"'Hundreds of Problems' at EU Nuclear Plants"
"Hundreds of problems have been found at European nuclear plants that would cost 25bn euros (£20bn) to fix, says a leaked draft report."
Source: BBC, 10/03/2012
Europe
"EU Wind Capacity Hits 100 Gigawatt Mark: Industry"
"Installed EU wind capacity has reached the 100 gigawatt mark - the equivalent of power generated from 39 nuclear plants or a train of coal stretching from Buenos Aires to Brussels - but financial risk threatens growth, industry body EWEA said."
Source: Reuters, 09/28/2012
"BP Shuts Down Norwegian Oil Field After Leak"
"BP shut a Norwegian oil and gas field after a potentially dangerous leak, the company said on Tuesday, six days after the incident forced the emergency shutdown of the facility."
Source: Reuters, 09/19/2012
"Putin Pilots Hang-Glider To Lead Endangered Cranes on Migration Route"
"Russan president Vladimir Putin, who has tracked a Siberian tiger and posed with a polar bear, on Wednesday took his love of wildlife to new heights by flying with cranes – to lead them on a migration route."
Source: Reuters, 09/06/2012
"The Great Chestnut Trees of Europe Are Dying"
Ancient chestnut trees in Europe are vanishing. "The culprits: a moth that produces leaf-eating larvae and a bacterium that makes trunks bleed and die. ... A cure? Not immediately in sight."
Source: AP, 09/06/2012
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