China harnesses mountain wind power
AFP - Sun Nov 22, 2:25 am ETIn the mountains above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -- a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy.
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In the mountains above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -- a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy.
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WASHINGTON — What city contributed most to the making of the modern world? The Paris of the Enlightenment and then of Napoleon, pioneer of mass armies and nationalist statism? London, seat of parliamentary democracy and center of finance? Or perhaps Titusville, Pa.Oil seeping from the ground there was collected for medicinal purposes — until Edwin Drake drilled and 150 years ago (Aug. 27, 1859 ...
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ST.PETERSBURG, Russia - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia must modernize its economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials exports. Putin's call for developing high-tech industries echoes statements by his successor and protege, President Dmitry Medvedev.
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COPENHAGEN - A Danish official says 65 world leaders so far will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December and several more have responded positively to invitations.
Page County Republican Women hosted guest speaker, Monte Shaw, Nov. 14, 2009, at the Nodaway Valley Historical Museum. He began with background about himself, from growing up in Shenandoah, to working in several major Republican campaigns, to his employment with the National Renewable Fuels Association in Washington D.C. and his move back to Iowa. Currently he, his wife and daughter live near ...
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PIERRE — The South Dakota Wind Energy Association (SDWEA) will hold its inaugural Membership Meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Kings Inn in Pierre.
NAIROBI -- Kenya's Chalbi Desert is a bleak, forbidding stretch of coarse sand and ash-gray ridges broken by clusters of tiny huts. It is also one of the windiest places on Earth, experts say, and it soon will be the site of Africa's largest wind farm.