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Customers at a Shell service station have become the first in the world to fill their tanks with gasoline containing advanced biofuel made from wheat straw. For one month starting June 10, the regular gasoline purchased at a Shell service station in Ottawa, Canada will contain 10% cellulosic ethanol. The biofuel is produced locally from non-food raw materials at Iogen Energy ... read more 
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Jun 15, 2009 A private Venezuelan TV broadcaster threatened with closure for criticizing the government has called for talks with President Hugo Chavez. The offer came after the socialist leader extensively criticized the 24-hour news television channel Globovision on Thursday, saying it had become a problem for "people's mental health." The Venezuelan president said that the Caracas-based ... more
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2009Large uncertainties in calculating international land use change effects and associated greenhouse gas emissions remain in the Environmental Protection Agency's life cycle assessment of biofuels for the Renewable Fuel Standard. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has asked EPA to maintain flexibility to adjust and update the RFS regulations and the life cycle assessments of ... more  
Santa Fe NM (SPX) Jun 16, 2009El Paso Electric has signed a power purchase agreement for the full capacity of a 92 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power plant to be developed in southern New Mexico by NRG Energy, a national Fortune 500 energy provider, and eSolar, a leading producer of modular, scalable solar thermal power plants. This project is part of NRG and eSolar's recently announced plans to develop up to 500 ... more 
Los Altos CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2009Photon Energy Services has unveiled plans to create one of the largest Catholic solar projects in America working in collaboration with the Diocese of San Jose. Partnering with 5 parish/school combinations and one cemetery, Photon will provide solar energy for Holy Spirit, Holy Family, St. Christopher, Queen of Apostles, St. Lucy and Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Los Altos. Phase one of the i ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2009Chinese President Hu Jintao will seek to cement friendly ties with Russia during his state visit starting Wednesday, observers say, but the relationship is still marked by lingering rivalries. During the rule of Mao Zedong, China was under the thumb of the Soviet Union, but today the roles have been reversed -- a rising China is now the world's third largest economy, far ahead of Russia in ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) June 15, 2009Air cargo shipped through Hong Kong dropped 17.6 percent year-on-year in May, the city's airport authority said, as the global downturn continued to slash demand for goods made in southern China. Hong Kong International Airport handled 259,000 tonnes of cargo in May as shrinking markets in Europe and the United States hit traffic hardest, the Airport Authority Hong Kong said in a statement ... more 
Sanaa, Yemen (UPI) Jun 15, 2009 The strategically important Red Sea region, a key route for global oil supplies, is showing signs of becoming a new front in the U.S.-led war against terrorism and the smoldering conflict between Iran and Israel. Yemen, which lies at the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula, is at the center of the gathering storm in the region. So is Somalia, Yemen's neighbor on the Red Sea's western ... more  
Washington (AFP) June 15, 2009A US federal appeals court on Monday ordered Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay 507.5 million dollars in punitive damages plus interest for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska. The ruling by the ninth US Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California was consistent with the figure suggested by the Supreme Court last year. It also awarded plaintiffs 5.9 percent interest starting from the date of the ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2009China said on Monday it may undertake an anti-monopoly review on a joint iron ore project between mining giant Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton after Rio rejected a Chinese bid for a massive investment. Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto this month snubbed Chinalco's offer of a 19.5-billion-dollar cash injection in favour of a joint venture in Western Australia with bitter rival BHP Billiton. ... more |
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