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ENERGY 3

WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 2, 2015
Discovery brightens solar energy's future
Scientists in Switzerland announced a clean-energy breakthrough on Wednesday; a cheaper solar technology that splits water molecules to create clean-burning hydrogen fuel.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 30, 2015
China says some South China Sea land reclamation projects completed
China has completed some of its land reclamation on the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, raising the stakes in Beijing's territorial dispute with its Asian neighbors.
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2015
Japan's utilities and their customers favored by falling LNG prices
Japan's biggest power utilities, emerging from four years of gloom, have cut electricity rates as cheaper natural gas benefits both the bottom line and customers.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 26, 2015
China annihilates ancient coral ecosystems in its island-building: scientists
Concern is mounting among some scientists that China's reclamation work in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea has done severe harm to one of the most important coral reef systems in Southeast Asia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2015
SoftBank plans $20 billion Indian solar power joint venture
SoftBank Corp. will tie up with Bharti Enterprises Pvt. and Foxconn Technology Group in a $20 billion solar power venture in India, as the nation seeks to expand clean energy output about fivefold by 2022.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 20, 2015
Moment of truth nears for nuclear waste time bomb
More than half a century after the world's first commercial nuclear plant went into operation in the United States, the industry may finally be nearing a way to store radioactive waste underground permanently.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2015
Japan faces dilemma over plutonium stored in France
Still dealing with the aftermath of the Fukushima crisis, the government now faces another conundrum: what to do with 16 tons of its plutonium sitting in France.
EDITORIALS
Jun 13, 2015
Rural revitalization can be green
Revitalizing rural areas, in addition to slowing the exodus of people to big cities, could also lead to improved environmental conservation.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 10, 2015
Toshiba Mitsubishi doubles solar capacity on Asia, U.S. demand
A venture between Toshiba Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is more than doubling capacity to produce inverters, a key solar device, tracking growth in Asia and the U.S.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2015
OPEC decision reflects new oil market reality
OPEC's decision on Friday not to cut production was entirely predictable and the only practical option open to its members.

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