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BP squares up for oil spill lawsuits

Rokai — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:24:47 +0000

By Tom Bergin LONDON | Tue Feb 7, 2012 11:22am EST LONDON (Reuters) – BP ratcheted up the rhetoric around multi-billion dollar claims from the Gulf oil spill by warning it would “vigorously” contest lawsuits over one of the world’s worst environmental disasters. While reiterating BP’s “bias for settling” at hearings scheduled later this month, [...]

Iran says to go green as oil sanctions tighten

Rokai — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:24:30 +0000

DUBAI | Wed Feb 8, 2012 7:13am EST DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran should invest in renewable energy to preserve its hydrocarbon reserves, Iranian energy minister Rostam Qasemi said Wednesday, as tightening sanctions make it increasingly difficult for Tehran to sell oil. With Iran’s biggest buyers cutting imports of its crude and looking for other suppliers, [...]

Energy Strategy Reviews

Press — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:01:35 +0000

Elsevier Launches New Journal: Energy Strategy Reviews PR Newswire — February 8, 2012 OXFORD, England, February 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Elsevier [http://www.elsevier.com ], a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of Energy Strategy Reviews, a new quarterly, peer-reviewed journal focusing on energy strategy, planning and decision [...]

UN-Energy Chair Kandeh Yumkella Commends EU Leadership, Calls for Commitments to Sustainable Energy for All

Press — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:03:45 +0000

UN-Energy Chair Kandeh Yumkella Commends EU Leadership, Calls for Commitments to Sustainable Energy for All PR Newswire — February 8, 2012 BRUSSELS, February 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Kandeh Yumkella, Chair of UN-Energy and co-chair of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s High-level Group on Sustainable Energy for All, today announced the High-level Group’s approval of a “Framework [...]

AU Optronics Corp. Reports 4Q2011 Financial Results

Press — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:16:53 +0000

AU Optronics Corp. Reports 4Q2011 Financial Results PR Newswire — February 8, 2012 HSINCHU, Taiwan, February 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – AU Optronics Corp. (“AUO” or the “Company”) (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today held its investors conference and announced its unaudited results for the fourth quarter of 2011(1). AUO posted consolidated revenue of NT$89,505 million (US$2,957 [...]

Revitalize Your Old Furniture

Lira — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:35:36 +0000

Giving old furniture a brand new look maybe even better than actually buying new furniture. There are plenty of reasons to do this, other than for sentimental reasons. Refurbishing furniture is also good for the environment, as there is less need to throw away stuff and crowd the landfills. Here are simple ways to achieve [...]

Australia floods fail to dampen big cotton crop

Rokai — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:21:13 +0000

By James Regan SYDNEY | Tue Feb 7, 2012 1:03am EST SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s projections for a bumper cotton crop remain on track despite a week-long deluge in major growing regions that forced thousands of residents from their homes and left rivers dangerously swollen. Australia is the world’s third-largest cotton and sugar exporter, fourth-largest [...]

Nepal’s vulture "restaurants" for endangered birds

Rokai — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:21:01 +0000

By Gopal Sharma PITHAULI, Nepal | Tue Feb 7, 2012 6:12am EST PITHAULI, Nepal (Reuters) – In the village of Pithauli, surrounded by ripening mustard fields, a woman hauls a cow carcass on a trolley, drops it in an open field, then runs and hides in a nearby hut as dozens of vultures swoop down. [...]

Environmental reappraisal required for railway design modifications

Rokai — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:35:58 +0000

China's railway project builders have been told to reappraise and renew their environmental approvals to account for major design modifications designed to speed up the trains.

Snow, ice plague western Balkans

Rokai — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:35:24 +0000

Snow and ice continued to obstruct travel in the western Balkans, as roads on the interior of Montenegro were largely closed on Monday while hundreds of villages in central Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) remain cut off under a heavy blanket of snow, according to local media reports.