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Solar Sector Needs Defense To German Cuts: EPIA
Photo: Vincent Kessler
Date: 09-Feb-10
Country: GERMANY
Author: Christoph Steitz
FRANKFURT - Europe's solar industry should prepare to defend its lucrative market in Germany without becoming protectionist as incentive cuts loom there, the head of the world's largest photovoltaic industry association said.
Siemens Wind Power Is Now No 5 Turbine Maker: CEO
Date: 09-Feb-10
Country: DENMARK
Author: Karin Jensen
Scotland Set To Beat 2011 Green power Goals
Photo: David Moir
Date: 09-Feb-10
Country: FRANCE
Author: Nina Sovich
PARIS - Scotland is on track to beat its target to get 31 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2011 and aims to one day generate all its power from green energies, the country's First Minister said Monday.
Eco City Vehicles Launches Electric London Taxi
Photo: Luke MacGregor
Date: 09-Feb-10
Country: UK
Author: Sarah Young
LONDON - Britain's Eco City Vehicles has launched an electric prototype of the Mercedes Vito taxi, which will it trial later this year to test its suitability for use as part of London's iconic black taxi fleet.
Nuclear Giant Areva Buys Solar Company Ausra
Date: 09-Feb-10
Country: US
Author: Laura Isensee
LOS ANGELES - The world's largest nuclear plant builder, Areva SA, is diversifying into solar power with the aim of becoming an industry leader, as it acquires U.S.-based solar thermal player Ausra, the company said on Monday.
Pluto Turning Brighter And Redder, Pictures Show
Date: 09-Feb-10
Country: US
Author: Maggie Fox
WASHINGTON - Pluto is turning brighter and redder as its 248-year-long rotation around the sun changes its seasons, NASA reported on Thursday.
Riding Green Wave, Philips Says "Let There Be LED"
Date: 09-Feb-10
Country: HOLLAND
Author: Aaron Gray-Block and Harro ten Wolde
AMSTERDAM - More than a century into its existence, Philips is once again betting heavily on semiconductors. This time the consumer electronics firm is looking to harness their potential as a source of light.
Another Big Snowstorm Forecast For East Coast
Date: 09-Feb-10
Country: US
Author: James Vicini in Washington,Bob Burgdorfer in Chicago,Edward McAllister in New York
WASHINGTON - Another big winter storm was forecast on Monday for the U.S. mid-Atlantic still struggling to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet (half a meter) of snow and closed the federal government.
Whaling Ship "Rammed" Protest Boat: Sea Shepherd
Date: 09-Feb-10
Country: AUSTRALIA
Author: REUTERS
SYDNEY - Anti-whaling protest group Sea Shepherd said a Japanese whaling vessel "intentionally rammed" one of its protest boats on Saturday during a standoff in Antarctic waters.
Australia's "Top End" Too Dry To Become Food Bowl
Date: 09-Feb-10
Country: AUSTRALIA
Author: Michael Perry
SYDNEY - The dream of turning Australia's tropical north into a major food bowl to replace drought-stricken southern farmlands and feed a future Asia has been shattered by a new report released on Monday.
Fewer Than 50 Wild Tigers Left In China: Expert
Photo: Jacky Chen
Date: 09-Feb-10
Country: CHINA
Author: Ben Blanchard
BEIJING - China has an estimated 50 or fewer tigers left living in the wild, but efforts to stabilize one population in the bleak northeast are starting to pay off, a conservationist said on Monday.
New Climate Service Aims To Help Business Adapt
Photo: Jonathan Ernst
Date: 09-Feb-10
Country: US
Author: Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON - A proposed new U.S. NOAA Climate Service is meant to help businesses adapt to the impact of climate change, and to spur development of new technologies to cope with it, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Monday.
Arava Power Gets Deals For 15 Mid-Size Solar Fields
Date: 08-Feb-10
Country: ISRAEL
Author: Tova Cohen
TEL AVIV - Israeli solar energy developer Arava Power said on Sunday it signed long-term contracts with 15 agricultural cooperatives to build mid-size solar fields at an investment of 2 billion shekels ($533 million).
Better Place Sees Electric Cars On Roads In 2011
Photo: Baz Ratner
Date: 08-Feb-10
Country: ISRAEL
Author: Steven Scheer
TEL AVIV - Better Place said on Sunday it expects at least 45,000 electric cars on Israeli roads in the next five years, starting in 2011.
"Smart" Power Key As EU Sparks Electric Car Debate
Date: 08-Feb-10
Country: BELGIUM
Author: Pete Harrison
BRUSSELS - Electric cars must be backed by "smart" power networks if they are to help the world's climate problems, environmentalists warned on Monday as European ministers prepared to debate a strategy for the sector.
