A less nuclear future
The Japan Times Sat, 21 May 2011 10:42 AM PDT
On May 14, sources at Tokyo Electric Power Co. released information that would change the course of future energy policy in Japan. They said that on the night of March 11, high-level radiation of 300 millisieverts per hour was detected inside a containment building in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, suggesting that the earthquake itself caused major damage to the No. 1 reactor's ... |
Building on way for B&B facility
Bennington Banner Sat, 21 May 2011 10:40 AM PDT
MANCHESTER -- Burr and Burton Academy has selected a New Hampshire firm to construct its energy efficient mountain campus site in Peru. Headmaster Mark Tashjian said Bensonwood of Walpole, N.H., has been chosen to design and build a new academic building on the school’s Mountain Campus in Peru. |
Energy Logic Lacking
Bangor Daily News Sat, 21 May 2011 10:30 AM PDT
Posted May 20, 2011, at 10:50 p.m. A proposal from the LePage administration to stall Maine’s development of renewable energy is misguided and should be rejected. |
Most German nuclear power plants off the grid
The San Francisco Examiner Sat, 21 May 2011 10:24 AM PDT
JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BERLIN More than three-quarters of Germany's nuclear power plants were offline Saturday due to maintenance work or shutdowns ordered by the government after Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, utility companies said. Only four of the country's 17 nuclear power plants were online after the energy utility RWE AG took its Emsland plant off the grid ... |
Bin Laden Files Reveal Plans to Attack Oil Tankers
FOX 8 Cleveland Sat, 21 May 2011 10:21 AM PDT
The material suggests the terrorist network had considered maritime strikes that could raise oil prices and hurt the U.S. economy, officials say. The government has alerted the energy industry. Material seized when Osama bin Laden was killed show that Al Qaeda considered attacking tanker ships and other marine infrastructure last summer in an effort to force up the price of oil and damage the U ... |
$1b prize plan for NZ's future
Timaru Herald Sat, 21 May 2011 10:15 AM PDT
The Government is being urged to invest in new strategies to lift the country out of the economic mire, with one successful entrepreneur suggesting it invest $1 billion in future energy technologies through an audacious prize. |
Carbon price is back on the table
Straight Furrow Sat, 21 May 2011 10:14 AM PDT
THE government will push its case for a price on carbon further today with a report that finds ambitious cuts in energy use will be more easily achieved if done in conjunction with an emissions trading scheme or carbon tax. |
Kenneth Faried 2011 NBA Draft Combine:
Bleacher Report Sat, 21 May 2011 10:13 AM PDT
Kenneth Faried 2011 NBA Draft Combine: Kenneth Faried continued to impress scouts at the NBA draft combine with his energy and work ethic. With so many power forwards or large small forwards in this year’s draft, it’s hard to gauge where they will all go in the draft, but Faried’s rebounding work and ability to keep his motor running are being seen as a major boost to his stock. As far as ... |
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