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Samsung: $21 billion for green energySeoul (UPI) May 13, 2010 Electronics giant Samsung announced it would invest $21 billion in clean energy over the next decade. The move is aimed at repositioning Samsung for changing global markets, the company said. "Governments around the world are investing in green industries to address the issues of depleting energy resources," said Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee Tuesday in an announcement. "We must move ahead decisively to take this opportunity while other global companies hesitate." Lee's announcemen ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) May 12, 2010Evidence for global warming has mounted but public awareness of the threat has shrunk, due to a cold northern winter and finger-pointing at the UN's climate experts, a top scientist warned Wednesday. James Hansen, a leading NASA scientist whose testimony to the US Congress in 1988 was a landmark in the history of climate change, said he was worried by "the large gap" in knowledge between spe ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) May 13, 2010Using herbicides to sterilize rather than to kill weedy grasses might be a more economical and environmentally sound weed control strategy, according to a study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and a cooperator. Rangeland ecologist Matt Rinella at the ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory in Miles City, Mont., conducted the study with colleagues at Miles C ... more  
Kampala (AFP) May 12, 2010Seven African nations are expected to push through a new and more equitable deal this week on sharing the waters of the Nile despite strong opposition from Egypt and Sudan. "What we are doing is launching the signing. Any country that feels they cannot sign now but may be ready to sign later will have one year," Jennifer Namuyangu Byakatonda, Uganda's state minister for water told AFP. T ... more |
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US senators launch long-awaited climate pushWashington (AFP) May 12, 2010 Senators vowed Wednesday to revamp US energy priorities as they laid out a long-awaited plan to fight climate change, but they faced a tough battle ahead to sell a delicate compromise. The legislation comes in the shadow of a giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which led the senators to offer greater ecological protections for offshore drilling - one of the most controversial parts of the package. Senator John Kerry, the main force behind the effort, said the bill would put a price on carbon ... read more |
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