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 The Hague (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 
The Dutch government said Wednesday it had approved the experimental below-ground storage of excess CO2 to curb damaging emissions, dismissing concerns of residents who live on top of the project. The test project would kick off from 2012 with CO2 stored in a spent natural gas field with a capacity of 0.8 megatonnes underneath the eastern town of Barendrecht, a government statement said.
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Paris (AFP) Nov 18, 2009Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told business leaders in Paris that he wanted to see the French energy giant Total working in his country's oil fields. "We might favour a French bid whatever the figures. Don't fear this auction. ... The figures aren't everything," he said during a state visit to France. "We want to see Total work in our oil fields." A senior Total executive confirmed that ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Geneva (AFP) Nov 18, 2009The economic crisis is jeopardising key energy industry investments that are needed to cope with future growth in demand and shifts to cleaner energy, executives and officials warned on Wednesday. Executives from gas, oil and power generation firms said at a UN conference here that they were delaying and cutting back investments due to the credit crunch, the economic downturn and volatile ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 18, 2009India on Wednesday tightened air quality rules and said it will enforce a single standard for industrial and residential pollution. The Revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards rule would lead to the use of "clean fuel" to lower emissions, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh said. The announcement came less than a month before the December 7-18 climate change summit in ... more  
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Nov 19, 2009Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have converted a 2001 Scion xB into an electric commuter vehicle that will serve as a test bed for a new community-based approach to electric vehicle design, conversion and operations. The vehicle is part of a new research project, ChargeCar, headed by Illah Nourbakhsh, associate professor of robotics. The project is exploring ... more |
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Singapore (AFP) Nov 18, 2009The global economic crisis is a wake-up call for China and Asia's export-led economies to speed up efforts to boost domestic spending and rely less on the US consumer, a veteran Morgan Stanley executive said Wednesday. Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, told a media briefing that the days of relying on American consumers to drive the region's economic growth were over. ... more  
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2009As a clean energy alternative, NASA invented an algae photo-bioreactor that grows algae in municipal wastewater to produce biofuel and a variety of other products. The NASA bioreactor is an Offshore Membrane Enclosure for Growing Algae (OMEGA), which won't compete with agriculture for land, fertilizer, or freshwater. NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., licensed the ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 19, 2009The truth about accelerating improvements in the way America produces both ethanol and the feedstocks from which it is made proved to be inconvenient for the narrative of former Vice President Al Gore in his description of grain-based ethanol in his new book. Writing in Our Choice, Vice President Gore expresses his "disappointment" over the progress of ethanol in the past 30 years. Yet, the fact ... more |
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