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Japan Quake Reveals Fragility Of Modern Industrial Systems
Tokyo (AFP) July 19, 2007Widespread disruption to Japan's automobile production after an earthquake has highlighted the industry's vulnerability to supply shortages as it expands aggressively to meet strong global demand. Honda Motor Co. on Thursday became the latest Japanese automaker to suspend part of its output for two days because of difficulties buying piston rings from Riken Corp. which was badly affected by Mond ... more Scientists Fear Impact Of Noise From Sakhalin Energy Project On Whales 
Geneva (AFP) July 20, 2007An independent scientific panel is concerned that oil and gas companies developing Russia's Sakhalin II offshore fields are ignoring noise limits aimed at preserving whales, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) said Friday. The international panel set up by the IUCN said a decision by the Gazprom led consortium -- which includes Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, Japan's Mitsui and Mistubishi -- to rej ... more China To Make Cuban Dengue Mosquito Killer 
Havana, Cuba (AFP) Jul 24, 2007China will mass-produce a Cuban pesticide effective against dengue-carrying mosquitos, Cuba's foreign ministry said Sunday. Cuban scientists developed and patented Bactivec, a biolarvicide which kills larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the dengue vector, the ministry statement said. According to the agreement, China will defray the cost of building the factory in China, and Cuban Labio ... more Flying Into A Thunderstorm 
Huntsville Al (SPX) Jul 24, 2007Shakespeare's King Lear shouted to the heavens for a thunderstorm to vent its fury on him. A team of NASA scientists is hoping for precisely the same thing. They'd like a few really furious thunderstorms to come their way -- but not for Lear's dark purposes. "We have a lot to learn about thunderstorms, and we'd like to study some at close range," says Michael Goodman, an atmospheric scientist fr ... more Marines Test Water Purification System 
Okinawa, Japan (SPX) Jul 24, 2007Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group and 1st Marine Aircraft Wing got their first hands-on experience with the Marine Corps' newest water purification system during a two-week training evolution June 11-22 here. Basic water support technicians with the two commands learned how to operate and maintain the new Tactical Water Purification System (TWPS) in different environments around the world, ... more |
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London UK (SPX) Jul 23, 2007While investment opportunities still exist in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector of the Russian energy industry for the construction of gas liquefaction plants, the Government has turned its focus on the nuclear power generation sector. The idea is to attract significant foreign investment by diversifying and transmitting nuclear energy through the establishment of various nuclear plants and ... more UN To Inspect Japan Radiation Site 
Tokyo (AFP) Jul 23, 2007Japan will let UN inspectors visit its largest nuclear plant in hopes of easing international concern after an earthquake caused a radiation leak, officials said Monday. The government has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) it can send a mission to the plant around 250 kilometres (150 miles) northwest of Tokyo. "In the interest of offering information, Japan will have talks ... more Constellation Energy And EDF Form Joint Venture For Next-Generation Nuclear Facilities 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 23, 2007Constellation Energy and EDF have announced a strategic joint venture focused on the potential development and deployment of the first fleet of new nuclear power plants in the United States and Canada in nearly three decades. Constellation Energy and EDF will form a new nuclear holding company, known as UniStar Nuclear Energy, LLC, designed to develop, own and operate new U.S. and Canadian nucle ... more German Nuclear Plant Shut Over Cooling Failures 
Berlin (AFP) Jul 23, 2007A German nuclear plant that was shutdown last month prompting criticism of its Swedish operator was on Saturday stopped indefinitely to allow for further security checks, officials said. Nuclear safety experts found failures in the emergency cooling system at Brunsbuettel plant, an official in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein said. The plant was disconnected from the main electricity net ... more GE Acquires Major Landfill Gas Project In California 
Glendale CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2007GE Energy Financial Services, the energy investing unit of GE, is diversifying its renewable energy portfolio by increasing its investment in one of the largest landfill gas-to-energy projects in the United States. GE Energy Financial Services acquired a 90 percent interest in a limited partnership that operates the Scholl Canyon Landfill gas project in Glendale from Scholl Canyon Landfill Gas C ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) July 22, 2007Another 74 people have died in floods across China bringing the death toll for the week to at least 156 in one of the deadliest rainy seasons in years, state media reported Sunday. The latest reported deaths from heavy rains that have spread misery across much of the country included dozens killed in recent days in the mountainous southwestern province of Yunnan, the Xinhua news agency said. ... more Weather Extremes Hit Europe With Floods And Heatwaves 
London (AFP) Jul 23, 2007The Royal Air Force (RAF) said Sunday it was carrying out probably its biggest peacetime rescue operation in Britain as its helicopters helped evacuate more than 100 people from flood-hit areas. The RAF's announcement highlighted the scale of the flooding in central and western England that caused a third day of chaos for motorists and rail passengers and forced hundreds of people to spend anoth ... more La Nina Pattern Likely To Play Havoc With Global Weather 
Geneva (AFP) July 20, 2007The UN's weather agency on Friday said a disruptive La Nina climate pattern was taking shape in the Pacific, raising the prospect of an active Atlantic hurricane season and strong monsoons in Asia. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said in a statement that the development of La Nina in the second half of 2007 was now "more likely than not" after an initial hesitation in the past two mo ... more Technology Proves Precious In Deadly Japan Quake 
Tokyo (AFP) July 20, 2007Telephone connections are always among the most vulnerable lifelines in a natural disaster, but technology has turned into a crucial asset in Japan's latest earthquake. Japan's telecom operators, like other companies, suffered damage to infrastructure in Monday's 6.8 Richter-scale earthquake in central Niigata prefecture, which killed 10 people and injured more than 1,000 others. But the m ... more By Ice Floe To The North Pole 
Potsdam, Arctic Ocean (SPX) Jul 23, 2007At the end of August, an unusual expedition under Russian leadership will leave for the Arctic Ocean. One of the participants is Jurgen Graeser of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, one of the research centres of the Helmholtz Association. For the first time in the history of Russian research using drifting stations, a German researcher will take part in the North Pole d ... more
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