je.st
news
Tag: doubts
Indonesia: Fires cast doubts on Riau firms resolve
2014-03-16 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Asia One: The recent surge in forest fires in Riau has raised questions over the commitment of major companies to fight open burning, as satellites revealed that the current number of hot spots exceeds the number that caused last year's choking haze. The World Resources Institute (WRI) recorded that half of the fires are burning on land managed by pulpwood, palm oil, and logging companies. "(Some) of the largest fires are on fully developed plantations, despite the fact that many of these companies are...
Tags: cast
indonesia
firms
resolve
Rep. Rodrigues doubts fracking bill will pass Legislature this year
2014-03-16 15:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scripps-Tribune: Last year, a bill aimed at creating hydraulic fracturing requirements was well on its way to the state House floor -- sailing through all of its committee stops within the first month of the 2013 legislative session. A year later, the bills sponsor said the mood in Tallahassee has changed, making the likelihood of the proposal passing much less likely. I suspect that it being an election year has led to a desire to draw lines of distinction on a number of issues, said Rep. Ray Rodrigues,...
Scania Investors Express Doubts Over VW's $9.2 Billion Bid
2014-02-23 13:12:23| Appliances - Topix.net
Scania AB minority owners expressed doubts about backing Volkswagen AG's 6.7 billion-euro bid for the rest of the truckmaker, with some suggesting the offer may be too low and others saying the Swedish company should retain its relative independence.
Tags: express
bid
billion
investors
California solar plant greeted with fanfare, doubts about future
2014-02-13 23:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: One of the world's largest solar projects, which uses heat from the sun to generate power in California, opened on Thursday but may be the last of its kind in The Golden State. Sprawling across 3,500 acres in the Mojave desert near the California-Nevada border, the $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar thermal power plant has more than 300,000 mirrors that reflect sunlight onto boilers housed in the top of three towers, each of which is 150 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty. The sun heats water inside...
Tags: future
california
plant
solar
N. Korea envoy doubts pardon for Kenneth Bae
2014-01-31 05:05:14| Apparel - Topix.net
A North Korean diplomat suggested Thursday that his government would not pardon imprisoned American missionary Kenneth Bae or release him before he completes a 15-year sentence for crimes against the Stalinist state.
Tags: korea
kenneth
doubts
pardon
Sites : [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] next »