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U.K. Shuts Airports as Iceland Eruption Chokes Skies (Update1)
Explore Article BusinessWeek (Apr 15 2010)
Airports in the U.K. and northern Europe shut down as a cloud of volcanic ash swept south from an eruption in Iceland, disrupting travel for......til at least 7 a.m. tomorrow, according to flight-control body National Air Traffic Services, while Norway and Sweden also shut airports as the ash threatens to stall jet engines and affect the air quality ...
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Europe 'supergrid' hopefuls cast fate to wind
Explore Article Technology News (Mar 8 2010)
... Backers say a "supergrid" could compensate for the variability of wind power to make better use of Europe's growing green energy capacity. Last October Britain and Norway began studying linking up the world's longest subsea power cable to share energy from wind farms in...
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At Climate Talks, Trade Pressures Mount
Explore Article The New York Times (Dec 17 2009)
... bringing immediate and binding emissions limits on the developing world, pressures are mounting in Europe and the United States to impose restrictions, called border adjustments, on imports from low-cost p......ce, Connie Hedegaard, the Danish minister who is overseeing the proceedings, asked negotiators from Norway and Singapore to study the issue early this week. Trade experts said Ms. Hedegaard’s selection refl...
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The Green Grid Calls for Widespread Adoption of Data Center Energy ...
Explore Article businesswire.com (Oct 2 2009)
...is available for individual data centers. These new tools provide data center managers in Japan and Europe with real-world data to help lower energy consumption and related costs, potentially extending the ......ance, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukr...
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More in Europe Look to Carbon Tax to Curb Emissions
Explore Article The New York Times (Sep 9 2009)
...s to unveil details of a carbon tax. But the idea never caught on widely in the United States or Europe, where governments jealously guard their autonomy on taxes. Industries lobbied for a market-based s......h economic growth,” she said. Denmark instituted its carbon tax a year after Sweden, while Finland, Norway, Switzerland and parts of Canada use similar systems, she said. Some experts said they believed oth...
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Britain's energy crisis - How long till the lights go out?
Explore Article Economist.com (Aug 10 2009)
...kept consumer prices down, but practical problems have long been clear. Most obviously, the rest of Europe (wrongly) failed to liberalise wholeheartedly too. The market is thus a highly imperfect one: Brita......d up in long-term contracts, optimists think Britain might be able to get more of it fairly easily. Norway’s North Sea reserves have life in them yet. New technology to capture gas from coalfields has recen...
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EU Hails Iceland's Membership Bid
Explore Article BusinessWeek (Jul 20 2009)
...eptember * Spain Risks Losing EU Regional Funds * Britain and France Record Highest June Job Cuts * Norway to Renew Regional Aid for EU Newcomers Story Tools * post a comment * e-mail this story * print thi......wo arguments that in the past dominated the EU debate in Iceland and prevented any attempts to join Europe. European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso welcomed Thursday's move by Icelandic MPs and ...
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