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Frustration grows as BP warns of long effort to cap spillGalliano, Louisiana (AFP) May 31, 2010 BP officials warned Monday they may not be able to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil leak until August, as Louisiana residents warned the spill could wipe out dozens of fish species. Drilling relief wells is still seen as the best solution, but they will not be completed for at least eight weeks, BP spokesman John Currie told AFP, as US officials warned the spill is now the worst environmental disaster to ever hit the United States. BP engineers are scrambling to prepare their next bid to stop the oil ... read more |
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Chengdu, China (SPX) Jun 01, 2010Apollo Solar Energy has announced that the Company has entered into a non-binding collaboration agreement with China Energy Conservation Solar Energy Technologies, Inc. ("CECS" or "China Energy Conservation") to build scaled thin-film solar energy power stations. According to the non-binding collaboration agreement, both parties anticipate working jointly in three ways: first, Apollo Solar ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 31, 2010Police in southwestern China said Monday they had freed 24 people forced to work at a brick kiln - the second such rescue in a week in a nation rocked by a huge slave labour scandal in 2007. The workers in Yunnan province had been lured into working for the kiln in Shilin county, where they were kept captive and beaten up if they refused to do manual labour, state media reported. Police ... more  
Washington (AFP) May 28, 2010The US House of Representatives on Friday voted to more than quadruple a per-barrel oil tax that fills a special trust fund to pay for damages from major spills like the Gulf of Mexico disaster. The measure called for raising the eight-cent-per-barrel tax to 34 cents, raising nearly 12 billion dollars over 10 years for the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which currently holds about 1.5 billi ... more |
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Investors Scout Space Spin-OffsStuttgart, Germany (SPX) May 31, 2010 Investors looking for promising opportunities in space spin-offs used ESA's Investment Forum in Stuttgart, Germany, this month to meet 28 young entrepreneurial companies looking for financing to start their businesses. Organised by ESA's Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO) and managed by Europe Unlimited, this was the fourth Forum. Most of the companies were from the four ESA Business Incubation Centres in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. In parallel, the European Commission organ ... read more |
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