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 Abu Dhabi, UAE (UPI) Jul 21, 2009 
The navies of the six Gulf Cooperation Council states are increasingly focusing on bolstering their underwater defenses against possible attack by Iranian sabotage teams.
The main purpose of underwater defenses for these countries -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain -- is to protect vulnerable oil and gas facilities offshore and coastal terminals ... read more 
London (UPI) Jul 21, 2009 The planned start of offshore exploration for oil in Uruguay has raised prospects for energy independence in the Latin American country, industry sources said Tuesday. Tens of millions of dollars of investment, expected to flow into Uruguay as a result of YPF Argentina's winning bid for exploration in the maritime zone, could also contribute to economic regeneration, said the sources. ... more
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Funafuti, Tuvalu (UPI) Jul 21, 2009 Tuvalu, the tiny Pacific island nation halfway between Australia and Hawaii, is set to become the first carbon-neutral country in the world. The rising tide caused by global warming seemed like it would eventually submerge low-lying Tuvalu's nine coral islands, five of which are atolls. There was even talk of moving its 12,000-plus inhabitants to Australia. But soaring fuel ... more  
Corvallis OR (SPX) Jul 22, 2009Automobile owners around the world may some day soon be driving on tires that are partly made out of trees - which could cost less, perform better and save on fuel and energy. Wood science researchers at Oregon State University have made some surprising findings about the potential of microcrystalline cellulose - a product that can be made easily from almost any type of plant fibers ... more  
Berlin (UPI) Jul 21, 2009 Public optimism that the worst of the recession is behind us, talk of "green shoots of recovery" and assurances given by European politicians that they have taken all the measures needed to turn economies around are looking increasingly hollow. Pressure is building up on them, despite massive and growing public sector budget deficits, to lend and/or spend more. An analysis published by ... more  
Washington (AFP) July 21, 2009Exposing pregnant women to pollution can have a major affect on the IQ levels of their children, a new study found Tuesday. The five-year study which followed the development of 249 children living in the densely populated areas of Harlem and the Bronx in New York showed that exposure to environmental pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) had an adverse affect on ... more |
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Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jul 22, 2009Massachusetts-based biofuel company Qteros has announced at an industry conference in Montreal that it has achieved unprecedented laboratory results in the performance of its proprietary, game-changing technology known as "C3" (Complete Cellulosic Conversion). For the past several months, Qteros has been achieving major breakthroughs in the performance and scalability of its unique ... more 
Windhoek (AFP) July 21, 2009Two Namibians and a Chinese man will appear in court to face corruption charges over a deal to buy security scanners from a firm linked to the son of China's president, officials said Tuesday. China's state-owned Nuctech has a Namibian government contract to supply security scanning equipment in a 55.3 million US dollar deal, paid for with a Chinese loan granted when President Hu Jintao ... more 
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Jul 22, 2009A new solar-assisted heat pump allows homeowners to lower carbon dioxide production by an impressive 370 pounds a year, the equivalent of planting seven mature trees or carpooling to work one day each week. By drawing energy from a solar panel during peak daylight hours and using it to help power the outdoor fan, the new Lennox SunSource heat pump can save homeowners up to 8 percent on the ... more 
Burtonsville MD (SPX) Jul 22, 2009New Energy Technologies has announced that the Company has expanded testing of its newest MotionPower prototype for generating electricity from the movement of cars and light trucks to include new, active durability field tests of the device at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC. "As part of our ongoing efforts to assess the durability of our ... more |
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