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 Toronto (AFP) July 27, 2009 
Outdoor city workers struck a tentative deal Monday with Canada's biggest city after a five-week strike that has raised a big stink with a halt to garbage collection. "We have the basis for a deal," said Mark Ferguson, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 416, which represents 6,200 workers in Toronto. However, he cautioned, the strike would only end once the ... read more 
Beijing (UPI) Jul 27, 2009 British oil giant BP is negotiating with China to build a sizable refinery in China, the world's second-largest fuel market. While BP China would not disclose any possible partners, BP president Chen Liming told China Business News that the company is currently negotiating with domestic companies to build a joint-venture refinery. An unnamed source told China Daily that BP was ... more
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Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jul 28, 2009Brazil recently announced plans to buy, operate and maintain up to five hydrogen-cell-fueled buses, as well as the station to produce hydrogen to supply the buses. The program is the starting point for the development of a cleaner solution for urban public transportation in Brazil. It was coordinated by the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) in partnership with the Urban Transportation ... more  
Paris (AFP) July 27, 2009The heads of France's four leading energy groups were received Monday at the French presidential palace, an AFP photographer said. The four executives were Anne Lauvergeon of nuclear group Areva, Pierre Gadonneix of electricity group EDF, Gerard Mestrallet of gas and energy company GDF Suez and Christophe de Margerie of oil giant Total. "Mrs. Lauvergeon went to the Elysee ... more  
Marlboro MA (SPX) Jul 28, 2009Evergreen Solar has announced that a new 110 kilowatt solar energy power plant using its solar panels is now operational at Boston Sand and Gravel in Evergreen's home state of Massachusetts. The solar installation will supply 75 percent of the overall energy needed to power the company's maintenance facility in Charlestown, Mass. The installation, which is highly visible from both ... more |
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El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 28, 2009A massive oversupply of solar modules, combined with disappointing demand, caused average inventories throughout the solar supply chain to soar by 64.3 percent, spurring major oversupply and price erosion, according to iSuppli Corp. Average days of inventory among solar module and cell makers, polysilicon and wafer suppliers and vertically integrated companies that provide all these items ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 28, 2009At a time when many American families are committed to reducing their energy costs and become more environmentally conscious, lawmakers at the House of Representatives are doing the same. As part of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "Green the Capitol" Initiative, the Committee on House Administration and the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, which manages House operations, are now ... more 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 28, 2009The appetite for solar projects in the United States has lagged market leaders like Germany and Spain, however increased federal and state subsidies have begun to take effect and demand for solar in certain markets like New Jersey and California is heating up. According to a new report from Pike Research, the U.S. solar market will surpass Spain in 2009 and will top Germany by 2013. ... more |
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