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Iowa Gains Momentum As Major Provider Of BiorenewablesDes Moines IA (SPX) Jun 30, 2010 Iowa is rapidly becoming the development capital of the nation for the replacement of petroleum-based chemicals with bio-based chemicals. Iowa, long a leader in the biotechnology field because of its agricultural and research heritage, continues to be at the epicenter of the movement for clean energy and advanced biotechnology such as next-generation cellulosic fuels, biochemicals and bio-based polymers. "Iowa has a long history of excellence in renewable fuels, and our state's companies and ... read more |
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New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 29, 2010A strengthening tropical storm forced the suspension of skimming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Tuesday as Vice President Joe Biden heard complaints about the pace of cleanup efforts in the disaster zone. Ten weeks after the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon platform exploded, setting off the worst environmental disaster in US history, Biden was given an earful from Louisiana governor Bobby Jin ... more  
Tallinn (AFP) June 29, 2010Tiny IT-titan Estonia is exporting its e-government technology and expertise across the globe, currently preparing new projects for the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan and Haiti. The Baltic state of 1.3 million people has already helped fellow ex-communist democracies Armenia, Georgia and Moldova, plus a total of 40 states, to implement Internet-based government and services common in E ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) June 29, 2010Seven managers convicted over the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy have appealed, a newspaper reported Tuesday as India said again it would urge the US to extradite the company's former American boss. The convictions of the Indian managers for criminal negligence earlier this month, the first verdicts more than 25 years after the catastrophe, sparked uproar among survivors because of the perceived le ... more |
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Boeing Accepts Delivery Of Key Component For US Army's HEL TDPittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 28, 2010 Boeing took delivery of the beam director assembly for the U.S. Army's High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) program, moving the system another step closer to its 2011 testing schedule. Integrated Optical Systems Brashear, a division of L-3 Communications, delivered the component in Pittsburgh for transport to Boeing's facility in Albuquerque, N.M., where it will be mated to the remaining beam control system hardware. Once assembled, the laser system will be integrated with an Oshkosh ... read more |
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