SAN JOSE (AFP)–Costa Rica is prepared to negotiate a free trade deal with China next year, the foreign trade minister said here Monday ahead of a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao next week. “The ministry now has enough criteria” to support negotiating a free trade deal with China, Marco Vinicio Ruiz told journalists here, [...]
ERIE, PA – Leading the way in the biodiesel industry, Lake Erie Biofuels, LLC has made history with co-sponsoring the first ever biodiesel trans-continental jet flight Green Flight International. “With Lake Erie Biofuels supporting this project, I had full confidence in the aircraft’s ability to perform at peak capability”, said Green Flight’s Chief Pilot Carol [...]
Costa Rica’s economy is 64.8 percent free, according to our 2008 assessment, which makes it the world’s 49th freest economy. Its overall score is 0.2 percentage point higher than last year. Costa Rica is ranked 11th out of 29 countries in the Americas, and its overall score is higher than the regional average. Costa Rica [...]
(CNN) — An international team of researchers plans to head to Antarctica later this year to begin a four-year project exploring some of the last uncharted regions on Earth. The project involving an international team of scientists will reveal what lies beneath the thick polar ice sheet and, they hope, unveil clues about climate change. [...]
NEW DELHI: Cultivation of jatropha, a plant used to produce environmentally-friendly biofuels, using seeds may be banned under a proposal being considered by the government because of concerns over crop yields, officials say. A ban will impact plans of public sector oil companies such as Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL), Bharat Petroleum [...]
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