The main factor in determining oil prices next year, whether they will hold near current levels or come off what looks to be the highest ever annual average, will depend on how the economies of the world's main demand centers fare, ...
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The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, is set to ease restrictions on Japanese food imports beginning 1 November 2012. Import restrictions were imposed following an accident at the nuclear plant in Fukushima ...
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Chaucer Syndicate 1084 has introduced a new marine product intended for vessel owners and operators in the offshore renewable energy sector. According to InsuranceTimes.co.uk, the product will be unveiled at the upcoming Seaworks ...
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Food sourced from cloned animals and their offspring do not pose any safety concerns compared to products from conventional sources,according to the latest review by the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA). The review,which is line with ...
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Germany-based Siemens introduced an environmental portfolio in 2011 to help reduce gas emissions by 317 million tons. According to Peter Loscher, president and CEO of Siemens, climate change has been affecting people's lives and it is ...
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Taiwan's Bureau of Energy held a discussion forum on planning and business opportunities from installing solar PV power-generating plants in Japan. The forum invited experts from the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA), and NTT ...
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The Associated Press reported that construction workers assemble a gigantic steel arch to cover the remnants of the exploded reactor at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. It will replace a sarcophagus built after the 1986 blast. ...
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Thailand enjoys long sunshine hours. Its capital city, Bangkok, has an average year-round temperature of 24-degrees Celsius with over 1,800 sunshine hours/year. Central and Northeastern Thailand have over 1,850 hours of sunshine per year. ...
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ccc if they reduce the amount of energy they consume by installing green bulbs such as LED lighting. Indeed, energy secretary Ed Davey said he is planning to reduce electricity demand dramatically across the UK, as households face the ...
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An oats sample imported from Japan was found to contain low level of radioactivity, according to a spokesman for the Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. The test result showed that a ...
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The Humboldt University in Berlin was founded in 1810, inspired by the ideas of Wilhelm von Humboldt. The institution soon became a meeting place for famous scientists from all over Europe and developed into Germany's biggest and most ...
Japan's government is likely to provide insurance for tankers that import Iranian oil to Japan in the wake of the European Union sanctions on Iran in July 2012. The Nikkei business daily was cited by Reuters as reporting that it is ...
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China Knowledge reported that China saw its clean energy output increase 26% YoY to 810.2 terawatt hours in the first ten months of this year. According to statistic released by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission, the figure ...
Japan's lower house of parliament has endorsed a bill to allow Japanese government to insure Iranian crude oil importing shipments, in an effort to counter new US-European Union sanctions against Iran. Yet to be voted by the upper house, ...
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AFP reported that Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad president of Iran vowed to complete a mutli billion dollar gas pipeline to Pakistan on time downplaying financial woes and US pressure on Islamabad to scrap the project. Pakistan and Iran signed ...
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