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Norway wealth fund to step up renewables investment
2014-03-14 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg this week announced that the country is to use its $920bn sovereign wealth fund to drive investment in renewable energy projects, confirming that it is to increase its exposure to clean energy companies. Solberg said the country's pension fund, which has been built on the country's oil wealth and is now one of the world's most powerful institutional investors, will expand its holdings in renewable energy interests. A full announcement on the extent to which the...
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SpaceX prepares to take the biggest step towards affordable space travel: Soft landing the Falcon 9 rocket
2014-03-12 18:37:04| Extremetech
SpaceX, Elon Musk's poster child of the commercial space travel revolution, is about to attempt the first ever soft landing of a heavy space launch vehicle. On March 16, SpaceX mission CRS-3 will lift off from Cape Canaveral on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Usually, the massive primary stage of the rocket would fall into the Atlantic ocean after launch -- but in this case, it will sprout some metal legs and use what's left of its rocket fuel to slowly return to Earth. This is perhaps the single most important step in SpaceX's stated goal of reducing the cost of space travel by a factor of 10, eventually leading to the human colonization of Mars.
As Crude Oil Shipments Soar, Rail Carriers Step Up Safety
2014-03-11 21:05:52| ENR.com: Headline News
After several high-profile accidents involving crude oil shipments, railroad carriers and regulators pursue higher standards of care.
US: Bon-Ton CEO to step down as Q4 earnings fall
2014-03-11 15:50:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The CEO of The Bon-Ton Stores, Brendan Hoffman has announced his decision to step down next year as the US department store retailer revealed a drop in fourth-quarter earnings and sales.
Smartphone cameras step closer to high-end power
2014-03-09 12:41:14| Electronics - Topix.net
Samsung Electronics Co. has beefed up the camera in its Galaxy S5 smartphone due for April release and added smarter camera software, following Sony and Nokia in their upgrades of handset cameras.
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