Midday Glance: Coal companies INO News Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:44 AM PDT (AP:NEW YORK) Shares of some top coal companies are up at 1 p.m.: Arch Coal rose $1.15 or 3.2 percent, to $36.92. Consol Energy rose $1.17 or 2.2 percent, to $54.48. | High radiation found outside no-go zone The Japan Times Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:44 AM PDT Despite alarming new radiation data presented by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the government said Thursday it has no plans to widen the evacuation zone around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant. The international nuclear watchdog said Wednesday in Geneva it detected about 2 million becquerels of radioactive substances per sq. meter, or double the threshold at which the IAEA ... | Natural Gas Industry Gaining Momentum Amid Nuclear Crisis Index on Censorship Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:43 AM PDT Natural gas is beginning to show some gains as nations across Europe have begun to question their reliance on nuclear power. Japanâs nuclear crisis and rising oil prices have forced European nations dependent on nuclear energy to reconsider natural gas as a primary fuel. | Coming together for the survivors The Japan Times Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:43 AM PDT One recent afternoon in a small community room in an apartment building in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, people streamed in carrying big boxes and bags full of food, beverages and clothing. The room was bathed in sunlight and the air was charged with positive energy as mothers busily packed the items in boxes to be sent to the disaster areas up north while their children wrote colorful messages of support. | IAEA warns of further leaks The Japan Times Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:42 AM PDT The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned that a potential uncontrolled chain reaction at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant could cause further radiation leaks and increase the risk to workers. A partial meltdown of fuel in the No. 1 reactor building may be causing the isolated reactions, Denis Flory, nuclear safety director for the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, told a news conference ... | Vu1 Corporation Provides Update on R30 Bulb Shipments PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:41 AM PDT Vu1 Corporation , a developer and manufacturer of mercury-free, energy-efficient general illumination lighting technology, today announced that it is currently undergoing a final round of additional life testing with its nextgen R30 light bulb bulbs prior to commencing shipping. | Scientists isolate mysterious 'ribbon' of energy and particles that wraps around heliosphere PhysOrg Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:39 AM PDT In a paper to be published in the April 10, 2011, issue of The Astrophysical Journal, scientists on NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, including lead author Nathan Schwadron and others from the University of New Hampshire, isolate and resolve the mysterious "ribbon" of energy and particles the spacecraft discovered in the heliosphere â" the huge bubble that surrounds our solar ... | | |
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