Battle continues on Healy plant; Homer s [ Alaska Journal of Commerce ] Jul 07, 2008  An effort to restart a mothballed 50-megawatt clean coal power plant at Healy is still mired in lawsuits after 10 years. Read More ...

Czech press survey [ České noviny ] Jul 06, 2008  Prague- Czech Academy of Sciences chairman Vaclav Paces did not fall into the trap which Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek prepared for him when he made him chairman of an independent energy commission one year ago, Josef Matyas writes in Lidove noviny. Read More ...

Nigeria Chinese Firm to Build Computer P [ AllAfrica.com ] Jul 07, 2008  Chinese-based Information Technology Company, Spur Group is to establish a multi-million dollar manufacturing plant to produce computing hard wares and soft wares in Nigeria. Read More ...

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center hi [ University of Wisconsin ] Madison , 2008  Plant biologists, geneticists, biochemists, bacteriologists, chemical engineers and computer scientists collide in the world of bioenergy, where the search for viable solutions demands intelligence of all kinds. Read More ...

Water plant manager speaks on fluoride [ Drayton Valley Western Review ] Jul 07, 2008  On June 26 the town of Drayton Valley officially shut off the fluoride tap in our water treatment plant. There are no plans to turn it back on until the town has done sufficient research into whether fluoridation is harmful or beneficial to residents. Read More ...

Review article provides tools for the Ro [ PhysOrg ] Jul 07, 2008  A recent paper published in the journal Plant Physiology provides a comprehensive overview of the genomics tools and resources available for the rapidly growing Rosaceae scientific community. Rosaceae is an economically important group of plants that comprises more than 3,000 species, including strawberry, apple, peach and pear. Members of this plant family provide high-value nutritional foods ... Read More ...

Warming may cause rapid plant species lo [ China Economic Net ] Jul 06, 2008  Global warming could cause a dramatic decline in plant species diversity on the rangelands of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, say Chinese and U.S. scientists. Read More ...

EXFO Releases NQMSfiber 5.0 - Web-based [  ] Web-based fiber, 2008  EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. announced today the release of NQMSfiber 5.0, a Web-based fiber monitoring solution with sophisticated functions for centralized fiber-optic network assurance enabling improved operation and maintenance. Read More ...

Anderton opens pilot food technology pla [ Scoop.co.nz ] Jul 07, 2008  Innovation has underpinned the productivity of our primary industries and will continue to do so in the future, Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton said today. Read More ...

Dura Automotive plant running on empty [ Traverse City Record-Eagle ] Jul 06, 2008  Mancelona's major industrial employer is nearly out the door. Dura Automotive is in the process of shuttering its Mancelona latch-and-hinge manufacturing plant and about half of the affected 300 workers already are gone. Read More ...

Green Communities Act Will Help Bring Re [ Smart Growth Online ] Jul 07, 2008  ''Climate change is the challenge of our times, and we in Massachusetts are rising to that challenge,'' said Democratic Governor Deval Patrick at Boston's Museum of Science as he signed the Green Communities Act, a landmark energy bill that commits $10 million a year to help communities become more energy-efficient or invest in renewable sources and requires utilities to increase their renewable ... Read More ...

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News [ UPI ] Jul 07, 2008  New laser system measures carbon-14 … Rat study finds new therapy for hemorrhage … Scientists urge more fungi research … Robot imager evaluates tiny tissue slices … Health/Science news from UPI. Read More ...

Anderton Massey Food Technology Pilot Pl [ Scoop.co.nz ] Jul 07, 2008  When it comes to New Zealand food I am reminded of an old story about a couple of American tourists who arrived here and went out looking to try some genuine New Zealand food. Read More ...

Air & Waste Management Association Annou [ ThomasNet ] Jul 07, 2008  On Aug 25-28, U.S. Dept of Energy, Electric Power Research Institute, U.S. EPA, and Air and Waste Management Association will present 7th MEGA Symposium, which will provide detailed look at issues related to power plant air emissions. Conference will cover techniques for reducing SOx, NOx, particulate, mercury, and toxics emissions from fossil-fueled boilers, as well as carbon dioxide emissions ... Read More ...

Century plant more than tall tale in Abb [ Macon Telegraph ] Jul 07, 2008  When Jennifer and Rusty Smith moved from Macon back to his hometown of Abbeville last September, they discovered a plant they didn't particularly appreciate in a corner of their front yard. Read More ...

International Guidelines Will Promote Fo [ Centre Daily Times ] Jul 07, 2008  The Biotechnology Industry Organization congratulates the Codex Alimentarius Commission for approving key guidelines to further promote the safety of products from agricultural plant and animal biotechnology. The Codex Commission took final action today at its 31st session in Geneva, Switzerland. Read More ...

Ex-worker on crusade against chemical pl [ San Francisco Chronicle ] Jul 07, 2008  It was the dead birds that set Rita Smith off. Her husband, Steve, had been ill for years, with oozing sores on his skin, shortness of breath and mental confusion. She suspected that it all was tied to a Mojave Desert chemical plant where they both had... Read More ...

Plant species on decline due to global w [ Business Standard India ] Jul 06, 2008  Global warming could trigger a dramatic decline in diversity of plant species on the rangelands in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau in southwest China, American and Chinese scientists warned, as research showed a 26 to 36 per cent drop in plant species from 1998 to 2001. Read More ...