Allentown PA (SPX) Nov 11, 2007 - PPL Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation, will develop and install a 4.8- megawatt methane-to-electricity power generation system at the Moretown Landfill in Moretown, Vt., the company announced Thursday November 8th.
Port Harcourt, Nigeria (UPI) Nov 9, 2007 - One the streets of Potts Johnson, a Port Harcourt neighborhood where gang violence and gunfire are considered the normal fare, a guarded sense of hope has emerged among some for the future of the impoverished, albeit oil-rich, Niger Delta.
Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2007 - On Nov. 3 Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule in Pakistan.
Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2007 - By now it has a familiar ring to it -- Moscow and Kiev are once again at loggerheads over imported natural gas prices. The issue has made political allies out of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and President Viktor Yushchenko, normally at odds with each other.
Taipei, Taiwan (SPX) Nov 09, 2007 - Boeing forecasts that Southeast Asia airlines will need 1,930 airplanes worth $290 billion over the next 20 years. Strong demand for new airplanes will lead to a world fleet with significantly improved environmental performance, according to The Boeing Company's updated annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The complete forecast, known as the Boeing Current Market Outlook, is available on the Boeing Web site.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 9, 2007 - China disputed Friday a report from the International Energy Agency that said it will be a main factor behind global warming unless it changes its fuel-intensive economic growth model.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 9, 2007 - China Friday launched a fund to steer money from the sale of emission-reduction credits into environmental projects in an attempt to curb its enormous output of greenhouse gases.
Davis CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2007 - Two UC Davis geologists are taking part in the Iceland Deep Drilling Project, an international effort to learn more about the potential of geothermal energy, or extracting heat from rocks. Professors Peter Schiffman and Robert Zierenberg are working with Wilfred Elders, professor emeritus at UC Riverside, Dennis Bird at Stanford University and Mark Reed at the University of Oregon to study the chemistry that occurs at high pressures and temperatures two miles below Iceland.
London (AFP) Nov 9, 2007 - Oil platforms off the Norwegian coast and Europe's largest port were closed Friday after a storm in the North Sea prompted British forecasters to warn of the worst swells in 20 years.
Syracuse NY (SPX) Nov 09, 2007 - The Solvay Settling Basins, the scene of years of industrial pollution on the shores of Syracuse's Onondaga Lake, is the setting for a novel approach to restoring brownfield sites for beneficial use. Instead of capping them with clay and plastic, fencing them, and posting Keep Out signs, a partnership of engineers, scientists and new corporate owners has taken a different tack on a portion of the site: Restore the ecosystem. Remediate the environmental concerns. Grow and harvest something useful.
Sanaa (AFP) Nov 8, 2007 - Clashes between Yemeni tribesmen and security personnel protecting a Ukrainian oil comany left 12 people dead on Thursday in Shabwa province, east of the capital, a security source said.
Everett WA (SPX) Nov 08, 2007 - Boeing has completed firm configuration of the 747-8 Intercontinental. This milestone marks the completion of the major trade studies needed to finalize the airplane's performance and interior features. We have designed the 747-8 Intercontinental to be the ideal airplane for serving the 400- to 500-seat market between the 777 and the A380, said Michael Teal, deputy chief project engineer for the 747 program.
San Francisco (AFP) Nov 8, 2007 - California on Thursday said it had filed a lawsuit to force the United States government to approve the state's tough new proposals aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 8, 2007 - The UN Environment Programme on Thursday launched two projects to generate small-scale electric power from wastes in the tea and sugar plantations in eastern and southern Africa.
Arizona State University has announced a significant research partnership with energy company BP and Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) to develop a renewable source of biofuel.
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Nov 07, 2007 - China Holdings announced the Company has executed its 2nd development contract for the exclusive rights to develop and construct the 2nd Biomass Renewable Energy Project (Power Capacity: 50 MW) through its controlled subsidiary China Power, Inc. with the local government in AnHui Province, the People's Republic of China. The breakthrough brought the Company potential power capacity: 100 MW in a biomass energy pipeline
