendota, will be sold to Pacific Gas and Electric under a long-term power purchase agreement. The landmark project is being developed by San Francisco-based Cleantech America. "Utility-scale P ... more |
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Lagos, Nigeria (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Twenty-one boxes filled with 7,000 unique seed samples from more than 36 African nations were shipped to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a facility being built on a remote island in the Arctic Circle as a repository of last resort for humanity's agricultural heritage. The vault is being built by the Norwegian government as a service to the global community, and a Rome-based international N ... more FAO warns of 'alarming' loss of mangroves 
Rome (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Mangrove swamps have shrunk by an "alarming" rate though their disappearance is slowing with improved awareness of their importance to biodiversity, the UN food agency said on Thursday. "The world has lost around 3.6 million hectares (8.9 million acres) of mangroves since 1980, equivalent to an alarming 20 percent loss of total mangrove area," the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation ... more Scientists warn of looming water supply crisis 
Chicago (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Climate change has already dramatically altered the water cycle and these changes signal a looming water supply crisis, according to a prominent group of hydrologists and climatologists writing Thursday in Science magazine. They argue that radical water cycle changes will be widespread and that past trends can no longer be relied upon when planning future water management. "Our best curr ... more Study: African fruit is untapped resource 
Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2008A report suggests native African fruits are an untapped resource that could help combat malnutrition and boost rural development on the African continent. The U.S. National Research Council said African science institutes, policymakers, non-governmental organizations, and individuals could use modern horticultural knowledge and scientific research to bring "lost crops" such as baobab, m ... more
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