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NRL researchers study ways to reduce jet aircraft noise

Advanced military jet aircraft have engines that provide the needed speed and maneuverability. However, with this greater power there is significant noise during takeoff and landing. The noise can impact the ...

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created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contrary to recent hypothesis, 'chevrons' are not evidence of megatsunamis

A persistent school of thought in recent years has held that so-called "chevrons," large U- or V-shaped formations found in some of the world's coastal areas, are evidence of megatsunamis caused by asteroids ...

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created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Brazil's Petrobras reports another oil spill

Brazil's state-run energy giant Petrobras on Tuesday reported that 160 barrels of crude oil may have spilled from a deep-water well off Sao Paulo state but said the situation was under control.

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Brazil's Petrobras unit reports oil leak

Transpetro, a subsidiary of Brazil's state-run energy giant Petrobras, said Thursday it had detected an oil leak off the coast of Rio Grande do Sul state but did not know how much had spilled.

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Energy efficiency paves way to a low-carbon future, but barriers persist

Former Secretary of Defense William Perry, now a Stanford University professor emeritus of management science and engineering, lists biomass, plug-in hybrid cars, nuclear power, more natural gas and energy ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Deep Gulf drilling thrives 18 mos. after BP spill

(AP) -- Two hundred miles off the coast of Texas, ribbons of pipe are reaching for oil and natural gas deeper below the ocean's surface than ever before.

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created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

New oil leak found in Brazil: officials

Brazil's environmental authorities said they have discovered a 10,000 liter leak at an oil platform in the pristine Bay of Ilha Grande, the second such mishap to threaten this country's shorelines in recent ...

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created Dec 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Brazil prosecutors want Chevron work shut down

Prosecutors in Brazil on Wednesday called for a shutdown of Chevron's activities nationwide and said the US oil giant should be fined $11 billion for damage caused by an oil spill last month.

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created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Greenpeace hijacks oil firms' Greenland talks

Greenpeace activists on Thursday diverted oil executives from a meeting on prospecting possibilities off Greenland and instead gave them a 20-minute environmental lecture, the group said.

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created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Chevron suspends Brazil offshore drilling

US oil giant Chevron Corporation said on Thursday that it had suspended its current and future drilling operations off Rio de Janeiro state, following a crude oil slick in the area.

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created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Chevron faces $145 million in possible Brazil fines

Brazil could slap fines of more than $145 million (105 million euros) on Chevron over its oil spill, and the US energy giant could be barred from operating in the country's deepwater fields, officials said ...

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created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brazil to fine Chevron $56 mn over oil spill

Brazilian authorities said Monday they planned to impose fines reaching $56 million (41 million euros) on US energy giant Chevron for an oil spill from a well off Rio de Janeiro state.

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