By Peter Foster in BeijingPublished: 11:35AM BST 02 Jun 2010 China is to further tighten its stranglehold on the mining of rare earth metals essential for the manufacture of high-tech products from iPods to wind turbines and military missiles. Mining rights for the 17 rare earth elements will now be restricted to only a […]
By David A. Fahrenthold and Juliet EilperinWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, May 28, 2010; 4:37 PM A day after scientists reported finding a huge “plume” of oil extending miles east of the leaking BP well, on Friday a Louisiana scientist said his crew had located another vast plume of oily globs, miles in the opposite direction. […]
The riser pipe of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil well, moments before it was cut by the giant shear. The riser pipe of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil well, moments after it was cut by the giant shear. Deepwater BP Oil Spill Technorati Tags: oil production,oil spill,pollution,North America,Gulf of Mexico
By Joe Weisenthal and Gus Lubin | Jun. 1, 2010, 1:44 PM UPDATE II: BP spokesperson John Curry denied reports of any problems with the Lower Marine Rise Package, which begins drilling today. Reports that BP had canceled all rescue plans were based on a headline from Bloomberg: “Efforts to End Oil Flow From BP’s […]
By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY1 June 2010 NEW ORLEANS — Anger and frustration surged across the Gulf Coast on Monday as residents learned that the latest attempt to cap a renegade underwater well had failed and that oil may keep gushing into the Gulf of Mexico until at least August, when relief wells are scheduled […]
By Jim Polson – Jun 1, 2010 BP Plc has decided not to attach a second blowout preventer on its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico and efforts to end the flow are over until the relief wells are finished, according to the U.S. Coast Guard’s Thad Allen, who spoke at a press conference […]
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.Published: May 31, 2010 MUKONO, Uganda — Lynet Nalugo dug a cassava tuber out of her field and sliced it open. Inside its tan skin, the white flesh was riddled with necrotic brown lumps, as obviously diseased as any tuberculosis lung or cancerous breast. “Even the pigs refuse this,” she said. […]
By Associated Press Writer Ray Henry June 01, 2010, 7:44AM BUFORD, Ga. — Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to sign new water conservation rules meant to help him reach a deal with Alabama and Florida that will prevent metro Atlanta from losing much of its water. Perdue plans to sign the legislation this morning […]
By Jeff DuteMay 31, 2010, 12:38PM MOBILE, Ala. — On the eve of the opener of the 2010 red snapper season, approaching oil from the Deepwater Horizon well has prompted the NOAA Fisheries Service to expand the federal waters closed to fishing. The newly closed areas include federal waters up to state waters from Gulfport, […]
By Jason Burkewww.guardian.co.uk, Sunday 30 May 2010 16.32 BST Record temperatures in northern India have claimed hundreds of lives in what is believed to be the hottest summer in the country since records began in the late 1800s. The death toll is expected to rise with experts forecasting temperatures approaching 50C (122F) in coming weeks. […]
