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 May 16, 2007 |
| ENERGY TECH + Powered By Sound Revolutionary Stove Could Help Reduce Poverty  Nottingham UK (SPX) May 16, 2007 - It's a cooker, a fridge and a generator in one - and it could have a huge impact on the lives of people in the world's poorest communities. The 2m pound SCORE (Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity) project brings together experts from across the world to develop a wood-powered generator capable of both cooking and cooling food. By developing an affordable, versatile domestic ap ... moreENERGY TECH + Russian Pipeline Monopoly Takes Over Oil Product Transit Firm  Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 16, 2007 - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov has signed a resolution on merging the state-controlled crude pipeline operator Transneft with the state-run oil product transit company Transnefteprodukt, the government's press office said Tuesday. Analysts say the merger is likely to raise the companies' efficiency and cut independent producers' expenses on oil and petroleum product transportation. ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Regulator To Ask US Experts For Hydrocarbon Reserves Estimate  Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 16, 2007 - Russia's mineral resources watchdog said Tuesday it will ask the American Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) to provide estimates of Russia's hydrocarbon reserves according to SPE procedures. The Federal Agency for the Management of Mineral Resources said it is primarily interested in estimates of reserves in areas without transport infrastructure. The regulator said earlier some foreign ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Russia To Build Nuclear Centre In Sanctions-Hit Myanmar  Moscow (AFP) May 15, 2007 - Russia said Tuesday it had agreed to help build a nuclear research centre in Myanmar, the Asian state run by a military junta that is under European and US economic sanctions. "The agreement foresees cooperation in the design and equipping of a centre for nuclear research in Myanmar," including a small light-water nuclear reactor, Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom said in a statement. ... moreFROTH AND BUBBLE + Newmont Exec Sues New York Times Over Indonesia Stories  Jakarta (AFP) May 15, 2007 - An executive from US mining giant Newmont sued the New York Times for more than 64 million dollars Tuesday over claims the firm dumped toxic waste into an Indonesian bay. Richard Ness said he sued the newspaper and one of its reporters for defamation in an Indonesian court over stories published in 2004 that claimed Newmont polluted the bay with tonnes of waste from its now defunct gold mine. ... more | CAR TECH:  ENERGY TECH:  SOLAR DAILY:  CLIMATE SCIENCE:  |
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| CLIMATE SCIENCE + Global Warming A Factor In Displacing One Billion By 2050  London (AFP) May 14, 2007 - At least one billion people risk fleeing their homes over the next four decades because of conflicts and natural disasters that will worsen with global warming, a relief agency warned Monday. In a report, British-based Christian Aid said countries worldwide, especially the poorest, are now facing the greatest forced migration ever -- one that will dwarf those displaced by World War II. In ... moreWOOD PILE + "Reducing Emissions From Deforestation" Initiative Launched  Stanford CA (SPX) May 15, 2007 - Tropical deforestation, which releases more than 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere every year, is a major contributor to global climate change. Recognizing this, a group of forest-rich developing nations have called for a strategy to make forest preservation politically and economically attractive. The result is a two-year initiative, dubbed "Reducing Emissions from Deforestati ... moreSHAKE AND BLOW + Real-Time Seismic Monitoring Station Installed Atop Active Underwater Volcano  Woods Hole MA (SPX) May 14, 2007 - This week, researchers will begin direct monitoring of the rumblings of a submarine volcano in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. On May 6, a team of scientists led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) installed a new underwater earthquake monitoring system on top of Kick'em Jenny, a volcano just off of the north coast of the island nation of Grenada. The new mooring- and seismi ... moreCLIMATE SCIENCE + Britain Appeals To US, China Over Climate Change  Hong Kong (AFP) May 14, 2007 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair's envoy on climate change Monday called for the United States and China to alter their approaches to global warming ahead of a major international summit in June. Elliot Morley, speaking in Hong Kong on his way to Beijing, said all countries at the coming G8 meeting must work towards new targets for reducing carbon emissions after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol e ... moreAFRICA NEWS + Deputies Blame West For Africa's Environmental Mess  Midrand (AFP) South Africa, May 14, 2007 - Deputies and experts attending the Pan African Parliament Monday called for Western countries to help reverse the environmental damage to the continent that they had helped create. "This problem is generated by countries in the West," said the African Union (AU) Commission's rural development and agriculture commission director Babagana Ahmadu. "We are asking the Western nations to help us ... more | WOOD PILE:  SHAKE AND BLOW:  FARM NEWS:  DISASTER MANAGEMENT:  |
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