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 Gorleben, Germany (UPI) Aug 26, 2009 
Germany's only storage test facility for high-level nuclear waste, into which Berlin has invested nearly $2 billion over the past years, is unsafe and needs to be closed, experts say.
German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a known opponent of nuclear energy, said Wednesday that the salt dome Gorleben, chosen in the 1970s to become Germany's national storage facility for high-level ... read more 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 26, 2009Tokyo taxis will be the first in the world to test new electric-car batteries that can be replaced in less time than it takes to fill up the petrol tank, the firm behind the system said Wednesday. Up to four electric taxis will take part in the trial of the new technology, which enables a depleted battery to be replaced with a fully charged one in about a minute, California-based Better ... more
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Brussels (AFP) Aug 26, 2009Old-style 100-watt light bulbs will be banned in Europe's shops from next week in favour of new energy-saving models, but consumers groups on Wednesday gave the move a guarded welcome. From September 1, 100-watt versions of the old incandescent bulbs will be banned from Europe's shops and other bulbs with lower wattage will follow in the ensuing years, under a system agreed by EU experts ... more 
Baghdad (UPI) Aug 27, 2009 Recent events in Iraq have cast a pall over the government's plans to have a November auction for potentially lucrative oil contracts that are vital for the country's reconstruction. The surge in violence of the last few weeks, political uncertainty caused by this week's breakup of the ruling Shiite coalition and Iraqis' refusal to give Big Oil the terms it wants are likely to drive off ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2009For nearly 30 years, the inbox for new license applications at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) collected nothing but dust. These days, the inbox has no room for dust. "In the past two years, we have received applications to build and operate 28 new nuclear power plants in the U.S.," NRC spokesman Scott Burnell says. The agency has recently received several letters of intent ... more |
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Athens (AFP) Aug 27, 2009Greece will make huge savings in electricity use and cut its carbon emissions by thousands of tonnes thanks to a programme to replace old air-conditioning units, government officials said Thursday. Launched in June, the programme allowed households to swap up to two old-style air-conditioners for new appliances that use energy-saving technology. The deal offered 35 percent of the ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 27, 2009China's top economic planning agency said Thursday there was no imminent threat of a spike in inflation, but it urged officials at all levels to be on the look-out for sudden price rises. The statement from the National Development and Reform Commission came as the world's third-largest economy continued to show signs it was emerging from the global crisis, with concerns surfacing of a ... more  
Santiago, Chile (UPI) Aug 27, 2009 Plunging Latin American exports and other effects of global recession appear to be pushing the region more into a Chinese embrace, as cash-flush Beijing builds major channels for purchases of food and raw materials from cash-strapped South American partners. China has also used its hard currency reserves to invest heavily in energy, transportation and telecommunications in the region. ... more |
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