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GE proposes limiting downstream PCB contamination during Hudson River dredging
ALBANY, N.Y. - General Electric Co. on Monday proposed halting further dredging of the Hudson River if PCBs churned up by the work spread too much pollution downriver during the second phase of an... (photo: GFDL)
File - President Barack Obama talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a G-20 leaders working dinner at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 24, 2009.
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 Al Jazeera 
US and Russia resume nuclear talks
US and Russian negotiators are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to negotiate a treaty aimed at reducing their nuclear weapons arsenals. The two powers are hoping to find a successor to the... (photo: White House file / Pete Souza)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at Moscow's President Hotel, Friday, March 27, 2009. Friday's conference on coordination of global efforts to combat terrorism and drug-trafficking in Afghanistan, whose participants include United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, is organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which includes Russia, China and the ex-Soviet Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekista  Star Tribune 
Russian foreign minister says nuclear arms treaty could be signed by April
MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says a new treaty limiting U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals could be signed within two or three weeks. Russian state news agencies cite... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)
Moscow   Nuclear   Photos   Politics   Russia
Visit by José Manuel Barroso, Manuel Barroso, President of the EC, to Paris, where he takes part in the International Conference on access to Civil Nuclear Energy  Business Report 
France punts global nuclear power surge
  By Angela Charlton Paris Submit your comment French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday urged developing countries to embrace nuclear energy and rich lenders to help pay for it, but stood... (photo: European Community / © European Union 2010)
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Cleaning up after a snow storm in Boreal California.jpg Inquirer
Snow storm closes Barcelona schools, disrupts travel
BARCELONA—Heavy snowfalls pounded northeastern Spain on Monday, knocking out power, canceling flights and forcing the closure of schools in Barcelona and the surrounding... (photo: Creative Commons / Mbz1)
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Electric Light  -  Electricity  -  Power Supply Malaya
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BY REGINA BENGCO PRESIDENT Arroyo will no longer call for a special session as leaders of Congress cannot guarantee that they could be able to muster a quorum. The... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
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Cebu City - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo leads the ceremonial switch on of the 1st megawatt power generation unit of the Cebu Energy Development Corp, (CEDC) in Toledo City, Cebu. Inquirer
President decides not to call special session
MANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has decided not to call a special session of Congress to tackle the power crisis in Mindanao. But the President did... (photo: OPS/NIB / Enrico Borja)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures during the national council meeting of the UMP party (Union for a Popular Movement) at Aubervilliers, on the outskirts of Paris, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. The Press Democrat
Nuclear energy gets new French-driven boost
Sarkozy recognized the danger of meltdowns or proliferation - and international worries about Iran's nuclear program. He stood firmly against those who "cheat" and use... (photo: AP / Francois Mori, Pool)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, with at his side Greek prime minister Georges Papandreou answers reporters during a joint press conference following their talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sunday March 7, 2010. French President Nicolas Sarkozy offered Greece "resolute" European support Sunday and vowed to wage a determined fight to deter speculation against the euro.French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, with at his side Greek prime minister Georges Papandreou answers reporters during a joint press conference following their talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sunday March 7, 2010. French President Nicolas Sarkozy offered Greece "resolute" European support Sunday and vowed to wage a determined fight to deter speculation against the euro. Star Tribune
Sarkozy urges nuclear energy for developing countries, stands firm against nuclear cheaters
PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday urged developing countries to embrace nuclear energy and rich lenders to help pay for it, but stood firmly against... (photo: AP / Remy de la Mauviniere)
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United Nations Climate Change Conference: opening speech by Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish Prime Minister Breitbart
Danish premier samples vegetable grown in indoor factory+
TOKYO, March 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ONE PHOTO AVAILABLE THROUGH KYODO'S 'TREASURE' PHOTO DATABASE, NUMBERED 2010030800350) Visiting Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke... (photo: European Community / © European Communities 2009)
Danish   Food   Health   Photos   Vegetable
wind turbines of the Shiloh Wind Power Plant in Solano County, The Boston Globe
Wind power makes headway in Vt.
LOWELL, Vt. - Last month, about 40 people from this northern Vermont town piled into a coach bus for a daylong trip to Lempster, N.H. It wasn't a tourism outing. The trip... (photo: GFDL / BDS2006)
Energy   People   Photos   Power   Wind
Ponders End is a place in the London Borough of Enfield, North London. It is roughly located in the area either side of Hertford Road (High Street, Ponders End) between The Ride and the Boundary Public House (North to South) and Wharf Road and the Southbury railway station/Kingsway (East to West).[1] Independent online (SA)
 Green buzz fails to warm UK home buyers
Next »  1  2... (photo: Creative Commons / Angusmclellan)
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Be smart when renovating that new home and think green! China Daily
British buyers yet to warm to green home buzz
LONDON - The British building industry wants to ease green home standards as the public balk at the 20 percent or higher costs of low-carbon homes, exhibitors told a... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
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