http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with environmental news that matters. Cover ecology, climate change and news affecting the world's environment en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295570,elbaradei-iran-has-not-totally-rejected-nuclear-fuel-plan.html Berlin - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Friday that he believes that Iran has not totally rejected his agency's nuclear fuel plan, but that time was running out. The ball is now in Iran's court. I hope they wi... Energy,Environment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:40:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295570,elbaradei-iran-has-not-totally-rejected-nuclear-fuel-plan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295404,new-incident-at-worlds-largest-nuclear-plant-in-japan.html Tokyo - Smoke rose Thursday from a currently closed nuclear power plant in Japan, but the operator said there was no radiation leak and no one was injured. The smoke emerged from the brake of the hoisting function of a crane in the turbine room of a ... Energy,Environment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:10:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295404,new-incident-at-worlds-largest-nuclear-plant-in-japan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295235,iran-will-not-send-enriched-uranium-abroad.html Tehran - Iran will not send its enriched uranium abroad for further processing, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday. Talking to ISNA news agency, Mottaki added that Iran would, however, consider a nuclear fuel swap inside the c... Energy,Environment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:28:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295235,iran-will-not-send-enriched-uranium-abroad.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295078,china-us-firm-sign-deal-for-worlds-largest-solar-plant.html Beijing - US firm First Solar Inc said it signed a framework agreement with the Chinese government Tuesday to build what could become the world's largest solar power plant in China's Inner Mongolia region. Arizona-based First Solar said Tuesday's dea... Energy,Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:40:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295078,china-us-firm-sign-deal-for-worlds-largest-solar-plant.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295051,french-company-areva-to-provide-enriched-uranium-for-czech-utility.html Paris - French nuclear energy company Areva said Tuesday it has signed a 15-year contract with Czech utility CEZ to provide enriched uranium for its Temelin power plant. A statement by CEZ said the contract was a very important part of its long-ter... Energy,Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:16:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295051,french-company-areva-to-provide-enriched-uranium-for-czech-utility.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294972,syrian-explanation-about-uranium-does-not-square-with-iaea-tests.html Vienna - Syria's initial explanation about uranium traces found by the International Atomic Energy Agency on its territory do not square with the agency's analysis, an IAEA report issued on Monday said. The document said that no progress has been ma... Energy,Environment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:37:27 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294972,syrian-explanation-about-uranium-does-not-square-with-iaea-tests.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294966,russian-nuclear-regulator-worried-about-increasing-atomic-waste.html Moscow - Russia is getting buried in nuclear waste - about 550 million tons - and needs to do something about it, the Interfax news agency Monday quoted the country's nuclear regulator, Rosatom, as saying. Resolving the problem will take decades, sai... Energy,Environment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:01:27 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294966,russian-nuclear-regulator-worried-about-increasing-atomic-waste.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294943,russia-will-never-complete-nuclear-plant-says-iranian-spokesman.html Tehran - A Russian announcement that it will not be able to keep to schedule on a joint Iranian-Russian nuclear power plant project prompted an Iranian official to question whether Russia will ever complete its part of the work. The Russians have ne... Energy,Environment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:49:52 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294943,russia-will-never-complete-nuclear-plant-says-iranian-spokesman.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294940,iaea-new-iran-site-raises-question-about-other-secret-locations.html Vienna - Iran's late declaration of a new nuclear site raises the question whether there are other still secret facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday in its latest report on the Islamic state. Iran informed the Vienna-... Energy,Environment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:43:31 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294940,iaea-new-iran-site-raises-question-about-other-secret-locations.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294900,germany-completes-construction-of-first-offshore-wind-farm.html Borkum, Germany - Germany completed Monday construction of its first offshore wind farm, a set of 12 wind turbines in the stormy North Sea, after years of delay and debate about the risks. The Alpha Ventus wind farm in shallow water 45 kilometres fro... Energy,Environment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:19:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294900,germany-completes-construction-of-first-offshore-wind-farm.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294708,iaea-discussing-turkey-as-potential-partner-in-iran-nuclear-deal.html Vienna - Turkey is being considered as a possible partner for storing Iranian uranium as part of a deal to process Iranian nuclear fuel abroad, sources within the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Saturday. The temporary storage option w... Energy,Environment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:58:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294708,iaea-discussing-turkey-as-potential-partner-in-iran-nuclear-deal.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294018,energy-agency-urges-radical-action-to-fight-climate-change.html Paris/London - Nothing less than a low-carbon energy revolution is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming to acceptable levels, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday. A consensus is growing on the need to... Energy,Environment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:40:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294018,energy-agency-urges-radical-action-to-fight-climate-change.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293906,minister-jordan-close-to-european-energy-charter-full-membership.html Amman - Jordan is in the last stage of negotiations for obtaining the full membership of the European Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), Jordan's Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Suhair al-Ali said Monday. Al-Ali made the remarks after ta... Energy,Environment Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:40:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293906,minister-jordan-close-to-european-energy-charter-full-membership.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293561,baltics-reaffirm-commitment-to-new-nuclear-plant.html Vilnius - The prime ministers of three Baltic states said Friday they remained committed to the joint construction of a new nuclear power station for the region in which Poland will also have a share. After talks in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, th... Energy,Environment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293561,baltics-reaffirm-commitment-to-new-nuclear-plant.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293445,india-sweden-hold-talks-on-climate-change-energy.html New Delhi - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Swedish counterpart, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Thursday held talks on a wide range of issues in hopes of providing a fresh impetus to bilateral ties in the areas of trade, energy and environment. Sing... Energy,Environment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:52:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293445,india-sweden-hold-talks-on-climate-change-energy.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293430,eus-barroso-urges-ukraine-to-avoid-disruptions-in-gas-supplies.html Brussels - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Thursday urged Ukraine to do everything in its power to prevent a repeat of last winter's gas crisis, in which a fight with Russia over money cut off supplies to much of Europe. Europea... Energy,Environment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:16:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293430,eus-barroso-urges-ukraine-to-avoid-disruptions-in-gas-supplies.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292896,iran-favours-purchase-of-nuclear-fuel-envoy-says--summary.html Vienna - Iran favours purchasing nuclear fuel for its research reactor, Tehran's UN ambassador in Vienna said Monday, indicating the country is reluctant to send uranium abroad for reprocessing. That would go against the concept favoured by the Unite... Energy,Environment Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:28:32 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292896,iran-favours-purchase-of-nuclear-fuel-envoy-says--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292714,timor-sea-oil-rig-catches-fire.html Sydney - A Thai oil exploration company said Sunday its leaking Timor Sea oil well had caught fire. The West Atlas drilling platform operated by PTTEP Australasia in the Montara field 690 kilometres west of Darwin has been leaking around 400 barrels ... Energy,Environment Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:46:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292714,timor-sea-oil-rig-catches-fire.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292645,lawmaker-says-tehran-reactor-to-be-shut-down.html Tehran - A senior Iranian member of parliament said Saturday that Tehran's research reactor would be shut down in the near future, making the nuclear fuel deal with world powers irrelevant. The Tehran reactor will soon be replaced by the 40-megawatt... Energy,Environment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:10:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292645,lawmaker-says-tehran-reactor-to-be-shut-down.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292582,analysisexperts-gloomy-about-iranian-uranium-deal.html Vienna - There is little hope that Iran will agree to an multinational deal to reduce its uranium stockpile, experts said Friday, as the plan has got caught up in Iran's fractious internal politics. While the United States, Russia and France have sai... Energy,Environment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:52:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292582,analysisexperts-gloomy-about-iranian-uranium-deal.html