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Five Standout Species For Extensive Green RoofsFort Collins CO (SPX) Jan 20, 2011 Used throughout the world to lessen the environmental impact of urbanization, green roofs can offer a wide range of ecological and aesthetic benefits. A new study from researchers at Colorado State University's Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture published in HortScience evaluated six plant species to determine the plants' ability to thrive on extensive green roofs in Colorado. Five plants that survived the 2-year experiment are recommended for use in semiarid regions. Exte ... read more |
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 Eon CEO calls for European energy strategy Eon Chief Executive Officer Johannes Teyssen, the head of Germany's largest utility, said Wednesday European governments should drop national energy policies for a European one by 2020 or lose out to dynamic competitors such as China. ... more | .. |
  EU halts emissions trading after hacking The European Union on Wednesday suspended trading in carbon credits for a week after hackers broke into the national trading registries and stole and then sold millions of euros worth of credits. ... more | .. |
  China to buy Boeing planes worth $19 bn China plans to buy 200 Boeing aircraft worth an estimated $19 billion, the White House said Wednesday during a state visit by President Hu Jintao to the United States. ... more | .. |
  China logs double-digit growth in 2010: report China's economy grew 10.3 percent last year but inflation exceeded the government's full-year target, Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television said on its website Wednesday. ... more |
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 Better Than The Human Eye Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are the first to develop a curvilinear camera, much like the human eye, with the significant feature of a ... more | .. |
  Mortenson Construction And enXco Partnership Build Sister Wind Projects Long-time partners in the wind industry, Mortenson Construction and San Diego-based developer, enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company have completed the 201-megawatt Nobles Wind Project in Reading ... more | .. |
  SolarPrint Launches Unmatched Energy Harvesting Technology SolarPrint has expanded the possibilities of next-generation energy harvesting for wireless sensors with the launch of its dye-sensitised solar cell (DSSC) technology. SolarPrint's DSSC techno ... more | .. |
 Material makes electricity from waste heat U.S. researchers say they've found a material that can generate electricity from the waste heat of car exhaust systems or industrial processes and equipment. ... more |
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 Venezuela faces uncertainty over oil find Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the country's hydrocarbon reserves surpass those of Saudi Arabia but left open the possibility of an early commercial exploitation of the resource. ... more | .. |
 New funds go into clearing Falklands mines New funds have gone into clearing mines planted on the Falkland Islands by Argentine forces during the 1982 conflict with Britain that cost more than 1,000 lives and left a legacy of deadly ordnance in some of the most popular pubic sights on the territories. ... more | .. |
  VW to offer new car brand in China: report Germany's Volkswagen, Europe's biggest automaker, is considering launching a new car brand specifically designed for the booming Chinese market, a report said. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Theater of the Absurd Chinese President Hu Jintao visits the United States as leader of an industrial juggernaut and heir apparent to American global economic leadership. ... more |
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 S. Korea orders hotels, stores to turn down heat South Korea has ordered department stores, offices and hotels to turn down the heating, officials said Wednesday, amid fears of power blackouts because of a prolonged cold spell. ... more | .. |
 China vows cheaper road tolls after online outcry China plans to make its highway tolls more affordable after an online outcry over the sentencing of a man to life in prison for dodging the charges. ... more | .. |
 EU wants Swiss in common energy market European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger has urged Switzerland to join the EU electricity market in a bid to gain a compact consumer with large hydropower storage capabilities that could protect the European grid from outages. ... more | .. |
 BP hydrogen plant awaits Abu Dhabi's 'endorsement' A joint venture between BP and Abu Dhabi's Masdar to build a $2.2 billion hydrogen power plant has been delayed as it still awaits government "endorsement," a BP statement said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Nissan Leaf deliveries see slow start: report Nissan Motor had delivered only 60 units of its Leaf electric vehicle in Japan as of Friday, Kyodo News reported, despite already taking 6,000 orders due by the end of March. ... more | .. |
Iraq province to cut supplies to national grid Iraq's northern Kirkuk province said it would stop supplying electricity to the national grid on Tuesday, in a bold move to force the central government's hand in a dispute over power rationing. ... more | .. |
 Obama orders review of rules to boost economy US President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered a review of government regulations to ensure a myriad of rules do not stifle economic growth, in a move to boost job-creating small businesses. ... more | .. |
 Coal brings boom to Mozambique's Tete city Trucks queue day and night to cross the heavy bridge that spans the Zambezi river in northern Mozambique's Tete city, where coal is aplenty - but moving it out is a logistical nightmare. ... more |
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 Nobel laureate backs China's currency caution Nobel economics laureate Robert Mundell on Tuesday backed Beijing's go-slow approach to hiking the value of its currency as China's president visits Washington - its harshest critic on the issue. ... more | .. |
 China rare earth exports up 14.5% January-November China said Tuesday its rare earth exports rose 14.5 percent in the first 11 months of last year as prices more than doubled, with most of the shipments going to Japan, Europe and the United States. ... more | .. |
 Renewables could supply 99.5% of power by 2050: Greenpeace Renewable energies could furnish 99.5 percent of European Union electricity needs by 2050 if nuclear loses its priority access to distribution networks, Greenpeace said in a report released Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Toyota working on motors that cut rare earth use Toyota on Tuesday said it is developing a new type of electric motor that would reduce its need for magnets, a move analysts say would help it cut its dependence on rare earth metals and lower costs. ... more |
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