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Areva signs uranium mining deal with Central African Republic Bangui (AFP) Aug 1, 2008 
French nuclear group Areva on Friday signed a deal with the Central African Republic government to mine uranium at a previously disputed site, officials said. "It's a win-win agreement," Areva chief executive Anne Lauvergeon said after a signing ceremony with President Francois Bozize. "This is an accord for the long term, for 30 or 40 years," she added. The mine at Bakouma in the east ... read more
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Oil prices jump on renewed Iran jitters
New York (AFP) Aug 1, 2008Oil prices jumped higher Friday on renewed jitters over Iran's disputed nuclear program, as Israel's deputy Prime Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said Tehran was playing for time. Oil markets were further unnerved as Washington set the weekend as a deadline for key crude producer Iran to reply to an international offer of incentives for a freeze in its nuclear drive. During a visit to Washington ... more Centrica plans merger with British Energy: report 
London (AFP) Aug 3, 2008British electricity and gas supplier Centrica is mulling a merger with British Energy, after French peer EDF walked away from a deal for the nuclear power operator, a newspaper report said on Sunday. The Sunday Telegraph, which quoted an unnamed source close to the company, said it was sounding out institutional investors about a possible all-shares merger. Centrica was unavailable for ... more Sunrise Solar Forms Technology Advisory Board 
San Antonio TX (SPX) Aug 04, 2008Sunrise Solar has announced the formation of a Technology Advisory Board (TAB). The TAB will assist the Company's senior management in researching and evaluating available solar technologies ready for commercialization. "The United States currently generates less than 1% of its electricity through clean, abundant solar energy," says Eddie Austin, Chairman and CEO of Sunrise Solar Corp. ... more America's Deadliest Roads 
Twin Cities MN (SPX) Aug 04, 2008Would you be surprised to learn that nine people died last year on the highway you take to work everyday? Or would you be shocked to see that six teenagers died within five miles of your home in fatal car accidents? With the help of the interactive maps on www.saferoadmaps.org developed by University of Minnesota researchers - you can learn those facts and more by simply typing in your add ... more Carbon Capture Milestone For CSIRO In China 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 04, 2008Just weeks out from the Olympics, the CSIRO and its Chinese partners have officially launched a post-combustion capture (PCC) pilot plant in Beijing that strips carbon dioxide from power station flue gases in an effort to stem climate change. The project represents another first for the CSIRO PCC program - the first capture of carbon dioxide in China using a PCC pilot plant. It begins the ... more |
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London (AFP) Aug 1, 2008Full-scale car production resumed at Britain's Longbridge auto plant under its Chinese owners on Friday, reviving the factory in central England which was mothballed when MG Rover went bankrupt in 2005. Full-volume production of the two-seater MG TF LE500 sports car was underway at the facility in Birmingham, Britain's second city, giving a much-needed boost to the country's motor industry. ... more DuPont Microcircuit Materials Introduces New Solamet PV159 For PV Cells 
Bristol UK (SPX) Aug 04, 2008DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM), part of DuPont Electronic Technologies, has announced the introduction of DuPont Solamet PV159 thick-film metallization paste for frontside photovoltaic (PV) solar cell metallization. This new, advanced material has outperformed competitive metallization pastes in a wide range of processes, and in trials by customers around the world. DuPont will ... more New Biomass Technology Increases Ethanol Yield 
Athens GA (SPX) Aug 04, 2008University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops, such as Bermudagrass, switchgrass, Napiergrass-and even yard waste. "Producing ethanol from renewable biomass sources such as grasses is desirable because they are potentially available in large quantities," said Joy Peterson ... more Malaysia's Proton develops new hybrid car: reports 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 3, 2008Malaysia's state-owned carmaker Proton is developing a new, fuel-efficient hybrid car to beat rising costs and address environmental concerns, reports said Sunday. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told the state Bernama news agency he had already test-driven the car and urged the company to continue researching energy-saving techonologies. "The kind of car that all countries and car ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Aug 01, 2008EADS (stock exchange symbol: EAD) continued its robust underlying performance in the first half of 2008 and achieved significant efficiency improvements across all Divisions despite programme challenges the Group is still facing. Within an uncertain macro-economic environment EADS registered a remarkable order intake reflecting the quality of its commercial and defence product portfolio. ... more Commentary: Malthus the canary 
Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2008 Lentil soup and a crust of bread as the first, second and third course at a recent G8 summit in Japan might at least have conveyed the impression the leaders of the world's principal industrialized nations were focused on a fast-unfolding food shortage engulfing the entire planet. Instead, the convivial summiteers feasted on a six-course lunch at a five-star lakeside hotel on the island ... more Breaking The Secret Safe Of Lake Baikal 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 01, 2008It was a historic event. On July 29, humans reached the bottom of Lake Baikal, the world's deepest and cleanest fresh water lake, for the first time ever. Even if it had not reached the lake floor, the dive would deserve an entry in the Guinness Book of Records - no one has ever made a 1700m freshwater dive. This is only the beginning of the expedition, and the scientists are planning to ... more China's Export Trade Impacts Climate 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008Carnegie Mellon University's Christopher L. Weber argues that China's new title as the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter is at least partly due to consumption of Chinese goods in the West. As the world's greatest athletes prepare to participate in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, there is increasing concern from some athletes about the growing pollution caused by smoke and smog from ... more
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