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![]() Brussels (AFP) Dec 21, 2011 Europe and the United States headed for confrontation Wednesday after the EU won key legal backing for its scheme to slap carbon emissions charges on all airlines in its airspace from January 1. The European Union's top court threw out a bid by US and Canadian airlines to block the introduction of the scheme in a ruling that was warmly welcomed by the bloc but triggered an angry response from Washington. In Washington, the US Department of Transportation, which was not a party to the case, said ... read more |
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![]() EU-Ukraine deal stalls on rights concerns The EU says expanding energy and economic cooperation with Ukraine will in part depend on Kiev's treatment of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. ... more | .. |
![]() China plans oil spill response facilities China plans to open 12 offshore oil spill response facilities before the end of the year, an official said. ... more | .. |
![]() Need a new material? New tool can help Thanks to a new online toolkit developed at MIT and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, any researcher who needs to find a material with specific properties - whether it's to build a better m ... more | .. |
Amazon takes on iPad with new Kindle Fire tablet 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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![]() Researchers discover a way to significantly reduce the production costs of fuel cells This ALD method for manufacturing fuel cells requires 60 per cent less of the costly catalyst than current methods. This is a significant discovery, because researchers have not been able to achieve ... more | .. |
![]() Fuel reduction likely to increase carbon emissions Forest thinning to help prevent or reduce severe wildfire will release more carbon to the atmosphere than any amount saved by successful fire prevention, a new study concludes. There may be valid re ... more | .. |
![]() Romania restarts nuclear reactor after technical problem A Romanian nuclear reactor closed down on Monday because of a technical problem was restarted on Wednesday, the national operator Nuclearelectrica said. ... more | .. |
![]() Arizona YMCA's Go Solar Centrosolar America and Scout Solar have announced plans to activate solar PV projects at four 'Valley of the Sun YMCA' branches. The solar arrays will be installed at YMCA branches in the Tempe, Ch ... more |
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![]() Chinese hacked into US Chamber: report A Chinese group has hacked into America's largest business lobbying organization, compromising all data on its servers and information about its three million members, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
![]() Eneco appoints Natural Power as Owner's Engineer on 51MW Lochluichart wind farm Leading international renewable energy consultancy group Natural Power has been appointed as Owner's Engineer at Lochluichart wind farm for energy company Eneco. The company will be providing constr ... more | .. |
![]() Six jailed in Germany for tax evasion in carbon permit trade A German court jailed six men on Wednesday for tax evasion in the trading of carbon emission permits through the country's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank. ... more | .. |
![]() Japan recovery paused, warns BoJ, as deficit grows The Bank of Japan said Wednesday the country's economic recovery "has paused" because of the slowing global economy and strong yen, as data revealed a growing trade deficit for the export-dependent nation. ... more |
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![]() Internet lets US export consumer lifestyle As gift-buying frenzy mounts in the days before Christmas, US retailers are exporting the country's shopping culture along with once hard-to-get goods to locales around the world. ... more | .. |
![]() Hollywood still struggling to focus 3D technology Two years after breakthrough 3D megahit "Avatar," Hollywood is still struggling to decide how best to use the new technology, as filmgoers tire of the novelty and say no to annoying glasses. ... more | .. |
![]() EU court rejects US airline challenge to emissions charges The European Court of Justice threw out Wednesday a case brought by north American airlines against a new EU system charging airlines for carbon emissions. ... more | .. |
![]() Taiwan lets Chinese lenders buy bank shares Taiwan will lift a ban put in place more than 60 years ago preventing Chinese banks from investing in the island's lenders, officials said on Wednesday. ... more |
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![]() Falklands solidarity costs Uruguay dear Uruguay's solidarity with Argentina in support of Buenos Aires' claim over British-ruled Falklands is costing the port capital's economy dear as Falklanders disappear from the scene as lucrative custom. ... more | .. |
![]() S. America cool toward U.S. trade pitch? U.S. President Barack Obama is pitching for more trade with Latin America at a time when potential partners hope to extract maximum concessions out of Washington, which they see as needier than their booming economies. ... more | .. |
![]() Canada hunts for rare earth metals as China cuts back A steep decline in Chinese exports of rare earth metals used in many hi-tech gadgets has forced a global search for new crucial supplies and hopes are high for major finds in Canada, analysts say. ... more | .. |
![]() Split decision in Microsoft smartphone patent case A US trade authority on Tuesday backed a claim by Microsoft that Motorola Mobility had infringed on its patented technology in Android-powered smartphones. ... more |
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![]() Algal protein gives boost to electrochemical water splitting Water splitting in photo-electrochemical cells to yield hydrogen is a promising way to sustainable fuels. A team of Swiss and US scientists now made major progress in developing highly efficient ele ... more | .. |
![]() Worldwide Oil and Gas Industry 2012 Top 10 Predictions Global Information presents "Worldwide Oil and Gas Industry 2012 Top 10 Predictions" by IDC Energy Insights. This IDC Energy Insights' report provides top 10 predictions for the worldwide oil and ga ... more | .. |
![]() Recurrent Energy Secures $250M Financing For 200MW of Solar PV Projects Recurrent Energy has announced that it has secured a four-year construction revolver credit facility of $250 million from Mizuho Corporate Bank. The facility will support the construction of 20 sola ... more | .. |
![]() Government 'strangling' homeowners' efforts to go solar The Government has been accused of "strangling" homeowners' attempts to harness renewable energy after it emerged they will have to shell out thousands of pounds in order to qualify for solar panel ... more |
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![]() A new kind of metal in the deep Earth The crushing pressures and intense temperatures in Earth's deep interior squeeze atoms and electrons so closely together that they interact very differently. With depth materials change. New experim ... more | .. |
![]() Discovery of a 'dark state' could mean a brighter future for solar energy The efficiency of conventional solar cells could be significantly increased, according to new research on the mechanisms of solar energy conversion led by chemist Xiaoyang Zhu at The University of T ... more | .. |
![]() Quantum cats are hard to see Are there parallel universes? And how will we know? This is one of many fascinations people hold about quantum physics. Researchers from the universities of Calgary and Waterloo in Canada and the Un ... more | .. |
![]() Infrared technology for measuring the effect of fire on materials The main problem associated with measuring the effects of fire on materials lies in the temperature of the flames, which reaches over 1000 C and can obscure the actual temperature of the material. ... more |
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![]() Outside View: A second Great Recession? Just as the U.S. economy appears improving, four sets of forces could thrust America into an abyss rivaling the Great Depression. ... more | .. |
![]() Research could improve laser-manufacturing technique Engineers have discovered details about the behavior of ultrafast laser pulses that may lead to new applications in manufacturing, diagnostics and other research. Ultrafast laser pulses are us ... more | .. |
![]() Indonesia seeks crew of sunken asylum boat Indonesian police said they hope to find more crew members among people the authorities might rescue from the tragic ship sinking to question them about people smuggling activities. ... more | .. |
![]() China orders nationwide emission cuts by 2015 China on Tuesday ordered local governments to reduce emissions of "major pollutants" by as much as 10 percent by 2015, amid growing public anxiety over the country's bad air. ... more |
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