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Bhopal protests on 25th anniversary of killer gas leakBhopal, India (AFP) Dec 3, 2009 Indian activists marked the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas leak disaster Thursday with protests and demands that those responsible for thousands of deaths finally be held to account. Demonstrators and survivors capped a week of commemorations with a planned march to the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, where on December 3, 1984 a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas killed up to 10,000 ... read more |
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San Francisco (AFP) Dec 1, 2009San Francisco and Amsterdam set an online stage on Tuesday for an environmental rivalry regarding which city is more nature-friendly. Mayors of the major US and Dutch cities kicked off a green match-up while joining technology titan Cisco in a call for urban centers worldwide to rally to fight global warming and other environmental woes. "It is cities and regions that need to take ... more 
Duesseldorf, Germany (UPI) Dec 1, 2009 German energy firm Eon is rowing with Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom over a long-term gas contract. Eon's Ruhrgas unit may see its earnings fall by 30 percent because the German gas utility is stuck with a long-term contract to buy natural gas from Russia's Gazprom, German newspaper Die Welt reports. The contract requires Eon Ruhrgas to purchase a fixed amount of ... more  
Taipei (AFP) Dec 2, 2009Taiwan on Wednesday vowed to protect Chinese envoys visiting this month after pro-independence protesters disrupted a delegation's visit last year but said demonstrations would be allowed. The pledge came after Beijing called on Taipei to take "earnest" steps to safeguard the envoys attending the fourth round of talks since relations between the two former arch enemies thawed in mid-2008. ... more |
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Luanda, Angola (UPI) Dec 2, 2009 Angola, the arena for a Cold War conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, is now caught up in a new battle -- for its oil. The West African state is now the continent's major producer, having eclipsed troubled Nigeria, and the Americans see it as a vital energy source in the years to come. So does China. During the Cold War, the United States sought to depose the ... more 
Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2009Top US security official Janet Napolitano on Wednesday admitted her government will fail to meet a 2012 deadline to scan all incoming ship cargo, measures designed to prevent a nuclear terror attack. The Homeland Security Secretary said she would seek an extension to Congress's deadline, citing inadequate technology and multi-billion-dollar costs involved in screening the 10 million ... more  
Silver Spring MD (SPX) Dec 03, 2009CPV Renewable Energy (CPV REC) has announced plans for a 10 megawatt (MW) solar farm in southern Maryland to be co-located with the proposed natural gas combined-cycle CPV St. Charles Energy Center. The announcement was made as part of American Community Properties Trust (ACPT) 9,100 acre planned "Model Green City" in Charles County. Named the CPV Piney Reach Solar Farm, the planned ... more |
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 Ameren Launches Major Solar Initiative In Illinois And Missouri  Oil mixed in Asian trade  Gazprom, Statoil seek to widen U.S. market |
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