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| October 17, 2013 |
 China and Russia to boost energy cooperation Beijing (UPI) Oct 16, 2013 - China and Russia plan to expand cooperation on energy projects, including oil and gas supply, nuclear energy and renewable energy, government officials said. "China is willing to expand all-around energy cooperation with Russia. We hope the two sides can work together to ensure the increase of Russian oil supplies to China, expand cooperation in upstream oil projects and set a refinery ... more |  |
Troubled Somalia hustles Big Oil to resume exploration Mogadishu, Somalia (UPI) Oct 16, 2013 - Somalia's Western-backed government is talking to major international oil companies like Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP about resuming exploration programs abandoned when the East African state collapsed into anarchy in 1991. On the face of it, that could be an extraordinarily hard sell since Somalia remains highly volatile despite recent military setbacks for the Islamist insurg ... more |  |
 Key German lawmaker: End renewable energy subsidies by 2020 Berlin (UPI) Oct 16, 2013 - A key German lawmaker said this week the business wing of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union wants to end green energy surcharges by 2020. Michael Fuchs, deputy leader of the CDU faction in the German Bundestag and party economic affairs spokesman, told the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Monday he wants to see the controversial surcharges on consumer energy bill ... more |  |
Shell declares Nigerian pipeline open after repairs Lagos (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Shell said on Thursday it had repaired and reopened a key pipeline in southern Nigeria shut down last week owing to leaks, but that contractual obligations remained suspended. "We reopened the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) yesterday (Wednesday) after carrying out necessary repairs of the facility," Precious Okolobo, the spokesman for the SPDC, the Nigerian subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch oil grou ... more |  |
 Mitsubishi says to defend $4bn claim over US nuke plant Tokyo (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said Thursday it would defend itself against a $4 billion damages claim in the US over a shuttered nuclear power plant amid allegations of faulty equipment. Southern California Edison (SCE) and its subsidiary Edison Material Supply are asking for arbitration over the claim against Mitsubishi and its wholly-owned US subsidiary Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Syst ... more |  |
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Britain to allow Chinese majority stakes in nuclear projects: Osborne Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Britain will allow Chinese companies to take majority stakes in nuclear power projects in the country, finance minister George Osborne said Thursday. Osborne made the announcement during a visit to the Taishan atomic power station in southern China, the British government said in a release, at the end of a trip which saw a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on civil nuclear cooperation ... more |  |
 Foreign investment in China up 6.2% in first nine months Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Foreign investment in China rose 6.2 percent on year in the first nine months of 2013, the government said Thursday, but it warned the world's number two economy still faced domestic and external headwinds. And while the commerce ministry said Chinese investment overseas had increased sharply over the first nine months of the year, the amount of cash going to Japan had almost halved as a dip ... more |  |
 Power plant threat to Bosnia oasis Hutovo Blato, Bosnia-Hercegovina (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - In the mountains of southern Bosnia, a narrow canal carved through dense vegetation leads to a vast lake of crystal blue. This is Hutovo Blato, one of the largest habitats for migratory birds in the Balkans, a nature reserve stretching over some 7,400 hectares (18,300 acres). But the pristine landscape could soon be no more than a barren desert, environmental activists and farmers warn, ... more |  |
Chevron in US court to block $19bn Ecuador fine New York City (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - US oil giant Chevron went to court in New York this week to try to escape paying $19 billion in damages in Ecuador, accusing an American lawyer acting for indigenous people there of fraud. Chevron wants a New York district judge to prevent lawyer Steven Donziger, Ecuadoran villagers and green activists from using the US courts to force Chevron to pay its Ecuadoran fine. A court in Ecua ... more |  |
 GM to launch dual-fuel car in 2014 New York City (AFP) Oct 16, 2013 - General Motors said Wednesday it will launch a car next year with the ability to operate on both gasoline and compressed natural gas, taking advantage of abundant US gas supplies. GM chairman and chief executive Dan Akerson unveiled the new dual-fuel Chevrolet Impala at an energy summit in Washington marking the 40th anniversary of the OPEC oil embargo. The 2015 model year sedan will be ... more |  |
