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![]() Tokyo (AFP) Oct 22, 2010 Nissan said Friday it had started producing its Leaf electric car in Japan as it prepares to put it on sale at home and in the United States in December. Nissan, which is part-owned by Renault of France, has billed the Leaf - short for Leading Environmentally-friendly Affordable Family car - as the world's first mass-produced electric vehicle (EV). "This is a significant milestone, not only for Nissan and the Renault-Nissan alliance, but also for the entire automotive industry," said Nissan pr ... read more |
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![]() Obama: US a 'pushover' on trade with nations like China President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States had been a pushover on trade with developing nations like China and vowed to drive a tougher bargain for American products. ... more | .. |
![]() BioSolar Introduces Bright-White BioBacksheet For Improved Efficiency BioSolar has announced the introduction of a bright-white BioBacksheet in response to demand from its prospective customers. "While meeting with PV module manufacturers in recent months, we en ... more | .. |
![]() US Solar Installations Expected To Double In 2010 Evolution Solar cheered a new report on Thursday that claims new solar power installations in the U.S. this year could double the capacity installed in 2009. The Solar Energy Industries Associ ... more | .. |
![]() UAE opens naval base to guard oil exports The United Arab Emirates has opened a naval base on its east coast as part of efforts to secure its ability to export oil in the event Iran closes the strategic Strait of Hormuz, local media said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
![]() Algenol Biofuels Opens Labs In Florida Algenol Biofuels celebrated the opening of its new state-of-the-art biofuels and green chemistry lab and R and D facility in Fort Myers, Fla. The 40,000 square-foot facility houses an advanced ... more |
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India blocks massive expansion of Vedanta refinery![]() India on Thursday denied Vedanta Resources permission for a six-fold expansion of its aluminium refinery in Orissa state over environmental concerns, dealing a fresh blow to the British company. The latest setback comes as Vedanta battles to win Indian government approval of its planned 9.6-billion-dollar acquisition of a controlling stake in Cairn India, a unit of Edinburgh-based Cairn Ener ... more Sunnis warn gas field sales must benefit Iraqis ![]() Sunni leaders in Anbar, an ex-bastion of insurgents, warned on Thursday that foreign firms will not be allowed to work unless the Iraqi province's residents benefit from a gas field development. "We will not help the companies and the population could even create trouble preventing companies from working if the gas is not used to feed electricity stations and give work to residents," said Mu ... more Port Gibson Biomass Plans Taking Shape ![]() National Clean Fuels and the Center for Environment, Commerce and Energy (The Center) has announced that planning has begun on their Port Gibson Biomass-to-Electricity (BTE) Project in Mississippi. The scoping process has already begun on the project, which calls for a new BTE plant to be built in the City of Port Gibson, Miss. Plans call for the new plant to generate electricity by gasify ... more |
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![]() Damascus (AFP) Oct 21, 2010 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday accused his US counterpart Barack Obama of deliberately sowing "doubt" on his country's nuclear plant deal with Moscow for political ends. "President Obama has started a war by spreading doubt with his words. He asked that we do not use the plant to produce nuclear arms," Chavez said at a joint news conference in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "Of course we will conform, but Obama has sowed doubt," he said. On Tuesday, Obama said ... read more |
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