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China's quake reconstruction to cost nearly 150 billion dollars: govt
Beijing (AFP) Aug 14, 2008Nearly 150 billion dollars are needed to rebuild areas in southwest China devastated by a massive earthquake in May, the government said on Thursday. The 51 worst-hit counties and cities will need about one trillion yuan (145.7 billion dollars), said the National Development and Reform Commission, the top economic planning agency, in a statement on its website. That was more than one ... more Durham Scientist Explores Sichuan Fault 
Durham, UK (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Durham University expert, Alex Densmore, is to explore the fault lines that caused the May 12th earthquake in China that killed 69,000 people. Dr. Densmore, Director of Hazards Research at the Institute of Hazard and Risk Research at Durham University, is the first UK scientist to visit the region to research the faults and the effects and causes of the Sichuan earthquake since the disaster ... more Extinction Most Likely For Rare Trees In The Amazon Rainforest 
San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Common tree species in the Amazon will survive even grim scenarios of deforestation and road-building, but rare trees could suffer extinction rates of up to 50 percent, predict Smithsonian scientists and colleagues in the Aug. 12 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. How resilient will natural systems prove to be as they weather the next several decades of ... more Laos on flood alert as Mekong rises 
Hanoi (AFP) Aug 14, 2008Soldiers and ordinary citizens in the Lao capital Vientiane on Thursday raced to build up barriers along the Mekong river as water levels rose past the flood danger level, authorities said. "The water is still rising... we're working on building higher levees," foreign ministry spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy told AFP by telephone. So far, the barriers seemed to be holding, with only a few ... more Climate Change Threatens One In Five Plant Species 
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Aug 15, 2008One in five of Germany's plant species could lose parts of its current range, a study by scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the French Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine reveals. Species distributions will be rearranged as a result of climate change; this could have a dramatic impact particularly on ... more |
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Chemnitz, Germany (SPX) Aug 12, 2008If wind turbines clatter and whistle too loudly, they are only permitted to operate under partial load to protect the local residents but this also means a lower electricity output. An active damping system cancels out the noise by producing counter-vibrations. If wind energy converters are located anywhere near a residential area, they must never become too noisy even in high winds. Most ... more Rentech Produces Ultra Clean Synthetic Fuels At Colorado Facility 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2008Rentechs PDU is the only synthetic fuels facility in the United States today producing transportation fuels. The facility is designed to produce approximately 420 gallons per day of synthetic jet and diesel fuels and demonstrates the successful design, construction and operation of a fully-integrated synthetic fuels facility utilizing the Rentech Process. ... more Metabolix Demonstrates Viability Of Bioplastic Production In Switchgrass Plants 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Aug 12, 2008Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX - News) today announced that in recently-completed greenhouse trials, switchgrass plants engineered using Metabolix multi-gene expression technology produced significant amounts of PHA bioplastics in leaf tissues employing Metabolixs expertise in pathway engineering in plants. This result is the first successful expression of a new functional multi-gene pathway in ... more Former Shanghai land official sentenced to death: state media 
Shanghai (AFP) Aug 14, 2008A Chinese court sentenced a former Shanghai land official to death on Thursday for accepting bribes totalling at least five million dollars, state media reported. A Shanghai intermediate court sentenced Yin Guoyuan, former deputy director of the Shanghai Housing, Land and Resources Administration Bureau, to death with two years' reprieve, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing court papers. ... more B&W Volund To Supply Biomass Gasification Plants In Italy 
Barberton OH (SPX) Aug 10, 2008Denmark-based Babcock and Wilcox Vølund A/S (B&WV), a subsidiary of Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), is significantly growing the global reach of its renewable power generation technology. The company has signed an agreement potentially worth up to 100 million (U.S. $156 million) to supply biomass plants that use its combined cycle gasification (CCG) technology to Adva ... more |
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2008GTX, the developer of the gpVector module, a groundbreaking GPS/GSM/GPRS tracking solution offering a miniaturized product profile with exceptionally accurate and sensitive positioning awareness, has announced that the FCC has granted full certification for the device. Now offering one of the smallest and lightest devices of its kind, GTX Corp is developing a comprehensive service offering ... more AnyTrack GPS-120 Helps Equipment Rental Companies Fight Theft 
Irvine CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2008AnyDATA has introduced the AnyTrack GPS-120, a real-time theft prevention and inventory management tracking solution that minimizes the fuel costs, operating expenses and downtime caused by unauthorized use and theft of heavy equipment. "Today, more than ever, companies are focused on minimizing theft and unauthorized use to protect their bottom lines," said Charles Napier, GM, North ... more New air force chiefs promise to raise nuclear standards 
Washington (AFP) Aug 12, 2008The US Air Force's new chiefs vowed Tuesday to restore "perfection" as the standard for the control of US nuclear forces, in the wake of a series of embarassing blunders that cost their predecessors their jobs. "It is a mission where anything less than perfection is not acceptable. And that is the standard," said General Norton Schwartz, the air force chief of staff. "That certainly is ... more US launches Georgia aid mission, mulls how to help the military 
Washington (AFP) Aug 13, 2008A US C-17 transport plane flew relief supplies to war-torn Georgia Wednesday, kicking off a humanitarian airlift as the Pentagon mulled what it will take to rebuild the Georgian military. President George W. Bush announced the start of the airlift, warning Russia that it had to ensure that all airports, ports and roads remain open to humanitarian and civilian transit. "And in the days ... more World lashes Russia over Georgia conflict 
Washington (AFP) Aug 13, 2008Russia faced a global blacklash Wednesday over its attacks on Georgia, as the United States and European nations began to review key military and diplomatic ties with Moscow. Leading world condemnation of Russia, US President George W. Bush warned US support for Russian entry "into the diplomatic, political, economic, and security structures of the 21st century" was "at risk." ... more
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