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BP hails 'significant milestone' in Canadian oil sands planLondon (AFP) Nov 30, 2010 British energy giant BP has welcomed key progress in its plan controversially to extract oil from Canadian sands, with a company spokesman on Tuesday describing the step as a "significant milestone". Canadian group Husky Energy, BP's joint-venture partner, said on Monday that it was giving the go-ahead for the project's first phase. A BP spokesman said the move was "a significant milestone" for the British company. "We will now move forward ... leading to first production in 2014," he told ... read more |
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 New Monitoring Methods More Accurately Measure Coal Ash Impacts As the Environmental Protection Agency weighs whether to define coal ash as hazardous waste, a study by Duke University researchers identifies new monitoring protocols and insights that can help inv ... more | .. |
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 Geothermal Energy Association Weaves The Geothermal Web The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), the trade association for the support and expansion of geothermal energy, has launched the Geothermal Web, a new program that features companies and individu ... more | .. |
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 Brazil Invests In Scania Ethanol Buses Sao Paulo, Brazil - with its many millions of inhabitants - is taking another step towards sustainable development. The city's mayor, Gilberto Kassab, announced yesterday (25 November) that Scania e ... more | .. |
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 UNICA Takes Brazilian Renewable Energy Success To COP-16 The Brazilian experience spanning nearly four decades with large-scale production and use of sugarcane ethanol will be presented in a variety of formats by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Associati ... more |
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