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 June 22, 2007 |
| FLORA AND FAUNA + Explorers To Use Robotic Vehicles To Hunt for Life And Vents On Arctic Seafloor  Woods Hole MA (SPX) Jun 22, 2007 - Scientists and engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have just completed a successful test of new robotic vehicles designed for use beneath the ice of the Arctic Ocean. The multidisciplinary research team will now use those vehicles to conduct the first search for life on the seafloor of the world's most isolated ocean. WHOI researchers have built two new autonomou ... moreFROTH AND BUBBLE + Indonesian Activists Report Snoozing Newmont Judges  Jakarta (AFP) June 21, 2007 - Indonesian activists on Thursday submitted a complaint against judges who presided over the pollution trial of US mining giant Newmont, alleging they had dozed off during proceedings. The activists said they gave video recordings to the Supreme Court showing judges were "sleeping, chatting over the phone and among themselves and ignoring witnesses' presentations in court." Footage aired fo ... moreDISASTER MANAGEMENT + New Orleans Still At Risk Of Serious Flooding  New Orleans (AFP) June 21, 2007 - New Orleans is still at risk of serious flooding two years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city, a government report has found. While the levees and floodwalls that collapsed under Katrina's storm surge have been repaired, authorities have not yet raised the height of levees that were overtopped by the floodwaters. That means that the risk of flooding in many neighborhoods remains virt ... moreWATER WORLD + Chilean Officials Stunned By Missing Lake  Santiago (AFP) June 21, 2007 - Officials are trying to solve the mysterious disappearance of a large lake in southern Chile after recently discovering a 30-meter (98-foot) deep crater instead of the body of water. The National Forests Corp. of Chile (CONAF) has asked geologists to investigate what may have caused the unnamed lake to dry up after CONAF officials were stunned to find the empty hole during a routine visit on May ... moreTERRADAILY + New Picture Of Lower Mantle Emerges From Laboratory Studies  Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 22, 2007 - Laboratory measurements of a high-pressure mineral believed to exist deep within the Earth show that the mineral may not, as geophysicists hoped, have the right properties to explain a mysterious layer lying just above the planet's core. A team of scientists, led by Sebastien Merkel, of the University of California, Berkeley, made the first laboratory study of the deformation properties of a hig ... more | EPIDEMICS:  ICE WORLD:  WOOD PILE:  INTERN DAILY:  |
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| ENERGY TECH + Renewable Sources Contributed Nearly 10 Percent To US Electric Generation In 2006  Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jun 22, 2007 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of Green Energy in the US: Renewable Investment, Capacity Growth and Future Outlook to their offering. The future of power generation in the US is at an interesting cross-road. On the one hand, cheap generation technologies such as coal and natural gas fired plants are well positioned to dominate future power generation if the current legislative a ... moreENERGY TECH + OPEC Wants Reasonable Price For Its Oil  Vienna (AFP) June 21, 2007 - OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said Thursday his group was committed to selling its crude oil for an unspecified "reasonable price," while coolly receiving EU plans for boosting biofuels. Speaking during an energy meeting with European Union leaders, Badri declined to detail the price level sought by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, saying: "I do not want to go throug ... moreCAR TECH + US Senate Clinches Fuel Economy Deal  Washington (AFP) June 21, 2007 - The US Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan pact to raise average fuel economy standards for all US cars, light trucks and sport utility vehicles to 35 miles per gallon within 10 years. The deal, which represents the most sweeping attempt in two decades to limit damage to the environment from US gas-guzzling vehicles, emerged after hours of intense bargaining, as senators debate a mammoth en ... moreFROTH AND BUBBLE + EPA Wants Tighter US Smog Controls  Washington (AFP) June 21, 2007 - The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed stricter standards for air quality by lowering ground-level ozone standards, saying the current levels do not protect public health. The EPA's proposal, which is to be put to a public debate over the next three months, suggests lowering the level of acceptable ozone to 0.070 to 0.075 parts per million. Its current eight-hour ozone standard ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Russia TVEL To Supply Uzbek Test Reactor With Nuclear Fuel  Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 22, 2007 - Russian state-run nuclear fuel producer TVEL will supply nuclear fuel for a nuclear research reactor in Uzbekistan, the company said Thursday. Under a contract signed between TVEL, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the nuclear physics institute of the Uzbek Academy of Science in June, TVEL will deliver low-enriched uranium to the research reactor in December, the company said in a statement. ... more | ENERGY TECH:  SOLAR DAILY:  SOLAR DAILY:  SOLAR DAILY:  |
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