Apparently, the Mafia's influence in Italy is as strong as ever, according to central authorities. Police and other law enforcement agencies are currently engaged in a massive crack-down on all the major Sicilian families, who have been planning, over the last months, to make sure that the contract for a new maj... |
19 February 2009
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Although independent Scottish scientific reports acknowledge the fact that the nation could indeed rely on renewables to offer it 20 percent of its electricity by 2020, they also stress the fact that nuclear power is probably the best option in the long run. New surveys draw attention to the fact that a five-fold inc... |
9 December 2008
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The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is forced by a Supreme Court decision to start regulating the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of all states, under the new Cleaner Air Act bill. Its proposal for the state of Texas was met with extreme hostility by Governor Rick Perry, who said yesterday that implementing the me... |
26 November 2008
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Environmental activists suffered another defeat recently, as ballot results showed that the states of California and Colorado rejected enacting laws that would have regulated the use of electrical energy and would have forced utility companies to produce their energy from renewable sources, or to only purchase electr... |
14 November 2008
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The new wind farm, one of the largest in the United States, is scheduled to be completed sometime in 2012 and will by then be one of the largest such installations in the world. It will be more than 7.5 times larger in production capacity than the biggest wind farm in Africa, a French-financed project in Ethiopia. Wi... |
30 October 2008
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The European Union seems pretty determinate in its struggle against fossil fuel, as evidenced by the enthusiasm that has overwhelmed the scientific community of the "Old Continent" over the past couple of years. Scientists from different countries and organizations are beginning to draw attention to the fact that a s... |
28 October 2008
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Over the last few years, Ethiopia was hit by several drought waves, which relentlessly crippled the nation's electricity production, seeing how most regions are powered up by hydroelectric power plants. That's why national authorities recently inked a deal with the French company Vergent, which is to begin ... |
22 October 2008
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