Nairobi (AFP) Jun 15, 2006 - The new head of the UN Environment Programme on Thursday urged governments to reconcile apparently antagonistic economic and environmental policies to tackle the huge challenges facing the planet.
Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2006 - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday opened construction of a natural gas pipeline designed to lessen the country's dependence on imports. The pipeline will connect Brazil's southeast with the northeast. EFE news agency on June 10 reported that Lula said: This gas pipeline is the answer we want to give the world.
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Strasbourg Cedex, France (SPX) Jun 14, 2006 - The European Union and its member states are being urged by leading scientists to make a major multi million Euro commitment to solar driven production of environmentally clean electricity, hydrogen and other fuels, as the only sustainable long-term solution for global energy needs.
Eurosatory, Villepinte (SPX) Jun 14, 2006 - The Greek Armed Forces have just ordered two additional Sperwer tactical UAV systems from Sagem Defense Securite. Two initial systems were delivered at the end of 2004 and the beginning of 2006; they have been in use by the Greek Army - for the first time - since mid 2005.
Beijing (AFP) Jun 13, 2006 - China plans to build a dozen hydroelectric power plants in the next 20 years with an installed capacity totalling 90.2 million kilowatts, state media reported Monday. The projects will be built on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, known as the Jinsha River, and on two upstream Yangtze River tributaries, known as the Yalong and Dadu Rivers, Xinhua news agency reported.
Japan plans to provide Asian nations, particularly China, with the technology to liquefy coal as part of a broader effort to reduce global dependence on crude oil, a report said Saturday.
London, UK (SPX) Jun 09, 2006 - Environmental policy makers have come up with a list of the top 100 ecological questions most in need of an answer. The list, published online in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, is the result of an innovative experiment involving more than 600 environmental policy makers and academics.
Delft, The Netherlands (SPX) Jun 09, 2006 - Research conducted by Delft University of Technology has brought the efficient production of the environmentally-friendly fuel bio-ethanol a great deal closer to fruition. The work of Delft researcher Marko Kuyper was an important factor in this. His research in recent years has greatly improved the conversion of certain sugars from agricultural waste to ethanol.
Sydney (AFP) Jun 08, 2006 - Western Australia's environment agency on Tuesday rejected plans to develop a massive natural gas field off the country's northwest coast, fearing the project could threaten a rare species of turtle.
Beijing (AFP) Jun 07, 2006 - With a blast powerful enough to topple 400 10-storey buildings, Chinese engineers Tuesday blew up a major barrier protecting the huge Three Gorges dam, state media reported.
Beijing (AFP) Jun 07, 2006 - China has given the go-ahead for its third-largest dam, as part of its Herculean endeavor to control the waters of the Yangtze river and generate electricity, state media said Tuesday.
Washington (UPI) Jun 06, 2006 - Iran and Venezuela, both at political loggerheads with the Bush administration, are deepening their economic ties. Iran will build an oil refinery in Faga, in Venezuela's oil-rich Orinoco province. IRNA news agency reported on June 1 that the refinery will refine heavy oil into gasoline and other oil derivatives.
London (UPI) Jun 06, 2006 - As the world's energy resources diminish ever more rapidly, the question of how to keep the lights on is rocketing up the political agenda to become one of the key international security issues of the age.
Madison WI (SPX) Jun 06, 2006 - A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor will be the liaison between United States plasma and fusion science researchers and a group that is building the U.S. share of ITER, an international fusion experiment that eventually could lead to an abundant, economical and environmentally benign energy source.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 06, 2006 - We've all been tempted. Some of us have tried it more than once. For some reason, it never crossed Larry Viterna's mind to type his own name into a search engine until late last year. An accomplished NASA engineer and manager with a Ph.D., he could expect to find plenty of entries.
