UAE to host alternative energy conference

October 13th, 2009 Colo. gov touts 'new energy economy' at conferenceDENVER — Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter says his state's efforts to build a new energy economy can provide a model for addressing climate change and other challenges facing the country and world.

September 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate a three-day international conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy here Tuesday that will discuss options to contribute in developing a roadmap for the growth of nuclear energy and its peaceful applications. The conference is being organised as part of the year-long programme to mark the birth centenary year of Homi Jehangir Bhabha, who founded the Indian atomic energy programme and also had the distinction of being the president of the first international conference on this subject in Geneva in 1955.

September 26th, 2009 CHENNAI - India will host the ninth World Tamil Conference early next year in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has said.

August 21st, 2009 Solar, wind industries head to WashingtonTHE PRIZE: States have access to $11 billion in federal subsidies for renewable energy projects. THE PLAN: Solar and wind energy industries have been lobbying heavily this year, educating lawmakers about what they can do for the environment and the economy.

July 8th, 2009 ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital would host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), WAM news agency reported Wednesday. Mohammed Ahmed Al Bowardi, secretary general of the Abu Dhabi executive council, welcomed IRENA Director General Helene Pelosse and said the UAE would spare no effort to offer all possible assistance and support to ensure the success of the mission of Irena, the report said.

June 27th, 2009 House rejects GOP energy alternativeWASHINGTON — The House has rejected a Republican alternative to a Democratic climate bill. The vote set the stage for passage of a bill that for the first time would limit U.S.

June 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - A host of new generation technologies that may help the world get out of recession will be discussed by two international groups of scientists at the Columbia University here June 14-19. The triennial 13th International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science originating from the International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists will occur jointly with the annual 83rd Colloid and Surface Science Symposium originating from the American Chemical Society.

June 10th, 2009 House Republicans offer alternative energy billWASHINGTON — House Republicans are calling for a hundred new nuclear power plants to be built in the next two decades as part of legislation they say is a better alternative than one championed by Democrats. The legislation unveiled by the GOP Wednesday would increase production of oil and gas offshore, fast-track refinery construction and establish a trust fund using oil and gas royalties to invest in renewable energy.

June 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - Injudicious use of conventional energy resources has increased the intensity of natural disasters, a top physicist said here Friday. "The intensity of all natural calamities has gone up because of man's nature to randomly use conventional energy resources available around us," Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (NINP) director Bikash Sinha said at a seminar on environmental issues organised by the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BNCCI).

June 3rd, 2009 NICOSIA - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed strong support for UAE's proposal to host the headquarters of the newly established International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in the Masdar city of Abu Dhabi, saying that the political and technical arguments for this were overwhelmingly strong. "Locating IRENA in the developing world would send a powerful signal that all nations must participate in the transition to a sustainable future.

June 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The loss of endangered species sends alarm bells ringing among conservationists, but what happens to the parasites they host? Although most people would side with the panda over the parasite, which group should we worry about more? North Carolina State University (NCSU) biologist Rob Dunn and colleagues examined the concept of co-extinction, the loss of one species upon the extinction of another. "Decline in host species could drive parasite species to switch onto alternative hosts, which could escalate the rate of emerging pathogens and parasites both for humans and our domesticated animals and plants," Dunn said.

May 4th, 2009 Oil execs seen rough path for alternative energyHOUSTON — Despite millions in new investments and President Barack Obama's push for clean energy technology, many oil and gas executives say mass production of renewable energy is not likely before at least the middle of the next decade, a new survey showed Monday. Fifty-two percent of 382 petroleum industry executives surveyed by KPMG LLP said large-scale production of alternative energy sources will not be viable in the short term, at least not by 2015.

April 29th, 2009 Energy Sec. announces $193M for energy researchGOLDEN, Colo. — The primary U.S.

March 12th, 2009 DUBAI - The International Cricket Council's (ICC) chief executive committee Wednesday recommended South Africa will host the Champions Trophy later this year. South Africa will thus replace Pakistan, which was slated to host the tournament last year, but was removed after several countries refused to travel to the strife-torn country.

February 2nd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The first edition of the 'Leverage 2009', a two-day venture capital and private equity conference, will begin Friday at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A). In the conference, industry experts, practitioners, advisers, academicians and students will talk on key issues and trends related to venture capitalists, private equity investors and entrepreneurs, organisers said Tuesday.