Nuclear-free Japan braces for severe power shortages

By Leika Kihara TOKYO | Sun May 6, 2012 4:56am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – The shutdown of Japan’s last working nuclear power plant and the government’s failure to convince a wary public about restoring production at dozens of reactors leaves the world’s third largest economy facing another summer of severe power shortages. Hokkaido Electric Power [...]

Japan nuclear power-free as last reactor shuts

TOKYO | Sat May 5, 2012 6:02am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese utility Hokkaido Electric Power Co began shutting the country’s last active nuclear reactor on Saturday, leaving the world’s third-biggest user of atomic energy with no nuclear-derived electricity for the first time since 1970. A crisis at Tokyo Electric Power’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, [...]

Bangkok swelters, sparks debate on city planning in Asia

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK | Fri May 4, 2012 7:44am EDT BANGKOK (Reuters) – Five months after the worst floods in half a century, the Thai capital is facing a heat wave with temperatures at three-decade highs, stoking debate over chaotic urban planning that blights many of Southeast Asia’s overcrowded capitals. The daily average [...]

Green Wedding Tips Brides and Grooms Can Follow

The marrying month of June is coming, which means, several couples are going to celebrate their weddings and anniversaries. Now, these takes months of preparations to do, but there is still at least one more month to make the final preparations. If you’re a marrying couple or at least know one, have you considered having [...]

Plant study flags dangers of warming world

By Nina Chestney LONDON | Wed May 2, 2012 1:19pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in response to climate change, research in the United States showed on Wednesday, which could have devastating knock-on effects for food chains and ecosystems. Global warming is having a significant impact on hundreds of [...]

Polar bears can swim vast distances, study finds

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska | Tue May 1, 2012 10:35pm EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Polar bears are capable of swimming vast distances, a potential survival skill needed in an Arctic environment where summer sea ice is vanishing, a study led by the U.S. Geological Survey showed on Tuesday. The study, published in the [...]

Spruce Up Your House With These Eco-Friendly Decorating Tips

A house that is well-decorated is more livable and attractive, and invites good energy. You can keep your house even more homey by following some of these eco-friendly decorating tips, and see how this can really transform your place. 1. It’s always a great idea to have indoor plants for decoration, because these do more [...]

Exxon Mobil shuts Louisiana oil pipeline after leak

By Janet McGurty and Matt Daily Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:06pm EDT (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp has shut the 160,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) North Line crude oil pipeline in Louisiana after a leak spilled 1,900 barrels of crude oil in a rural area over the weekend, affecting a conduit that supplies the nation’s third-largest refinery. [...]

Goldcorp says court suspends Chile project green nod

Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:46am EDT (Reuters) – Goldcorp Inc, Canada’s No. 2 gold miner, said environmental permit approval for its El Morro copper-gold project was suspended by the Supreme Court of Chile. Sociedad Contractual Minera El Morro, which is 70 percent owned by Goldcorp and rest by New Gold Inc, suspended all field work [...]

Goldcorp says court suspends Chile project green nod

Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:46am EDT (Reuters) – Goldcorp Inc, Canada’s No. 2 gold miner, said environmental permit approval for its El Morro copper-gold project was suspended by the Supreme Court of Chile. Sociedad Contractual Minera El Morro, which is 70 percent owned by Goldcorp and rest by New Gold Inc, suspended all field work [...]

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