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 July 23, 2007 |
| SHAKE AND BLOW + China Floods Take More Lives As River Dykes Threatened  Beijing (AFP) July 22, 2007 - Another 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. ... moreDISASTER MANAGEMENT + Weather Extremes Hit Europe With Floods And Heatwaves  London (AFP) Jul 23, 2007 - The 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 ... moreWEATHER REPORT + La Nina Pattern Likely To Play Havoc With Global Weather  Geneva (AFP) July 20, 2007 - The 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 ... moreDISASTER MANAGEMENT + Technology Proves Precious In Deadly Japan Quake  Tokyo (AFP) July 20, 2007 - Telephone 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 ... moreICE WORLD + By Ice Floe To The North Pole  Potsdam, Arctic Ocean (SPX) Jul 23, 2007 - At 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 | AFRICA NEWS:  INTERN DAILY:  AFRICA NEWS:  WHALES AHOY:  |
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| ENERGY TECH + FPL Energy Signs Deal With Citrus Energy For First Of Its Kind Ethanol Plant  Juno Beach FL (SPX) Jul 23, 2007 - FPL Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of FPL Group, has announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Citrus Energy, of Boca Raton, FL, to develop the first ever commercial scale citrus peel to ethanol plant. The cellulosic ethanol plant will be owned and operated by FPL Energy and is expected to produce four million gallons of ethanol per year. It will be located on the grounds of a local Florid ... moreSOLAR DAILY + Californians For Clean And Reliable Energy Call For Support Of Sunrise Powerlink  Sacramento CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2007 - Highlighting the importance of new electric transmission to the State of California, leaders of Californians for Clean and Reliable Energy (Cal-CARE) have announced their support of the Sunrise Powerlink, a 150-mile transmission line that would deliver reliable and renewable power from the Imperial Valley to San Diego and help avoid more than one million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.< ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + India And US Close To Finalizing Nuclear Cooperation Deal  New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Jul 23, 2007 - India and the United States said they had made significant progress on a major agreement in the sphere of civilian nuclear cooperation after four days of intensive negotiations that ended Friday in Washington. "We had a constructive and positive discussion," both sides said in a statement. "We will now refer the issue to our governments for final review." Last year, Congress approved the H ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Japan Agrees To UN Inspection Of Quake-Hit Nuke Plant  Tokyo (AFP) Jul 23, 2007 - Japan has agreed to let UN experts inspect its largest nuclear power plant, which leaked radiation after a powerful earthquake, causing a scare, a report said. Kyodo News said the industry ministry has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) it will agree to the inspection of the plant some 250 kilometres (155 miles) northwest of Tokyo. No officials could immediately be reached late S ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Japan Urges Power-Saving After Nuclear Shutdown  Tokyo (AFP) July 20, 2007 - Japan on Friday asked businesses to save on energy during peak hours this summer after a powerful earthquake led to the closure of the country's largest nuclear power plant, officials said. The order came as authorities said that heat was contributing to illness among elderly people staying in shelters after Monday's powerful earthquake, which killed 10 people and injured more than 1,000 more.more | CIVIL NUCLEAR:  CIVIL NUCLEAR:  ENERGY TECH:  ENERGY TECH:  |
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