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Recycling Contract Turns Trash Into Treasure
Joint Base Balad, Iraq (AFNS) Jul 16, 2008War is messy -- literally -- but U.S. forces, contractors and Iraqis found a way to turn the military's trash into Iraq's economic treasure. Albu-Hussan-based Almandhour United Company oversees waste-management operations here following a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 10 that commemorated the opening of a recycling center here. "This is a great day for Joint Base Balad because we've ... more China voices concern over ICC move on Sudan 
Beijing (AFP) July 15, 2008China on Tuesday expressed concern over a decision by the International Criminal Court's prosecutor to seek the arrest of Sudan's president for alleged war crimes. "China expresses great concern and worry over the ICC prosecutor's accusation against the Sudanese leader," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters. The court's chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Monday ... more China quake sends 1.4 million back into poverty: report 
Beijing (AFP) July 15, 2008Up to 1.4 million people in remote villages in southwest China have slipped back into absolute poverty after the May 12 earthquake flattened their homes, state press said Tuesday. "In many counties, the hard-won anti-poverty achievements in the previous two decades disappeared within seconds," the China Daily quoted Fan Xiaojian, head of the central government's poverty alleviation office, a ... more Analysis: Bush library corruption charges 
Washington (UPI) Jul 14, 2008 Homeland Security officials are looking into allegations that a member of the department's advisory council offered to arrange meetings with senior administration officials in exchange for a large donation to the Bush presidential library. Stephen Payne, a major GOP fundraiser and international affairs lobbyist, also touted his success in getting an Uzbek opposition leader removed from ... more China hits back at BBC report on Sudan 
Beijing (AFP) July 15, 2008A BBC report alleging that China is breaking a United Nations arms embargo on Sudan is biased, the Chinese special envoy to Darfur said in comments published here Tuesday. Envoy Liu Guijin said China's arms sales to Sudan were only small scale and that the trade in military equipment was not fuelling the conflict in Darfur, according to the China Daily newspaper. "The programme is strong ... more |
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Birmingham, AL (SPX) Jul 16, 2008As unwelcome as they are, higher gasoline prices do come with a plus side - fewer deaths from car accidents, says a researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). An analysis of yearly vehicle deaths compared to gas prices found death rates drop significantly as people slow down and drive less. If gas remains at $4 a gallon or higher for a year or more, traffic deaths could ... more IAEA board to discuss India nuclear safeguards next month 
Vienna (AFP) July 14, 2008The UN atomic watchdog's board of governors will meet on August 1st to discuss a draft safeguards agreement with India, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday. US President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unveiled a controversial agreement in 2005 to share civilian nuclear technology, which would see India enter the fold of global nuclear commerce after ... more SKorean fusion reactor takes step forward: scientists 
Seoul (AFP) July 15, 2008Scientists at a South Korean experimental fusion reactor said Tuesday they had made a significant step forward in global efforts to produce clean and unlimited energy. The KSTAR reactor generated a sustained super-hot plasma field during a demonstration in the central city of Daejeon, the ministry of education, science and technology said. The ministry said KSTAR is one of the world's ... more Coal-Generated CO2 Captured In Australia 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 16, 2008CSIRO Energy Technology Chief, Dr David Brockway, said the milestone followed the Garnaut Report's recognition that Australia has an important role to play in developing low emission coal technologies such as PCC. "PCC uses a liquid to capture CO2 from power station flue gases and can potentially reduce CO2 emissions from existing and future coal-fired power stations by more than 85 per ... more Propel Brings Clean Fuel To Downtown Seattle 
Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 16, 2008Propel has announced the grand opening of its newest and largest Clean Fuel Point, offering consumers and businesses an affordable and environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum fuel. Located in South lake Union at the corner of Westlake Avenue and Valley Street, the station is unique in its use of environmentally-friendly standards for design, construction and operation - all ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Jul 16, 2008In a move that promises to change the economics of biodiesel refining, chemical engineers at Rice University have unveiled a set of techniques for cleanly converting problematic biofuels waste into chemicals that fetch a profit. The latest research is available online in the journal Metabolic Engineering. The new paper and others published earlier this year describe a new fermentation ... more Digital Angel SARBE Unit Supplies Personal Locator Beacons To Swiss Air Force 
St. Paul MN (SPX) Jul 15, 2008Digital Angel has announced that its SARBE division has signed a contract valued at approximately $2.4 million with Armasuisse, Switzerland's defense procurement agency, to supply SARBE Personal Locator Beacons to the Swiss Air Force. Under the contract the Company will supply high-performance SARBE 6-406G Personal Locator Beacons, along with associated spares, support equipment and ... more Signals From An Infant Earth 
Moffett Field (SPX) Jul 15, 2008The oldest rocks so far identified on Earth are one-half billion years younger than the planet itself, so geologists have relied on certain crystals as micro-messengers from ancient times. Called zircons (for their major constituent, zirconium) these crystals "are the kind of mineral that a geologist loves," says Stephen Mojzsis, an associate professor of geological sciences at the University of ... more Skyhook Wireless Launches In Europe 
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 15, 2008Skyhook Wireless and XPS 2.0 have announced its formal launch in Europe. The launch includes a massive coverage expansion throughout the UK and Europe and the establishment of sales and operational offices in the region. Skyhook's launch will be showcased at tonight's Mobile Monday London event, "Enabling location based applications." Skyhook has already mapped over 16 million Wi-Fi access ... more PECO Pursues Three-Prong Strategy To Deal With Rising Fuel Costs 
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jul 15, 2008With more than 1,200 vehicles on the road across the Greater Philadelphia region, PECO said it is pursuing a three-prong strategy to deal with spiraling fuel costs. Through June, the utility said its fuel costs are more than $400,000 more than it planned for the year and expects to spend more than $7 million, or 26 percent, for fuel for the year. Bill Flemming, PECO fleet services manager ... more
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