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Workers struggle to clean up oil spill on Mississippi Washington (AFP) July 26, 2008 
The US Coast Guard and clean-up crews were struggling Saturday to rid the Mississippi River of hundreds of thousands of gallons of spilled fuel oil and unclog a backup of commercial traffic. Nearly 800 people in several oil removal operations were busy containing the spill with booms and removing what they could from the water, as a limited number of vessels were being allowed ... read more
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Study: Early Los Alamos toxin leaks higher
Los Alamos, N.M. (UPI) Jul 25, 2008 Contamination in the early years at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico may have been higher than originally reported, health officials say. The Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has been studying and declassifying documents about contaminant releases at the lab. Investigators said ... more Solar Power Helps Protect PSE's Natural Gas System 
Bellevue WA (SPX) Jul 28, 2008Puget Sound Energy earlier this month added two new solar-powered systems to dozens installed since 1984 that help protect the utility's underground natural gas system in Western Washington. PSE's two newest solar-powered systems in Edmonds, Wash., use the sun to produce electric current along more than six miles of buried natural gas steel pipe to block corrosion caused by the electrochemical ... more Solar Energy Education Reaches Highest Demand 
Paonia CO (SPX) Jul 28, 2008Solar Energy International (SEI), the non-profit pioneer in renewable energy and sustainable building programs, reports a booming trend in popularity of its renewable energy courses. Throughout the company's 18-year history of providing educational programs to consumers and industry experts, the past year has garnered a record number of registrants, resulting in a 14 percent increase in ... more Scientists work on garbage for gas 
New York (UPI) Jul 24, 2008 U.S. companies are racing to bring gasoline made from wood chips, garbage, crop waste and other materials to market. The U.S. government is offering grants and subsidies to get the plants started in an effort to meet a mandated 36 billion gallons of biofuels a year by 2022, The New York Times said Thursday. Plans for about 28 different plants are in various stages of development. ... more Russia And China May Co-Design New Passenger Plane 
Farnborough, UK (RIA Novosti) Jul 28, 2008Russia may launch a joint venture with China to continue the development of a new passenger airliner, MS-21, the head of a Russian state-run aviation corporation said on Monday. "We will come to a decision with Chinese manufacturers next year on the possibility of setting up a joint venture to design a new mid-range passenger aircraft, MS-21," Alexei Fyodorov, the CEO of the United Aircraft ... more |
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University Park PA (SPX) Jul 28, 2008A greener, less expensive method to produce hydrogen for fuel may eventually be possible with the help of water, solar energy and nanotube diodes that use the entire spectrum of the sun's energy, according to Penn State researchers. "Other researchers have developed ways to produce hydrogen with mind-boggling efficiency, but their approaches are very high cost," says Craig A. Grimes ... more Most Solar Integrated Utilities In The USA Revealed 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 28, 2008Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) has announced Top Ten rankings that reveal which utilities in the United States had the most solar electricity integrated into their energy mix as of the end of 2007. The rankings are based on information provided through a survey of utilities and independent research. "Based on recent announcements and internal discussions with utilities, SEPA ... more Kenya energy goes green to meet electricity boom 
Naivasha, Kenya (AFP) July 27, 2008Facing soaring electricity demands, Kenya is opting to go full steam ahead with geothermal energy to boost its production while preserving its rich environmental heritage. The 37-million-strong nation's electricity supply capacity is dangerously close to its limit at 1,080 megawatts when peak hour demand almost reaches 1,000 megawatts. With a fast-growing economy and demography ... more Fuel From Food Waste: Bacteria Provide Power 
London, UK (SPX) Jul 28, 2008Researchers have combined the efforts of two kinds of bacteria to produce hydrogen in a bioreactor, with the product from one providing food for the other. According to an article in the August issue of Microbiology, this technology has an added bonus: leftover enzymes can be used to scavenge precious metals from spent automotive catalysts to help make fuel cells that convert hydrogen into energ ... more |
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Bloomfield Hills MI (SPX) Jul 28, 2008The inventor of the nickel metal hydride (NiMH) technology used for building batteries for countless portable electronic gadgets and now hybrid gas-electric cars believes the hydrogen economy is already upon us. In a paper published in the current issue of the International Journal of Nuclear Hydrogen Production and Applications, Stanford Ovshinsky, Chairman and CEO of Ovshinsky Innovation ... more China's largest oil and gas producer cuts jobs: state media 
Beijing (AFP) July 26, 2008China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country's largest oil and gas producer, is to cut 5 percent of its workforce as it seeks to control costs after a fall in profits, state media said Saturday. The parent company of PetroChina employed 1.67 million people last year, the state-run China Daily said, which brings the number of job cuts to 83,500. AFP was unable to confirm the group's ... more China going back on its WTO promises: diplomat 
Geneva (AFP) July 27, 2008China has warned WTO trading partners it will not open its markets for three key agricultural products, provoking a sharp response from several developing countries, a diplomat said. "China is becoming a major problem. It is going back on a lot of its promises," said a diplomat on condition of anonymity. On the seventh day of trade liberalisation talks in Geneva, Chinese delegates warned ... more Murray-Darling Basin: The End Of The Line 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 25, 2008The Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project tracks the entire river system, from the Darling in Queensland to the mouth of the Murray River, the Coorong region in South Australia. The 18 regional reports, and the final overview to be delivered to the Government soon, will provide governments with a robust, Basin wide estimate of water availability on an individual catchment and ... more
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