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Britain lifts ban on civilian nuclear exports to India London (AFP) Nov 10, 2008 
Britain has lifted a ban on exporting sensitive nuclear technology to India for civilian projects, it said Monday, after an international accord to relax rules in September. Since 2002, Britain has refused all export licence applications for so-called "Trigger List" items to India, Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell said, referring to an agreed list of sensitive technology. "That ... read moreTiny Solar Cells Built To Power Microscopic Machines 
College Park MD (SPX) Nov 11, 2008Some of the tiniest solar cells ever built have been successfully tested as a power source for even tinier microscopic machines. An article in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE), published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), describes an inch-long array of 20 of these cells -- each one about a quarter the size of a lowercase "o" in a ... more
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Oil prices rise on hope China's stimulus will stoke demand
New York (AFP) Nov 10, 2008Crude oil prices extended last week's rally Monday, with sentiment boosted by hopes that China's huge economic stimulus package will lift energy demand. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light sweet crude for delivery in December rose to 62.41 dollars a barrel, a gain of 1.37 dollars from its close Friday. In London, Brent North Sea crude for December climbed 1.73 dollars to settle ... more Greenpeace stops palm oil shipments from leaving Indonesia 
Jakarta (AFP) Nov 10, 2008Environmental group Greenpeace said Monday it had stopped several palm oil shipments from leaving Indonesia and called for an end to forests and peatlands being destroyed to make way for plantations. The ships were about to leave from Dumai, Indonesia's main oil export port, to Europe. "Greenpeace activists painted the words 'Forest Crime' and 'Climate Crime' on the hull of three palm ... more German riot police break up nuclear protest 
Berlin (AFP) Nov 10, 2008German riot police tried Monday to break up a human blockade of a radioactive waste disposal site in the country's biggest anti-nuclear protests since 2001. In a sign of the fierce popular opposition to nuclear power in Germany, security forces in riot gear began extracting and carrying one-by-one some of the roughly 1,000 demonstrators away from the entrance to the Gorleben waste dump in ... more  |
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IAEA inspectors at Bulgaria's Kozloduy plant for reactor checks
Sofia (AFP) Nov 10, 2008Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived Monday in Bulgaria to conduct checks on two modernised reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear plant, the plant said in a statement. The 10-day mission, consisting of seven IAEA experts, was invited to assess whether the plant had fully completed the modernisation of its two operating Soviet-built 1,000-megawatt ... more Future Fuels Creates Pennsylvania Clean Coal Project 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 11, 2008Future Fuels has created a strategic investment with Immersive Media in Future Power PA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Future Fuels. The two parties intend to develop an electricity generation project using state-of-the-art clean coal gasification technology in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. A strategic investment by IMC of $5 million should ensure adequate resources are available to ... more LA's First Solar-Powered, All-Green Urban Community Premieres In Hollywood 
Hollywood CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2008Utility costs may be rising, but utility rates will remain at an all-time low at one eco-friendly Southern California community. The Gatsby Hollywood has announced it will be Metro L.A.'s first all solar-powered, all-green urban community. The enclave is now under construction on the corner of Hollywood's Fountain and Wilcox Avenues. A first for the area, the all-new, single-family-home ... more Sungevity Displays Sunshine Online At Web 2.0 Launch Pad 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2008Sungevity has announced that it was honored as one of six companies invited to present at Web 2.0 Summit's Launch Pad event. The theme of the launch pad event -- the fourth to be produced by Web 2.0 -- was "Web Meets World." Its panel of venture capitalist judges determined that Sungevity's web-based solar installation program is a leading example of creative ways businesses can use Web ... more |
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