China expands presence in Myanmar
The Hindu Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:41 PM PDT
BEIJING: China has announced it will build a railway line connecting a Myanmar border town to the planned deep-sea port it is building at Kyaukphyu, which will, along with an ongoing pipeline project, help secure access to both energy resources and a strategically-significant Indian Ocean port in that country. |
Total affirmsgrowth plans as oil price boosts Q1
Gulf Times Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:34 PM PDT
France’s Total pledged to keep up spending to bolster its oil and gas production worldwide as higher crude prices helped the energy group report a 35% year-on-year rise in quarterly net income. |
Obama energy fraud working group set to meet tomorrow
Gulf Times Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:32 PM PDT
An Obama administration panel set up to investigate possible fraud and manipulation in the energy markets will meet for the first time tomorrow as prices at the gasoline pumps soar and pressure for action mounts. |
Fantasia debuts at New Orleans jazz fest
Erie Times-News Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:31 PM PDT
Fantasia debuts Saturday at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and she hopes fans won't be scared off by the performance. She says she did a similar festival in St. Lucia and was afraid her high-energy, foot-stomping, soul-stirring show was a bit too much for them. |
Baseball/softball roundup: Mustangs limit Steamers to 2 hits
Clinton Herald Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:13 PM PDT
Will Bird took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and he also drove in the only run he needed as Morrison defeated Fulton 4-0 in high school baseball Friday at Alliant Energy Field. Fulton finished with two hits, one fewer than Bird had. |
Thousands protest nuclear plants in Taiwan
Europe Online Magazine Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:06 PM PDT
Thousands of people on Saturday took to the streets of Taiwan to protest against nuclear energy, the national Central News Agency (CNA) reported. Over 16,000 Taiwanese urged the government to scrap plans for the construction of the country`s fourth nuclear power plant amid fears sparked by the ongoing disaster in Japan. Almost 10,000 people gathered in the capital Taipei, while about 5,000 took ... |
Mecklenburg County's top dog hosts festival
Erie Times-News Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:00 PM PDT
Mecklenburg County's top dog is a 6.5-pound bundle of energy named Bella. The Charlotte Observer reports that the miniature dachshund won a public online vote earlier this month and she and her human Jessica DeLaura of Matthews were marshals at the annual Bark in the Park Dog Festival on Saturday. |
LETTER: Support the Clean Air Act
Flathead Beacon Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:36 PM PDT
As a business owner invested in and committed to building the clean energy future of Montana, I was pleased to see Sen. Jon Tester stand up on behalf of the Clean Air Act recently. Tester voted against four different amendments that would've weakened this 40-year-old piece of legislation and prevented limits from being placed on pollutants that harm both our climate and people's health ... |
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