| July 25, 2007 |  |
a re-energized superpower |
| Previous Issues | Jul 24 | Jul 23 | Jul 20 | Jul 19 | Jul 18 |
Global Warming Impacting Global Rainfall Patterns
Paris (AFP) July 23, 2007A study has yielded the first confirmation that global warming is already affecting world's rainfall patterns, bringing more precipitation to northern Europe, Canada and northern Russia but less to swathes of sub-Saharan Africa, southern India and Southeast Asia. The changes "may have already had significant effects on ecosystems, agriculture and human regions that are sensitive to changes in pr ... more A Russian View Of The Quake-Hit Japanese Nuclear Plant 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 25, 2007An earthquake hit the city of Kashiwazaki in Honshu last week, causing an estimated $33.3 billion worth of damage. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, one of Japan's largest, was in the earthquake zone. Radioactive substance leakage is reported. Japanese authorities and public are attacking the Tokyo Electric Power Company after it refused to give information on the danger. The alarm was sound ... more Russian Activists Denounce Cover-Up On Nuclear Protest Attack 
Moscow (AFP) July 23, 2007Russian activists on Monday denounced what they said was a police cover-up over the killing of a protester near a Siberian nuclear facility over the weekend. The activist group Autonomous Action, which organised the protest, said in a statement there had been "insistent requests from police and prosecutors to camp participants ... not to make a fuss and to avoid speaking to journalists" group sa ... more Scientists Fear Impact Of Noise From Sakhalin Energy Project On Whales 
Geneva (AFP) July 20, 2007An independent scientific panel is concerned that oil and gas companies developing Russia's Sakhalin II offshore fields are ignoring noise limits aimed at preserving whales, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) said Friday. The international panel set up by the IUCN said a decision by the Gazprom led consortium -- which includes Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, Japan's Mitsui and Mistubishi -- to rej ... more Russia Opens The Door To Foreign Nuclear Investment And Technology 
London UK (SPX) Jul 23, 2007While investment opportunities still exist in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector of the Russian energy industry for the construction of gas liquefaction plants, the Government has turned its focus on the nuclear power generation sector. The idea is to attract significant foreign investment by diversifying and transmitting nuclear energy through the establishment of various nuclear plants and ... more |
iss:
 superpowers:  arctic:  |
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 23, 2007Russia will not revise its agreements with British investment companies developing its oil and gas fields because of the sharpening of relations between the two countries, Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev said Tuesday. Trutnev was speaking at a meeting of the working group of the Advisory Council on Foreign Investments attended by representatives of foreign mining companies on July 17. ... more Russian Anti-Nuclear Activist Killed In Attack 
Moscow (AFP) July 21, 2007A Russian environmental activist died on Saturday after armed attackers raided a protesters' camp outside a nuclear facility in Siberia, officials and activists said. One of some 20 protesters at the tent camp told AFP the attackers were "skinheads" who had used baseball bats, hammers, metal rods and an axe during the raid near the Angarsk uranium enrichment plant. "They came at around 5:0 ... more Space Adventures Secures Seats On The Soyuz 
Arlington VA (SPX) Jul 20, 2007Space Adventures has announced that it has finalized contracts with the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (FSA) for two commercial seats aboard upcoming flights of the Soyuz TMA spacecraft. The company became world renowned in 2001 with the launch of California businessman Dennis Tito and since then, has launched four other privately-funded individuals to space. Space Adventures has ... more Current Nuclear Threat Worse Than During Cold War 
Washington (RIA Novosti) Jul 20, 2007The risks of an accidental nuclear war have increased since the Cold War as Russia's early warning capability has deteriorated, a former U.S. defense official said. William J. Perry, who is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and co-Director of the Preventive Defense Project at Stanford University, said in congressional testimony Wednesday that "the danger of nuclear war occurring by accid ... more |
energy-news:
 iss:  milplex:  |
Moscow (AFP) Jul 19, 2007Russia rejected a NATO offer for consultations on a key European arms treaty Wednesday, but said it would continue talks with the United States on the treaty and dismissed the idea of a new Cold War. Russia last week announced it would suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) arms control treaty after months of tensions over US plans to deploy an anti-missile system in ce ... more Russia Ready To Consider Dismantling North Korea Reactors 
Beijing (RIA Novosti) Jul 19, 2007Russia is ready to discuss assisting in deactivating North Korea's nuclear facilities, a Russian envoy said Wednesday at six-party talks in China, aimed at pressing the Communist state to take further denuclearization measures. "Russian specialists are ready to discuss issues concerning the closing down of nuclear facilities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," said Vladimir Rakhmanin ... more The Trouble With Sarkozy 
Paris (UPI) July 18, 2007With nearly three weeks left to go of his first hundred days, the honeymoon of France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy has been more like a whirlwind. His latest coup this week resolved the decade-long dispute over of the divided leadership of the Franco-German EADS group that builds Airbus jets and runs one of Europe's top aerospace and defense groups. Last week, after a long telephone call to h ... more Bush And Putin Still Partners 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 18, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin's two-day stay at the Bush family home in Kennebunkport, Maine, was more fruitful than the press and political analysts expected. They thought the two presidents would mainly discuss ways to maintain good relations between the United States and Russia after they step down. They thought Putin and U.S. President George Bush would at best prevent them from going sou ... more
|
abm:
 superpowers:  europe:  |
|
| Previous Issues | Jul 24 | Jul 23 | Jul 20 | Jul 19 | Jul 18 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
