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 Sydney (AFP) Sept 11, 2009 
Australians have overtaken Americans as the world's biggest individual producers of carbon dioxide, which is blamed for global warming, a risk consultancy says. British firm Maplecroft placed Australia's per capita output at 20.58 tons a year, some four percent higher than the United States and top of a list of 185 countries. Canada, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia rounded out the top ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2009President Barack Obama wants Congress to act this year on what is billed as the most sweeping financial regulatory reform since the 1930s, despite a crush of other business, a senior aide said Friday. Lawrence Summers, chairman of Obama's National Economic Council, also said that despite hopes for a return to economic growth in the third quarter this year, US unemployment would remain ... more
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The Hague (AFP) Sept 12, 2009The UN's highest court will from Monday examine a dispute between Argentina and Uruguay centred round two paper mills on a river separating the Latin American neighbours. Twelve hearings of three hours each have been scheduled before the International Court of Justice in The Hague until October 2. Argentina filed an application with the court in May 2006, accusing Uruguay of having ... more  
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Sep 14, 2009Unwanted blooms of Cladophora algae throughout the Baltic and in other parts of the world are not entirely without a positive side. A group of researchers at the �ngstrom Laboratory at Uppsala University have discovered that the distinctive cellulose nanostructure of these algae can serve as an effective coating substrate for use in environmentally friendly batteries. The findings have ... more 
Hamburg, Germany (UPI) Sep 11, 2009 How about a power station in your basement? In a bid to create a decentralized electricity grid, German carmaker Volkswagen is launching thousands of mini power plants that could be installed in the basements of any residential home. Together with clean energy provider Lichtblick, Volkswagen plans to install up to 100,000 small power plants -- able to generate heat and ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) Sept 11, 2009The UN nuclear watchdog said it has airlifted deadly radioactive cobalt materials out of Lebanon to safety in Russia. The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement that a plane carrying 36 Cobalt-60 sources -- each one radioactive enough to kill a person within minutes -- arrived in Russia from Lebanon on August 30. The cobalt materials, which came from an irradiator used ... more 
Berlin (AFP) Sept 13, 2009German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her rival, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, sparred Sunday on minimum wages and nuclear power in an otherwise tepid TV debate before elections in two weeks' time. The conservative Merkel and Steinmeier, her vice-chancellor and the Social Democrats' candidate, also tried to claim credit for the recent state-brokered rescue of automaker Opel and a drop in ... more  
Kuanyin, Taiwan (AFP) Sept 13, 2009Jimmy Wang's tiles can compete with the best brands of Europe, but that is of little use to the Taiwanese manufacturer since the most lethal challenge he faces comes from China. Wang beams with pride as he shows off his ceramic plant in the small coastal town of Kuanyin, an hour's drive from Taipei, and its Italian-made equipment bought for 500 million Taiwan dollars (15.2 million US dollars ... more |
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