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Lord Drayson Beats EV Land Speed Record
2013-06-27 02:15:34| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Lord Paul Drayson, who was the British science minister from 2008 to 2010 and now runs his own motor racing team, reached a speed of 204.185 miles per hour behind the wheel of his prototype B12/69 electric vehicle. The new EV speed record record was set at the Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire, and beat the previous [...]The Article Lord Drayson Beats EV Land Speed Record appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Heat Wave May Threaten Worlds Hottest Temp. Record
2013-06-26 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A brutal and potentially historic heat wave is in store for the West as parts of Nevada, Arizona and California may get dangerously hot temperatures this weekend and into next week. In fact, by the end of the heat wave, we may see a record tied or broken for the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth. The furnace-like heat is coming courtesy of a "stuck' weather pattern that is setting up across the U.S. and Canada. By early next week, the jet stream -- a fast-moving river of air at airliner...
UK fossil fuel imports at record high
2013-06-26 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: Fossil fuel imports rose by a tenth in 2011 to their highest level recorded by official statistics, it has been revealed. Imports of oil, gas and coal increased almost 10% from 2010 to 2011, to 162.5m tonnes, while domestic extraction of fossil fuels fell to the lowest levels since records began in 1990, according to Office for National Statistics data. Exports of fossil fuels also declined in 2011, the most recent year for which figures are available. Energy from waste and renewables including...
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Drayson Racing sets new world electric land speed record
2013-06-26 12:30:15| Green Car Congress
Japan firm in record foreign takeover
2013-06-26 03:52:49| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Japan's SoftBank will become one of the world's largest mobile operators after shareholders in Sprint Nextel backed its revised bid for a 78% stake in the business.
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