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Italy energy chief vows to develop 'pro-nuclear culture'Rome (AFP) Jan 19, 2010 The head of Italian energy giant ENEL vowed Tuesday to develop a "pro-nuclear culture" nearly a quarter-century after atomic energy was banned in Italy. "We have to work on public opinion to defeat the NIMBY (not in my backyard) syndrome," ENEL chief executive Fulvio Conti told reporters after meeting with some 400 companies interested in taking part in the reintroduction of nuclear power to ... read more |
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Micronesia challenges Czech coal plant Palikir, Micronesia (UPI) Jan 19, 2009 The Pacific island state of Micronesia has challenged plans by the Czech Republic to expand a coal-fired power station some 6,000 kilometers away on the grounds that it could harm its environment. At issue is CEZ Group's plant in Prunerov, one of the largest coal-fired stations in the European Union and the largest single source of carbon dioxide emissions in the Czech Republic. ... read more |
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Wilmington DE (SPX) Jan 20, 2010DuPont has announced an investment of $175 million to complete the multi-phase expansion of its high-performance DuPont Tedlar PV2001 series oriented film production line. This investment is in addition to $120 million in capacity expansions, announced in August 2009, for raw materials used to make the film, bringing the total commitment of these two phases to $295 million. Tedlar films ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Jan 19, 2010Officials in Russia's far east have asked China for information about a fire at a chemicals plant in a Chinese city near the two countries' shared border, Russian news agencies reported Tuesday. The regional branch of Russia's emergency situations ministry sent the query through diplomatic channels after learning from media reports about the fire in the city of Jilin, a ministry spokesman ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Jan 19, 2010China's Sinopec has said it is in talks with British oil giant BP to develop shale gas reserves, as Beijing tries to secure access to natural resources to fuel its fast-growing economy. Asia's largest oil refiner said talks with BP were proceeding "smoothly" and that any deal would help accelerate the development of its shale gas fields, according to an official newsletter posted on its web ... more |
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