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Cost, safety determine whether jets fly above or below cloudParis (AFP) April 20, 2010 Why can't jet aircraft fly beneath - or above - Europe's cloud of volcanic ash? That's a question being asked by many, especially those stranded at airports around Europe waiting for flights disrupted by the Eyjafjoell volcano to resume. The answer, say experts, is based partly on safety concerns but also on cost. Kjetil Toerseth, director of regional and global pollution at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, explained that the cloud varies in height and thickness according to locat ... read more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) April 20, 2010Sushi lovers are running out of prized Norwegian salmon and planeloads of exports from garments to mobile phones are piling up as Asian business counts the cost of Europe's air chaos. Japanese carmaker Nissan said it was being forced to curtail some vehicle production owing to a shortage of parts from Ireland, with European air transport in turmoil owing to the volcanic eruption in Iceland. ... more  
London, UK (SPX) Apr 20, 2010As shareholders gather in London this week for BP's annual general meeting, American and British investors are coordinating a unique effort putting pressure on four major oil multinationals over their controversial investments in the Canadian oil sands. Investors from both sides of the Atlantic have filed resolutions for the BP, Shell, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil annual general meetings ... more  
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 20, 2010A Purdue University researcher will lead a portion of a federally funded effort based at Iowa State University aimed at creating genetically engineered algae for environmentally friendly biodiesel production. Currently, hydrocarbon fuels such as diesel and gasoline require complex chemical processing to be manufactured and are made primarily from non-renewable fossil fuels, which are being ... more |
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Rare rescues as China quake toll passes 2,000Jiegu, China (AFP) April 20, 2010 Relief supplies poured into a remote Tibetan region in northwest China Monday as two women and a girl were rescued from the rubble more than five days after a quake that killed more than 2,000. Chinese authorities ramped up the disaster response, clogging roads leading into Qinghai province's Yushu prefecture with truckloads of food, tents and quilts, but warned that icy weather could bring more misery in the days ahead. In rare good news, rescuers Monday pulled Wujin Cuomao, 68, and Cairen Baji ... read more |
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