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Spiegel Online reports here: Water is scarce in arid Saudi Arabia. Now the king has hired a team of German scientists to search for groundwater trapped in aquifers beneath the massive kingdom’s sands. Their pioneering work could provide solutions for other desert countries. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; BBC News reports here: Nissan is to build its new electric car, the Leaf, in Sunderland, safeguarding hundreds of jobs, the Japanese firm announces. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; BBC News reports here: The “disappointing” outcome of December’s UN climate summit was largely down to rich nations not listening, says Lord Stern. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; BBC News reports here: Fertilising the oceans with iron to absorb carbon dioxide could increase concentrations of a chemical that can kill marine mammals, a study has found. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AFP reports here at Yahoo News: PARIS – China is experiencing “astonishing” growth in oil demand this year to match its economic rise while consumption in developed economies is falling, the International Energy Agency said on Friday. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AFP reports here at Yahoo News: BEIJING – China’s coastal waters are increasingly polluted by everything from oil to pesticides, contaminating the nation’s marine life including the shellfish supply, state press reported Friday. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AFP reports here at Yahoo News: MILAN – Europe’s most powerful solar power plant is set to start operations in Italy later this year. The plant in Rovigo near Venice in northeast Italy will take up 850,000 square metres (9.15 million square feet) and produce 72 megawatts, SunEdison said in a statement announcing [...] Spiegel Online reports here: Preparations are fast taking shape for the construction of the controversial Nord Stream natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany this spring. But it still faces a legal challenge in Germany from environmentalists, and critics say the project could disrupt the spring spawning of the herring found in the [...] BBC News reports here: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the world’s science academies to review work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AFP reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – The United States could source 10 percent of its electricity from solar power by 2030, a report said Tuesday, winning support from a US lawmaker who wants to boost the number of US solar panels. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; |
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