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US: Prospects good for India nuclear pact Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2008 
The White House said Monday it was "hopeful" that the US Congress will pass a landmark US-India civilian nuclear cooperation deal before US President George W. Bush's term ends in January. "We will work with Congress to get this agreement approved. We're hopeful," spokesman Gordon Johndroe said of prospects for the pact, which Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed in July 2005 ... read more
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Russia ambivalent about US civilian nuclear freeze: report
Moscow (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Russia reacted with ambivalence to the decision by US President George W. Bush to postpone a US-Russia civilian nuclear pact, Interfax reported on Monday citing a foreign affairs ministry official. "Such a step is regrettable" and is "out of keeping with bilateral relations," the official, said by the news agency to have requested anonymity, was quoted as saying. However, "Russia does ... more India to seek nuclear trade after US Congress go-ahead: FM 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 8, 2008India on Monday said it will seek international nuclear commerce but only after a landmark civilian atomic energy deal with Washington is cleared by the US Congress. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee's announcement came after nuclear supplier nations on the weekend lifted a decades-old ban on trading with India, saying it would fuel the country's economic growth. "India will actually ... more Satcon To Power World's Largest Rooftop Photovoltaic Array 
Zaragoza, Spain (SPX) Sep 09, 2008Satcon has announced its participation in the world's largest rooftop solar photovoltaic power installation. The 12 megawatt (MW) system atop the General Motors car manufacturing facility in Figueruelas, Zaragoza Spain will cover approximately 2,000,000 square feet and has a surface area of 183,000 square meters. The Zaragoza project brings together a team of the world's leading ... more Power-Save Energy Introduces The Fluorescent Light Manager 
San Luis Obispo CA (SPX) Sep 09, 2008Power-Save Energy Company has announced the release of its newest product, the Fluorescent Light Manager.As the world phases out incandescent lights, new more efficient light sources are gaining popularity, and as such, the need for controlling these devices is becoming increasingly critical. For the past decade, dimming fluorescent light sources has been a challenging task because the ... more Third Annual Oklahoma Biofuels Conference Slated For November 2008 
Oklahoma City OK (SPX) Sep 09, 2008As Oklahoma continues to research and develop its alternative fuel sources and production, the Governor of Oklahoma will host GROW: The Oklahoma Biofuels Conference, November 12-13 in Oklahoma City at the Skirvin Hotel conference center. Through the efforts of the Oklahoma Bioenergy Center and other public and private research and investment, Oklahoma has emerged as a national leader in ... more |
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San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 09, 2008Suntech Power Holdings has announced it has been selected to supply 5,445 Suntech solar panels for a 1MW solar electricity system at The North Face West Coast distribution center in Visalia, Calif. The system will be installed by EI Solutions, on RayTracker(TM) GC single-axis solar trackers. According to national metric data provided by the Environmental Protection Agency, the solar system ... more Spartanics-Systec Fineprint Flatbed Screen Printing Line For PV Industry 
Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) Sep 09, 2008Spartanics-Systec Fineprint Flatbed Screen Printing Line - designed for unprecedented throughput in roll-to-roll screen printing technology used for thin film solar photo-voltaics among other screen printed products - is now available from the Spartanics-Systec partnership. Distinguished by fully electronic controls that eliminate time-consuming manual adjustments, the Spartanics-Systec ... more Safer Skies For The Flying Public 
Austin TX (SPX) Sep 09, 2008University of Texas professor Constantine Caramanis and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on a air traffic decision-making system that rapidly adapts its flight recommendations without human input based on thousands of changing variables. The computer model Caramanis, lead researcher Cynthia Barnhart, and other colleagues from MIT are developing will ... more Oil prices mixed amid hurricane watch, ahead of OPEC meet 
New York (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Crude oil prices closed mixed Monday as the market focused on a looming OPEC meeting expected to discuss an output cut and as Hurricane Ike headed toward energy installations in the Gulf of Mexico. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, rose 11 cents to close at 106.34 dollars a barrel. In London, Brent North Sea crude for October fell 65 cents to settle at ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2008China's commerce ministry has said it will make an anti-monopoly review of Coca-Cola's proposed multi-billion-dollar takeover of Chinese juice producer Huiyuan, state media reported. The US soft drink giant's application for the bid will be reviewed under the anti-monopoly law once the ministry receives it, spokesman Yao Shenhong was quoted as saying by state-run China Central Television ... more Analysis: Germany's nuclear waste scandal 
Berlin (UPI) Sep 8, 2008 Germany is engulfed in a discussion over how to best handle nuclear waste, after it surfaced that several leaks threaten security at a dumping site in Lower Saxony state. German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel did not beat around the bush. The dumping site in the Asse mountain range in northern Germany is "the most problematic nuclear facility in all of Europe," he said last week, a ... more Alternative Fuels Drive Change for America's Fleets 
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Sep 09, 2008NV-Annalloyd Thomason, Executive Director of Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi), is the featured keynote speaker for the 2008 Rocky Mountain Fleet Management Association (RMFMA) Conference and Equipment Show. The 2008 Conference theme is "Fleets Collaborating to Enhance Sustainability." AFVi is an entrepreneurial organization that works with industry to bring alternative fuel and ... more LHC Switch-On Fears Are Completely Unfounded 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 08, 2008A new report published on Friday, 5 September, provides the most comprehensive evidence available to confirm that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)'s switch-on, due on Wednesday next week, poses no threat to mankind. Nature's own cosmic rays regularly produce more powerful particle collisions than those planned within the LHC, which will enable nature's laws to be studied in controlled experiment ... more
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