Tapping into oceanic energy
The Japan Times Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:44 AM PDT
The serious physical damage caused by the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant disaster, following the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami, has reminded Japan all the more of its acute shortage of natural energy sources and the need for developing alternative sources. This has led scientists and private corporations as well as the public sector to look for alternative means of generating electricity. The ... |
Canada and Japan to initiate FTA talks
The Japan Times Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:44 AM PDT
Japan and Canada on Sunday agreed to formally launch talks on a bilateral free-trade agreement and boost energy cooperation. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his Canadian counterpart, Stephen Harper, also said in Tokyo that the two countries will work closely on security issues. |
'Water and Law in Chile, California' topic for March 29 talk at USU
Cache Valley Daily Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:30 AM PDT
LOGAN â€" America’s west coasts: Chile. California. Both, sites of pioneering, international cases of water and energy development. Utah State University welcomes University of Arizona scholar Carl Bauer, who will address these similar, yet unique cases in a campus talk Thursday, March 29. |
Investing in clean energy
Maryville Daily Forum Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:24 AM PDT
A group of Burlington Junction residents, including Mayor Doyle Gray, are trying to convince the Nodaway County Commission to help residents in all parts of the county affordably finance improvements that would make their homes and businesses more energy efficient. The federal initiative makes it possible for counties to sell bonds, proceeds from which are loaned to property owners at low ... |
India, Korea sign visa agreement, agree for greater cooperation in Def
New Kerala Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:23 AM PDT
Seoul, Mar 25 : India and South Korea today signed an agreement for the simplification of visa procedures to facilitate visit of businesspersons and further people to-people ties and also agreed to strengthen their cooperation in the fields of Defence and Civil Nuclear energy. |
Chris Wallace Grills David Plouffe Over Energy Policy: Obama Criticized Bush For Gas Prices In ’08
Mediaite Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:23 AM PDT
The Obama administration has been hitting back against charges that the president's policies have directly impacted the gas prices by saying that a Commander-in-Chief does not have direct control over price fluctuation. But when Obama advisor David Plouffe appeared on Fox News Sunday today, Chris Wallace reminded him that in 2008, Barack Obama was on the campaign trail hitting incumbent ... |
Firms' CEOs urged to catch 'Green Wave'
The New Zealand Herald Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:18 AM PDT
An energy efficiency expert says bosses who do not support sustainability risk losing customers, staff and money.Chief executives who were not on board with the "Green Wave" risked being bypassed, said Bob Dixon, Siemens' global... |
Idaho alternative energy contracts put on hold
Idaho Press-Tribune Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:14 AM PDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) â€" The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has denied a request by Idaho Power Co. to suspend a requirement that the utility buy power from alternative energy producers. |
Another scam in the making?
Philippine Daily Inquirer Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:12 AM PDT
Energy Secretary Rene Almendras may be able to evade responsibility for the 8- to 10-hour blackouts in Mindanao and the rising cost of oil products, but he may have difficulty explaining why he allowed Shell and Chevron, the principal service contractors of the $4.5-billion Camago-Malampaya Gas Pipeline Project, to drill two additional wells for which $800 million of the government’s earnings ... |
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