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Senior Dutch diplomat beaten up in Russia Moscow (AFP) Oct 16, 2013 - A senior Dutch diplomat at The Netherlands embassy in Moscow was beaten up at his home in the Russian capital by unknown attackers who scrawled the letters "LGBT" on a mirror with lipstick, officials said Wednesday. The incident comes amid growing tensions between Russia and The Netherlands over the arrest by the Russian authorities of the 30 crew of a Dutch-flagged Greenpeace ship and the b ... more |  |
Romanian villagers occupy site to prevent Chevron 'fracking' Pungesti, Romania (AFP) Oct 16, 2013 - Romanian police clashed with villagers on Wednesday as they tried in vain to force them off a field they have occupied for a third day to prevent US energy giant Chevron from drilling for shale gas. Hundreds of protesters blocked access to the site at Silistea in eastern Romania where Chevron plans to drill an exploration well, lying down in the mud and holding hands to form a human chain. ... more |  |
 EU revives airline carbon tax proposal Brussels (AFP) Oct 16, 2013 - The European Union's executive branch on Wednesday proposed taxing airlines for emissions made while crossing European airspace, revising a controversial plan the EU had to back down from last year. Under the new European Commission proposal, airlines using EU airspace could be subject to a tax for air-polluting carbon emissions on the portion of a flight that crosses the European Economic A ... more |  |
Post-Fukushima, Asia still drives global nuclear growth Seoul (AFP) Oct 16, 2013 - Safety concerns in the wake of the Fukushima reactor disaster in Japan have done little to curb Asia's ambitious plans for expanding the role of nuclear power in the regional energy mix. Led by China and India, Asia will continue to drive growth in the global nuclear industry over the next two decades, according to experts attending the World Energy Congress (WEC) in Daegu, South Korea. ... more |  |
 French agency: No 'proven' health effects from radio frequencies Paris (UPI) Oct 17, 2013 - The French health agency reported this week its review of scientific studies has determined there are no "proven health effects" from radio frequencies. The agency, ANSES, said Tuesday that after conducting "the widest possible review" of the international studies on the effects of quickly proliferating levels of radio frequencies from mobile phones and other devices, it could find no e ... more |  |
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Safety of in-car WiFi proposal questioned by researchers Toronto (UPI) Oct 16, 2013 - Safety aspects of a plan by a Canadian wireless provider to provide high-speed Internet access in vehicles should be re-examined, a psychology researcher says. "Because of the potential for driver distraction, safety should be of great concern," Ian Spence in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto said. Canadian telecommunications company Rogers Communications ... more |  |
 China's economy grew 7.8% in third quarter: AFP survey Beijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2013 - China's economic growth jumped to 7.8 percent in the third quarter, analysts polled by AFP forecast ahead of the release of the figures Friday, the first acceleration in the world's second-largest economy for almost a year. The median forecast in a survey of 11 economists saw growth ahead of both the 7.5 percent logged in the April-June period and 7.7 percent in the first three months of the ... more |  |
Apple "space-ship" campus plan clear for launch San Francisco (AFP) Oct 16, 2013 - Apple's plan to build a verdant new campus crowned with a shimmering flying-saucer shaped headquarters was cleared for launch late Tuesday. Officials in the Silicon Valley city of Cupertino, which has long been home to the culture-changing technology titan, unanimously endorsed a grand vision put in motion years ago by late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. In documents filed with the city, " ... more |  |
US debt ceiling resolution helps global stability: China Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - China on Thursday welcomed the resolution of the US debt ceiling deadlock, saying it will contribute to global economic stability. "The US is the largest economy in the world and the proper resolution of this issue serves not only its own interest but also world economic stability and development," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in a regular press briefing. "We ... more |  |
Apple polishes fashion credentials with new hires New York, United States (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Fashion and technology may not be so different after all, if one looks at the hiring strategy from iPhone maker Apple. In its latest move, the California tech giant hired Burberry's top executive Angela Ahrendts on Tuesday to become head of retail. The appointment comes just months after Paul Deneve returned to the US gadget-maker after the Belgian national had stints with fashion house ... more |  |
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