| June 29, 2007 |  |
packed with life |
| Previous Issues | Jun 28 | Jun 27 | Jun 26 | Jun 25 | Jun 22 |
NASA Satellite Captures First View Of Night-Shining Clouds
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 29, 2007A NASA satellite has captured the first occurrence this summer of mysterious shiny polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth's surface. The first observations of these "night-shining" clouds by a satellite named "AIM" which means Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, occurred above 70 degrees north latitude on May 25. People on the ground began seeing the clouds on June 6 over Northern Europe. AI ... more Urban Populations Booming 
New York (UPI) June 27, 2007The U.N. Population Fund has issued a warning as the majority of the world's population shifts from rural to urban areas that plans must be prepared now because the coming changes are too large and will happen too fast to allow for simply reacting. the first time in history, more than half of the world's population, or 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas, said the "UNFPA State of W ... more Flood-Hit Britain Braces For More; As Heatwave Burns Greece 
London (AFP) June 28, 2007Britain braced for more torrential rain this weekend after flooding that has claimed at least four lives and left 3,000 homes inundated since the start of the week. Firefighters went to the aid of nearly 3,500 flood victims, while 1,300 people were forced to spend a third night away from their homes in the hardest-hit region of Yorkshire, in northeast England. More than 600 injuries have b ... more Firefighters Make Inroads Against California Wildfire 
San Francisco (AFP) June 28, 2007Firefighters tackling a massive forest fire in northern California made steady progress on Thursday after forecasted strong winds failed to materialize, US Forest Service officials said. More than 2,100 personnel have been working frantically to contain the inferno raging near the southern tip of Lake Tahoe, a popular tourist spot 304 kilometers (189 miles) northeast of San Francisco. The ... more Cooperation Agreement For Satellite Navigation In Africa 
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 29, 2007ESA and the Agency for Security of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar have signed a cooperation agreement with the objective of using satellite navigation to improve air traffic safety over the African continent. The framework agreement, which covers cooperation between ESA and the African aviation safety agency (Agence pour la Securite de la Navigation Aerienne en Afrique - ASECNA), was si ... more |
human:
 disaster-management:  flood:  |
Beirut (RIA Novosti) Jun 29, 2007Iraq will need $75 billion to develop its oil sector, three times more than was originally thought, a government expert said Thursday. Iraq intends to boost oil production to 6 million barrels per day, but is currently producing only 2 million barrels per day due to ongoing terrorist attacks. Tamer Gazban, former oil minister and now energy adviser to the Iraqi government, said that if the ... more US Finds Venezuela CITGO Oil Company Guilty Of Pollution 
Washington (AFP) June 27, 2007Venezuela's CITGO Petroleum Corp. -- which provided cheap heating oil for thousands of Americans the last two winters -- was found guilty of environmental crimes by a federal jury in Texas, the US Justice Department said Wednesday. The state-owned company's Corpus Christi East Plant Refinery was in violation of the Clean Air Act "for nearly 10 years ... when it failed to install and operate prop ... more Gazprom Neft Says Pipeline Bypassing Bosporus Will Cost A Billion More 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 29, 2007A planned oil pipeline to bypass Turkey's strait linking the Black Sea to the Mediterranean would cost over $1.2 billion, a Russian contractor from Gazprom's oil-producing arm, Gazprom Neft, said Wednesday. Nikolai Seryogin told the Fifth Russian Petroleum and Gas Congress that the planned $900-million pipeline between the Bulgarian port of Burgas and Greece's Alexandroupolis would be more expen ... more Russia-Georgia Gas Pipeline In Mountains To Be Highest In World 
Vladikavkaz, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 29, 2007A natural gas pipeline being built in the Caucasus mountains linking Russia and Georgia will gain the honor of being the world's highest pipeline, the project chief said Thursday. The high-altitude pipeline will link Russia and South Ossetia, a secessionist republic in Georgia, and is expected to end the region's gas dependence on Tbilisi. "The pipeline will be laid at an altitude of 3,150 ... more Toshiba Eyes Big US Nuclear Power Plant Deal 
Tokyo (AFP) Jun 29, 2007Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it hoped to win a large deal to supply nuclear reactors in the United States, boosting its share price. Toshiba is working to secure an order for advanced boiling water reactors from US group NRG Energy which aims to build nuclear power plants, said company spokeswoman Hiroko Mochida. "We have not reached a final contract. But we will continue to work t ... more |
nuclear-civil:
 nuclear-civil:  robot:  vsat:  |
Washington (AFP) June 27, 2007US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that a "historic" nuclear energy pact with India could be clinched this year with enough commitment from both sides. "Had this been easy, it would have been done a long time ago," Rice told the US-India Business Council, while trumpeting the deal's benefits both to fast-growing India's energy needs and to US nuclear companies. "I myself ... more NASA Airborne Expedition Chases Climate And Ozone Questions 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2007NASA's Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4) field campaign will begin this summer in San Jose, Costa Rica, with an investigation into how chemical compounds in the air are transported vertically into the stratosphere and how that transport affects cloud formation and climate. The study will begin the week of July 16 with coordinated observations from satellites, high-flying NAS ... more Newmont Lodges Counter-Appeal In Indonesian Mining Case 
Jakarta (AFP) June 27, 2007US mining giant Newmont said Wednesday it had lodged a counter-motion against an appeal by Indonesian prosecutors, the latest twist in a high-profile pollution case that the company won in April. The local unit of Newmont and its president director, Richard Ness, contended in the motion that the appeal to the Supreme Court was unlawful as the original court hearing was in compliance with applica ... more Substance In Tree Bark Could Lead To New Lung-Cancer Treatment 
Dallas TX (SPX) Jun 28, 2007Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined how a substance derived from the bark of the South American lapacho tree kills certain kinds of cancer cells, findings that also suggest a novel treatment for the most common type of lung cancer. The compound, called beta-lapachone, has shown promising anti-cancer properties and is currently being used in a clinical trial to examine i ... more China To Force Polluters To Pay More 
Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2007China is set to double fees that companies must pay for pollution amid concerns that efforts to clean up the environment are not working well enough, state press said Wednesday. The move is aimed at forcing companies who do not care for the environment to improve their pollution habits through cost pressures, the China Daily said, citing National Development and Reform Commission vice minister B ... more
|
disaster-management:
 human:  hurricane:  fire:  |
| Previous Issues | Jun 28 | Jun 27 | Jun 26 | Jun 25 | Jun 22 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
