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 Oslo (AFP) Aug 10, 2009 
Aviation group Scandinavian Airlines System said on Monday it had designed a new landing method for aircraft, which could slash fuel consumption and emissions of carbon dioxide. The new technique, which involves planes gliding into land following an optimum route mapped out by satellite, could save around 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of fuel in a twin-engined jet, the group said. That is ... read more 
San Francisco (AFP) Aug 10, 2009The Green Electronics Council on Monday went international with a registry that shows how computers and monitors measure up when it comes to being Earth-friendly. Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) registry that gives green ratings to computer desktops, laptops, and monitors has been localized for 40 countries. "It is an exciting development," said EPEAT executive ... more
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Taipei (AFP) Aug 10, 2009Taiwan's aviation authorities said Monday that scheduled regular flights between the island and China would begin later than expected as the mainland still had some technical issues to resolve. Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said the first of the historic trips would take off on August 31, a few weeks later than planned. An official said: "We've finished the preparatory ... more  
Seattle, WA (SPX) Aug 11, 2009Researchers the world over are striving to develop organic solar cells that can be produced easily and inexpensively as thin films that could be widely used to generate electricity. But a major obstacle is coaxing these carbon-based materials to reliably form the proper structure at the nanoscale (tinier than 2-millionths of an inch) to be highly efficient in converting light to ... more  
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Aug 11, 2009Despite major costs to taxpayers in the U.S. and Canada, government programs that offer rebates to hybrid vehicle buyers are failing to produce environmental benefits, a new UBC study says. The study finds that hybrid sales have come largely at the expense of small, relatively fuel-efficient, conventional cars, rather than large SUVs, trucks and vans, which produce substantially greater ... more |
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2009If you are an owner of the 244 million cars that exist in the US, probably yours can run only in regular gasoline. And with the oil prices on a permanent roller-coaster price, you probably wonder if there is some way you could make the old faithful run on for example that E85 fuel that you heard on the news and that is being offered by that shiny new fuel pump near your job. ... more 
Shanghai (AFP) Aug 10, 2009An official who accused Rio Tinto of corporate espionage costing China 700 billion yuan (102 billion dollars) said Monday he was not close to the case and his "facts" came from state media. Jiang Ruqin, a former local state secrets bureau director in Jiangsu province, next to Shanghai, in a report published at the weekend repeated claims that Rio stole secrets to gain the upper hand in iron ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 11, 2009The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), which narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives in June, would require compliance from only a small portion of businesses, concentrated in the manufacturing center. Such regulation would cover the vast majority of U.S. carbon pollution, according to a new policy brief from the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke ... more |
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