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Converting land for biofuel worsens global warming: study Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2008 
Clearing raw land to produce biofuels actually contributes to global warming by emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, researchers warned Thursday. Carbon dioxide emissions from new croplands carved into rainforests, savannas, wetlands or grasslands would easily surpass the overall amount of CO2 emissions reduced through the use of biofuels, according to an expert report ... read more
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U.S. OKs uranium search near Grand Canyon
Washington (UPI) Feb 7, 2008The U.S. Forest Service has approved a permit allowing a mining company to look for uranium near Grand Canyon National Park. Officials in Coconino County, Ariz., voted Tuesday to try to block any potential uranium mines immediately north and south of the national park, The New York Times reported. The newspaper said the discovery of rich uranium deposits by British mining company Vane M ... more Analysis: Chad unrest may be over oil 
Miami (UPI) Feb 7, 2008Chad's rebels are upset with how the country handles revenue from its oil industry, experts say. The rebellion aimed at toppling Chadian President Idriss Deby that brought fighting to the streets of the capital, N'Djamena, in recent days is in part a condemnation of how his administration uses the central African country's modest revenue from oil production. Chad produced far less ... more US Treasury cautions China over sovereign wealth fund 
Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2008The US Treasury cautioned China Thursday against using profits derived from its newly launched, cash-flush investment fund to delay reform of the yuan currency. The China Investment Corporation Ltd., launched as a sovereign wealth fund in September with 200 billion dollars capital, wants to boost investment returns on China's massive foreign reserves and manage reform of domestic finan ... more Nigeria to impose import duties to stem influx of junk PCs 
Lagos (AFP) Feb 7, 2008Nigeria is to introduce import duties to stem the influx of substandard and unserviceable computers, electrical and electronic appliances posing health and environmental hazards in the country. Nigerians are becoming increasingly fed up with what experts have described as "junk" imported second-hand computers, electrical appliances and cell phones which are flooding Africa's most populous co ... more Toshiba to build multibillion-dollar chip plant: report 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 7, 2008Toshiba Corp. will build a new flash memory factory in Japan for 6.58 billion dollars in its bid to unseat South Korea's Samsung as the industry leader, a newspaper said Thursday The factory would produce NAND flash memory chips, a vital storage device for lucrative consumer gadgets such as Apple's iPod and cell phones, the Asahi Shimbun said. A Toshiba spokesman denied the report, saying ... more |
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Woods Hole MA (SPX) Feb 08, 2008Taking a page out of a science fiction story, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Webb Research Corporation (Falmouth, Mass.) have successfully flown the first environmentally powered robotic vehicle through the ocean. The new robotic "glider" harvests heat energy from the ocean to propel itself across thousands of kilometers of water. In December 2007, a r ... more The Trouble With Hybrids 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 08, 2008Hybrid electric vehicles that run on both conventional gasoline and stored electricity can be no more than a stop gap until more sustainable technology is developed, according to researchers in France. Writing in the Inderscience publication International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, they suggest that the adoption of HEVs might even slow development of more sustainable fuel-c ... more Mondial Energy Announces Photovoltaic SOP Contract With Crown Holdings 
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Feb 08, 2008Mondial Energy is pleased to announce it has been awarded a Standard Offer Price contract with the Ontario Power Authority for a 326 kW photovoltaic panel installation. The designed installation is more than three times larger than anything built in Canada to date. Under the SOP contract, Mondial will receive $0.42 per kWh for 20 years for the electricity from the panels delivered in to the elec ... more Kyocera Unveils Next Generation Solar Products 
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Feb 08, 2008Kyocera Solar announced the introduction of the highly anticipated Kyocera KD Modules, a UL listed photovoltaic module line from Kyocera consisting of larger, more powerful modules composed of high efficiency 156mm x 156mm solar cells. Kyocera is leading the solar industry with the development of the most efficient and cost effective multi-crystalline photovoltaic modules available. The ne ... more |
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San Diego CA (SPX) Feb 07, 2008The mid-20th century crash of the sardine fishery off California for decades has vexed marine ecologists searching for the root causes of large fluctuations in the sardine population. Before its collapse, the fishery was one of the world's most productive and formed the setting of John Steinbeck's "Cannery Row" in Monterey, Calif. Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San ... more MIT Program Aims To Monitor Air And Water Quality Around The Globe 
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 06, 2008Researchers from MIT and two Singaporean universities met on January 24-25 for an inaugural workshop to launch a bold new international research program called CENSAM. The program will develop pervasive environmental sensor networks to collect data on parameters such as air and water quality from many sources, and use this data to provide accurate, real-time monitoring, modeling and control of t ... more University Of Leicester Scientist Calls For Geological Time Machine 
Leicester, UK (SPX) Feb 05, 2008A geologist from the University of Leicester has proposed an immense (1.5km) exhibition to illustrate the vastness of geological time and to give a vivid perspective of how quickly human activity is changing the climate. Sediments accumulate on deep ocean floors at a rate of a few centimetres every thousand years. The study of this - called stratigraphy - involves drilling vertically down ... more WMO plans conference on improving climate predictions 
Geneva (AFP) Feb 6, 2008The World Meteorological Organisation said Wednesday its next conference would urge scientists around the globe to improve seasonal climate predictions to adapt to climate change. The plans for the 2009 World Climate Conference were announced as more than 20 organisations, including United Nations agencies, wrapped up a three-day meeting in Geneva to prepare for the gathering at the end of A ... more
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