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NASA to launch solar observatory

AFP - Yesterday, 05:13 pm

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AFP) - NASA made final preparations Tuesday for the launch of its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) which promises to give space scientists the most detailed glimpse ever of our sun and its complicated workings. More »

US government plans new climate service
AFP - Monday, February 8 05:55 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama's administration announced plans Monday for a new office handling climate change, aiming to help businesses chart future plans as the nation shifts to a greener economy. More »
Blushing Pluto? Dwarf planet takes on a ruddier hue: NASA
AFP - Thursday, February 4 11:39 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pluto, the dwarf planet on the outer edge of our solar system, has a dramatically ruddier hue than it did just a few years ago, NASA scientists said Thursday, after examining photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. More »
Obama unveils new biofuels, carbon capture, initiatives
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 09:37 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a new strategy to reinvigorate US production of biofuels, vowing he would not let nations like China race ahead in building new energy economies. More »
13 Spanish towns bid for nuclear waste site
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 06:44 pm
MADRID (AFP) - Thirteen Spanish towns have bid to host a major new nuclear waste storage site, a long-delayed project that is fiercely opposed by environmentalists, the government announced Wednesday. More »
Uproar in Brazil over huge Amazon dam plan
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 11:38 am
BRASILIA (AFP) - A controversial plan to build an immense dam in Brazil's rainforest endorsed this week has attracted a formidable bloc of opponents: ecologists, indigenous Indians and Sting. More »
Brazil uproar over massive Amazon dam plan
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 02:33 am
BRASILIA (AFP) - Environmentalists, indigenous groups and British rock star Sting have denounced a government plan to build the world's third largest hydroelectric dam in the Amazon river basin, which they claim will devastate the region. More »
Poor give muted backing to Copenhagen climate deal
Reuters - Tuesday, February 2 08:08 pm
OSLO/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A "Copenhagen Accord" for fighting climate change has won only half-hearted support from major emerging nations led by China and India, leaving question marks over a pact they agreed with the United States. More »
Climate accord gets boost, but key elements still missing
AFP - Monday, February 1 11:36 pm
PARIS (AFP) - Fifty-five nations including the world's top carbon polluters have registered their commitments to combat global warming, the UN climate chief said late Monday. More »
US calls climate plans 'important step'
AFP - Monday, February 1 11:04 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Monday voiced optimism about fighting global warming after nations making up more than three-quarters of global emissions submitted plans to the United Nations. More »