Energy

16 Saudi nuclear reactors to cost $300 billion

ARAB NEWS By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN Jun 1, 2011 Abdul Ghani bin Melaibari, coordinator of scientific collaboration at King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, also said that arrangements were being made to offer the project for international bidding and the winning company should satisfy the Kingdom’s needs for modern technology. He made the remarks

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Brazil approves Belo Monte hydroelectric dam

Rueters by Staff Wednesday 1 June 2011 16.21 BST Environmental agency grants license to begin building on the Amazon dam, which will be the third biggest in world Brazil’s environment agency gave its definitive approval on Wednesday for construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, a controversial $17bn (£10bn) project in the Amazon that has

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Germany decides to abandon nuclear power by 2022

Associated Press Mon May 30, 3:15 pm ET By JUERGEN BAETZ, Associated Press – BERLIN – Europe’s economic powerhouse, Germany, announced plans Monday to abandon nuclear energy over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources. Chancellor Angela Merkel said

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German nuclear cull to add 40 million tones CO2 per year

Reuters By Nina Chestney and Jackie Cowhig Tue. May 31, 9:10 am ET LONDON (Reuters) – Germany’s plan to shut all its nuclear power plants by 2022 will add up to 40 million tones of carbon dioxide emissions annually as the country turns to fossil fuels, analysts said on Tuesday. The extra emissions would increase demand for carbon permits

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Sierra Club calls on Gov. Brown to revise global warming plan

                Los Angeles Times May 11, 2011 | 8:04 pm by Margot Roosevelt The Sierra Club of California, the state’s oldest and largest environmental group, called on Gov. Jerry Brown this week to substantially rewrite the cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases that former  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger considered to

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