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Environmentalists in 'fantasy land', says AustraliaSydney (AFP) March 6, 2012 Australian ministers on Tuesday said environmental activists were living in "fantasy land" after plans to disrupt the country's coal export boom were revealed. Greenpeace is spearheading a multi-million dollar campaign to delay key projects and infrastructure by eroding public support for the coal industry while funding legal challenges against controversial mines. The plan also involves exploiting opposition to coal-seam gas to put pressure on governments to block mining, The Australian reporte ... read more |
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  Oil prices mixed as Iran risks weigh Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Tuesday as traders weighed geopolitical tensions over crude producer Iran's nuclear programme and weak economic data from Europe and China. ... more | .. |
  Ecuador signs mining contract with Chinese firm Ecuador has signed an agreement with a Chinese firm to begin exploiting a massive copper mine in the Amazon, prompting protests by environmental activists. ... more | .. |
  RWE earnings hit by German nuclear phase-out RWE, Germany's second biggest-power supplier, said Tuesday earnings last year were hit by a one-billion-euro ($1.3-billion) charge related to the shutdown of some of its nuclear power plants. ... 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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 Sudan's warning shots as oil crisis talks with South resume It is a sight the South Sudanese hoped had gone for good: twisted metal shards embedded in thigh-deep bomb craters left by an airstrike blamed on former foes in neighbouring Sudan. ... more | .. |
 Canada enters nuclear talks with UAE Canada began talks Monday with the United Arab Emirates on nuclear cooperation, hoping to sell the wealthy Gulf state nuclear reactors or technologies for power generation and other civilian purposes. ... more | .. |
 Former British defence chief blasts 'duplicitous' French Britain's defence chief during the Falklands War accused the French of being "duplicitous" after a BBC probe aired on Monday revealed that Paris knew a French technical team was in Argentina during the conflict. ... more | .. |
  Apple expected to unveil new iPad Apple is expected to reveal a new version of its coveted iPad on Wednesday in its first major media event since the death of legendary founder and beloved pitchman Steve Jobs. ... more |
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New deep sea mining rules lack consensus despite US pressure
Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India
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  What Makes a Robot Fish Attractive? Probing the largely unexplored question of what characteristics make a leader among schooling fish, researchers have discovered that by mimicking nature, a robotic fish can transform into a leader o ... more | .. |
 Use of microfluidic chips a first in bitumen-gas analysis University of Toronto research team has developed a process to analyze the behavior of bitumen in reservoirs using a microfluidic chip, a tool commonly associated with the field of medical diagnosti ... more | .. |
 New Mapping Tool Shows How Severe Nuclear Accident Could Look in US A new mapping tool released by the Natural Resources Defense Council illustrates the potential radiological impacts of a severe accident at the nation's nuclear reactors and flags risk factors assoc ... more | .. |
  GE Energy Financial Services More Than Doubles Global Solar Power Investments GE unit GE Energy Financial Services has announced it has more than doubled its global solar power investment commitments in the past year to $1.4 billion, for nearly $5 billion in projects. Its lat ... more |
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 GE Bullish on Solar Snowbirds aren't the only folk flocking to the Sonoran Desert this winter. Hundreds of construction workers have moved to this sun-drenched stretch of rock and mesquite brush straddling the Arizona ... more | .. |
 German Solar Market Remains Attractive for Residential Investments Despite the German government's plan to reduce incentives for new solar installations, some market segments in the country will remain attractive for photovoltaics (PV) in 2012, with the return on i ... more | .. |
 Gasoline worse than diesel when it comes to some types of air pollution The exhaust fumes from gasoline vehicles contribute more to the production of a specific type of air pollution-secondary organic aerosols (SOA)-than those from diesel vehicles, according to a new st ... more | .. |
  Solved: The Mystery of the Nanoscale Crop Circles Almost three years ago a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) was performing an experiment in which layers of gold mere nanomete ... more |
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Chinese researchers craft high fidelity Mars soil simulant to support future missions
Ancient river systems reveal Mars was wetter than we thought
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun | .. |
 Ubisoft assassin videogame heads for US colonies Ubisoft on Monday revealed that the next installment to its blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" videogame franchise will be set in the US colonies during the American Revolution. ... more | .. |
 IBM making the Louvre Museum smarter IBM on Monday revealed an alliance with the venerable Louvre Museum to use sensors, real-time data analysis and other Internet Age tools to make the museum smarter. ... more | .. |
 UK scientists develop optimum piezoelectric energy harvesters Scientists working as part of the Metrology for Energy Harvesting Project have developed a new model to deliver the maximum power output for piezoelectric energy harvesters. Piezoelectric mate ... more | .. |
  World's best measurement of W boson mass points to Higgs mass and tests Standard Model The world's most precise measurement of the mass of the W boson, one of nature's elementary particles, has been achieved by scientists from the CDF and DZero collaborations at the Department of Ener ... more |
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 Beijing aims for coal reductions China's capital city plans to reduce coal usage in an effort to reduce pollution. ... more | .. |
  Walker's World: Brits reform welfare The world's most ambitious current attempt to redefine the social contract for the 21st century was passed last week by British lawmakers. ... more | .. |
  $137B needed for Europe grid upgrades Europe will need $137 billion for electricity transmission systems to accommodate the pace of renewable energy production, grid operators say. ... more | .. |
  Toyota projects higher sales in Europe despite poor climate Japanese auto giant Toyota expects higher European sales in 2012 despite a tightening market, the company's president in Europe Didier Leroy said on Monday. ... more |
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China, India should work towards 'win-win' cooperation: Chinese FM
US delays Patriot arms deliveries to Switzerland in switch to Ukraine
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Seoul nuclear summit to focus on safety after Fukushima South Korea's foreign minister said Monday that the question of how to strengthen global atomic safety following Japan's nuclear disaster would be a key topic at an upcoming summit in Seoul. ... more | .. |
  Senator seeks US probe of smartphone privacy A leading US senator called Monday for a government probe into whether smartphone applications used on the Apple and Android platforms can steal private data including photos and address books. ... more | .. |
 One year after Fukushima, IAEA says nuclear power safer Nuclear power is safer around the world than it was a year ago at the time of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the head of the UN atomic agency said Monday, while warning against complacency. ... more | .. |
 Shareholders sue TEPCO for $67 bn: reports Forty-two shareholders of Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) are suing the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant seeking a record-breaking $67 billion compensation, news reports said Monday. ... more |
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Malaysia's Petronas denies South Sudan oil theft claim Malaysian state-owned oil giant Petronas Monday denied any knowledge of alleged oil theft by the consortium it belongs to which is in the middle of a bitter dispute between Sudan and South Sudan. ... more | .. |
 Chinese designer finds fashion home in Paris When Masha Ma first came to Paris the Chinese designer, who on Wednesday holds her first Fashion Week show in the city, had a style revelation as she was sipping coffee on a street corner. ... more | .. |
Oil prices drop as China cuts growth estimate World oil prices retreated on Monday in line with most commodity markets as China, the world's biggest energy consumer, slashed its growth forecast, analysts said. ... more | .. |
 Google boss lays out future vision at world's top tech fair Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt cast a science-fiction vision of the future as the world's top tech fair opened Monday, with the German IT sector predicting record sales in 2012. ... more |
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