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Germany announces end to nuclear power by 2022Berlin (AFP) May 30, 2011 Germany on Monday announced plans to become the first major industrialised power to shut down all its nuclear plants in the wake of the disaster in Japan, with a phase-out due to be wrapped up by 2022. Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen announced the decision by the centre-right coalition, which was prompted by the crisis at Japan's Fukushima plant, in the early hours of Monday morning, describing it as "irreversible". "After long consultations, there is now an agreement by the coalition to e ... read more |
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  Australian miners concerned over cyber attacks Some of Australia's biggest resource companies are increasingly concerned by cyber attacks from China and other countries, a report said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Japan to finance quake-hit car parts makers Japan's government-owned bank is planning to set up a 50 billion yen ($617 million dollar) fund to support auto parts makers hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami, an official said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Carbon emissions at highest levels ever: report Carbon emissions are at their highest ever levels, stoking fears of a global temperature rise over the "dangerous" two degrees Celsius threshold, data seen by the Guardian newspaper showed Monday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Hong Kong mulls ban on Taiwanese imports Hong Kong officials said Sunday they will consider banning imports from Taiwan, prompted by a food scare after the neighbour ordered a recall of nearly half a million contaminated drinks. ... more | .. |
 UN atomic experts begin Malaysia rare earths visit A team of UN atomic energy experts began a week-long visit to Malaysia on Sunday to review the safety of a proposed Australian rare earths refinery that has drawn protests. ... more | .. |
  Iran denies buying ship from Israel firm Iran's top trade official has denied that a public company in Iran, which does not recognise the Jewish state, bought a ship from an Israeli firm as claimed by Washington, local media said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Greenpeace climbers occupy Arctic oil rig Two Greenpeace activists occupied a drilling platform in southwestern Greenland Sunday to protest oil prospecting in the Arctic, causing the government to issue an angry reaction. ... more |
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SMOS mission reveals 15-year global forest carbon storage trends
Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action
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 China hits back at Vietnam over territorial spat China has hit back at claims it violated Vietnam's marine sovereignty in a new spat over disputed areas of the South China Sea, accusing Hanoi of harming Beijing's interests in the region. ... more | .. |
  Lagarde to seek support for IMF bid in China, India, Brazil French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Sunday she plans to visit India and China and some African countries as well as Brazil to drum up support for her bid to lead the International Monetary Fund. ... more | .. |
 EU, Japan join forces to improve nuclear safety Europe and Japan agreed Saturday to join forces in efforts to promote tighter international standards for nuclear safety in the wake of the atomic crisis in Japan. ... more | .. |
 EU, Japan agree to work towards mega free trade deal Leaders of the European Union and Japan on Saturday agreed to start talks towards a multi-billion-euro free trade deal linking the world's third biggest economy to the globe's largest market. ... more |
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 New Jersey ditches carbon cap and trade New Jersey is dropping out of the United States' regional cap-and-trade program, Gov. Chris Christie said. ... more | .. |
 Greenpeace accuses Tepco of nuke 'deceit' Japanese nuclear reactor operator Tepco mishandled the Fukushima nuclear crisis and tried to cover up the extent of the accident, Greenpeace Germany claims. ... more | .. |
 Commentary: Shining citadel redux In January 1981, when Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th U.S. president, he declared the federal budget to be out of control. ... more | .. |
 Google vows to fight suit over mobile 'Wallet' Google on Friday rejected a charge that it swiped PayPal trade secrets to build its new mobile application that turns a smartphone into an electronic wallet. ... more |
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Space Force taps five firms to develop secure global tactical satcom solutions
SES Secures 5 Year Army Contract for Global Tactical Satellite Communications
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 German state ministers want 7 nuclear plants axed now The environment ministers from all 16 German regional states unanimously called on Friday for a temporary order to close seven nuclear power plants to be made permanent. ... more | .. |
 Shell says 27,580 barrels of oil spills in Nigeria in 2010 Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell said Friday that theft, sabotage and operational reasons caused 27,580 barrels of oil to spill from its facilities in Nigeria last year. ... more | .. |
 IAEA mission visits two other nuclear plants in Japan A team of foreign experts have visited two other nuclear plants in Japan before they go on to inspect the Fukushima plant at the centre of the current emergency, the UN atomic watchdog said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Fitch cuts outlook for Japan debt to negative Fitch Ratings agency Friday revised its debt outlook for Japan to negative from stable, citing government debt at more than twice the value of gross domestic product in the fast-ageing nation. ... more |
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 Kan reassures G8 partners of Japan recovery Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan used a G8 summit in France to reassure Tokyo's most powerful allies Friday that his country would learn the lessons of its nuclear disaster and recover fully. ... more | .. |
New fuel efficiency labels for cars coming U.S. regulators have unveiled fuel economy labels they say will make it easier for new car buyers to compare fuel-efficient vehicles and gas-guzzlers. ... more | .. |
 Japan consumer prices log first rise in 28 months Japan's consumer prices rose for the first time in 28 months in April after a huge quake and Arab turmoil raised fuel prices, data showed Friday, but analysts said the deflationary spiral is not over yet. ... more | .. |
 China to establish rare earths exchange China's largest rare earths producer has said it has won official approval to set up the nation's first exchange for the coveted minerals, in a move analysts said would further regulate the market. ... more |
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Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
US government gets a year of ChatGPT Enterprise for $1
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 Using the energy in oil shale without releasing carbon dioxide in a greenhouse world New technology that combines production of electricity with capture of carbon dioxide could make billions of barrels of oil shale - now regarded as off-limits because of the huge amounts of carbon d ... more | .. |
  Advance design-dependent process monitoring for semiconductor wafer manufacturing Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new method of design-dependent process monitoring for ... more | .. |
 Aggressive Efficiency and Electrification Needed to Cut California Emissions In the next 40 years, California's population is expected to surge from 37 million to 55 million and the demand for energy is expected to double. Given those daunting numbers, can California really ... more | .. |
  Study details path to sustainable aviation biofuels industry in Northwest The Pacific Northwest has the diverse feedstocks, fuel-delivery infrastructure and political will needed to create a viable biofuels industry capable of reducing greenhouse gases and meeting the fut ... more |
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 Google turning mobile phone into a wallet Google unveiled a free mobile application on Thursday that turns a smartphone into an electronic wallet and is designed to replace plastic credit cards. ... more | .. |
 Report: California can reach emission goal California can reach its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 largely through existing technologies, a report says. ... more | .. |
 New Bandwidth Management Techniques Boost Operating Efficiency In Multi-Core Chips Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed two new techniques to help maximize the performance of multi-core computer chips by allowing them to retrieve data more efficiently, w ... more | .. |
 LockMart's Microgrid Development Center Enhanced With Five Times Greater Capability Lockheed Martin Intelligent Microgrid Solutions group recently upgraded its Microgrid Development Center (MDC) to increase its load capacity and power handling from 100 kilowatts to 500 kilowatts an ... more |
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