Day: December 18, 2008

Decreasing amounts of snow in the Himalayas

Thursday, December 18, 2008 / Environment / 6 Comments

One of the most worrying consequences of climate change is the decreasing amounts of snow. At the end of winters, snow melts and  thus brings water to billions people during the drier seasons. Thus the snow of the Himalayas brings water to nearly 1.5 billion people, a quarter of Mankind. As climate change increases dramatically …

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EDF buys half of Constellation nuclear activities

Thursday, December 18, 2008 / Energy / 3 Comments

The French national utility Electricité de France – EDF –  just bought half of nuclear activities of US based utility Constellation for 4.5 billion US Dollars (3.3 billion euros). This occurs only a few months after the acquisition of British Energy by EDF, which is willing to become a major global player in nuclear energy, …

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