It's Green Against Green In Mojave Desert Solar Battle
Date: 08-Feb-10
Twenty years ago when an epic clash over the logging of ancient redwood forests roiled California, the battle lines were clear-cut.
Tibet Temperatures Hit Record High In 2009
Date: 08-Feb-10
Country: CHINA
Author: Huang Yan
BEIJING - Temperatures in Tibet rose last year to the highest level since records began for the remote Himalayan region, which scientists say is particularly vulnerable to global warming, state media reported on Friday.
Date: 08-Feb-10
Country: CANADA
Author: Janet Guttsman
IQALUIT, Canada - Seals are hot at the G7 meeting in Canada's Arctic this weekend, whether it's the sealskin mitts artisans are trying to sell, or the raw seal meat on the menu at a community feast on Saturday.
Arctic Climate Changing Faster Than Expected
Photo: Chris Wattie
Date: 08-Feb-10
Country: CANADA
Author: Rod Nickel
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Climate change is transforming the Arctic environment faster than expected and accelerating the disappearance of sea ice, scientists said on Friday in giving their early findings from the biggest-ever study of Canada's changing north.
Arctic Melt To Cost Up To $24 Trillion By 2050: Report
Date: 08-Feb-10
Country: US
Author: Timothy Gardner
WASHINGTON - Arctic ice melting could cost global agriculture, real estate and insurance anywhere from $2.4 trillion to $24 trillion by 2050 in damage from rising sea levels, floods and heat waves, according to a report released on Friday.
U.N. Climate Panel Reviews Dutch Sea Level Glitch
Photo: Nir Elias
Date: 08-Feb-10
Country: NORWAY
Author: Alister Doyle
OSLO - The U.N.'s panel of climate experts said on Friday it was reviewing whether it wrongly said that more than half of the Netherlands is below sea level in a new glitch after exaggerating the thaw of Himalayan glaciers.
Loss Of Species Hits Economy; New U.N. Goals Needed
Date: 08-Feb-10
Country: NORWAY
Author: Alister Doyle
OSLO - Losses of animal and plant species are an increasing economic threat and the world needs new goals for protecting nature after failing to achieve a 2010 U.N. target of slowing extinctions, experts said Friday.
Water At Core Of Climate Change Impacts: Experts
Photo: Marcos Brindicci
Date: 08-Feb-10
Country: NORWAY
Author: Alister Doyle
OSLO - The main impact of climate change will be on water supplies and the world needs to learn from past cooperation such as over the Indus or Mekong Rivers to help avert future conflicts, experts said on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia to Use Sun, Not Oil, to Desalinize Its Water
Date: 05-Feb-10
Author: Environmental News Network
Up to now, the more than 28 desalination plants scattered around the Kingdom have had to rely of fossil fuel, most notably fuel oil, to provide to power to run the equipment used to extract salt and other minerals from sea water.
Valero Closing On 10th Ethanol Plant
Date: 05-Feb-10
Country: US
Author: Erwin Seba
HOUSTON - Valero Energy Corp s closing on an agreement to buy its 10th ethanol plant, said Chairman and Chief Executive Bill Klesse in webcast presentation to Wall Street analysts on Thursday.
Nuclear Renaissance Could Stall, Canada Group Says
Date: 05-Feb-10
Country: CANADA
Author: Cameron French
TORONTO - Expectations of a sharp rise in nuclear generating capacity over the next two decades are likely overblown, a Canadian think tank said on Thursday, disputing conventional wisdom that a nuclear renaissance is in full swing.
Internet Attacks Breach EU Carbon Trading System
Photo: Daniel Aguilar
Date: 05-Feb-10
Country: BELGIUM
Author: Bate Felix
BRUSSELS - Cyber attacks on the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) have prompted the executive European Commission to revise its Internet security guidelines, the Commission said on Thursday.
Suntech Exec Sees Excess Solar Supply Coming to U.S.
Date: 05-Feb-10
Country: US
Author: Matt Daily
WASHINGTON - Planned cuts to Germany's solar power incentives will probably prompt solar companies to ship excess panels to the United States, pressuring equipment prices here, a top U.S. executive for China's Suntech Power Holdings said on Thursday.
Green Power Goal To Add More Jobs, Study Suggests
Date: 05-Feb-10
Country: US
Author: Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON - A national mandate requiring utilities to generate 25 percent of power from sources such as wind and solar energy by 2025 will create three times more jobs than weaker measures Congress is considering, a study released by renewable energy advocates said on Thursday.
Senators Seek Sulfur Dioxide Pollution Cuts
Date: 05-Feb-10
Country: US
Author: Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation aimed at slashing emissions of sulfur dioxide, mercury and nitrogen oxide from smokestacks including coal-fired power plants.