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Carbon Trust in 20M Hunt for Offshore Turbine Foundations

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.29.2009 | Home


The UK's Carbon Trust announced a $20 million prize to encourage engineers across the globe to help commercialize sturdier and cheaper foundations for...

Nissan Celebrates Earth Day With EV Prototype; Announces Partnership With Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.24.2009 | Home


Nissan plans to begin selling a full-electric vehicle to fleet customers in the U.S. in 2010, and the Renault-Nissan Alliance has started pilot progra...

Nissan Brings Electric Vehicle Prototype to Tennessee for Earth Day

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.23.2009 | Home


Nissan plans to begin selling a full-electric vehicle to fleet customers in the U.S. in 2010, and the Renault-Nissan Alliance has started pilot progra...

Somali Pirate Attack Repelled By South Korean Navy

AFP | Posted 05.18.2009 | World


COPENHAGEN (AFP) - South Korean naval forces drove away pirates who were trying to board a Danish-registered ship in waters off Somalia, the military ...

Rasumussen Gives 'Political Apology' For Mohammed Cartoons

PoliGazette | Michael van der Galien | Posted 05.07.2009 | World


Despite denying it beforehand, Rasmussen issued a - somewhat hidden - apology to 'the Muslim world.' Last weekend, several outlets, including PoliGaz...

Will Detroit Budget Cuts Doom US in World EV Market?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.06.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

The perfect financial storm decimating the US auto sector could result in the nation's largest manufacturing industry falling even farther behind overseas competitors when it comes to EVs.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen: NATO Leaders Pick New Secretary-General

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC and SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 05.05.2009 | World


STRASBOURG, France — NATO leaders appointed Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as NATO's new secretary-general Saturday after overcomin...

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish Prime Minister, Confirms Bid For NATO Job

AP | JAN M. OLSEN | Posted 05.04.2009 | World


COPENHAGEN — The Danish prime minister, who angered Muslims during the flap over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, has confirmed he is a ...

Lonely Danes and Thai Brides: Janus Metz' "Love on Delivery"

Karin Badt | Posted 04.27.2009 | World


Karin Badt

The film bears a highly controversial message: these economic-emotion exchange marriages work out to everyone's heart content.

Earth Hour 2009: Lights Out In 84 Countries

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 04.27.2009 | Green


CHICAGO — The lights are going down from the Great Pyramids to the Acropolis, the Eiffel Tower to Sears Tower, as more than 2,800 municipalities...

Nonoba Enters The Flash Games Arena With GameRise, A "Ning For Gaming Sites"

Dygest.net Green | Dygest.net | Posted 04.18.2009 | Home


Danish startup gaming community Nonoba is taking a crack at just that by launching GameRise, a CMS that supposedly makes developing and maintaining cu...

Better Place Electric Car Infrastructure Primer (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green


We've followed Shai Agassi's "Better Place" electric car infrastructure proposals with great interest, wondering if places that have struck deals with...

Denmark's Doing it Again -- Seriously Investing in Renewable Infrastructure, That Is

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green


Graham Hill

Denmark continues to slowly and steadily invest in green infrastructure, including its bike, train and public transport networks.

Bush Making Calls To World Leaders

AP | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — With just hours left in his presidency, President George W. Bush on Monday made a round of phone calls to more than a dozen leaders...

Somali Pirates Free Danish Ship, CEC Future, After Ransom Dropped By Parachute

AP | JAN. M. OLSEN | Posted 02.16.2009 | World


COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Somali pirates have released a Danish cargo ship and its mainly Russian crew after a ransom payment was parachuted to the ...

Gunman Wounds 2 Israelis In Denmark

AP | JAN M. OLSEN | Posted 01.31.2009 | World


COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A gunman shot and wounded two Israelis working at a packed central Denmark shopping mall Wednesday, police said. Police s...

The Pacifier Tree

Robert Koehler | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


Robert Koehler

Flying shoes, collapsing Ponzi schemes -- I was blindsided by the the week's news. All it took was a week of expatriate perspective to see how surreal, how nuts, American normal has become.

Unrest Spreads Across Europe, Greece Riots Could Be Trigger

AP | PAUL HAVEN | Posted 01.11.2009 | World


MADRID, Spain — The unrest that has gripped Greece is spilling over into the rest of Europe, raising concerns the clashes could be a trigger for...

Danish Warship Rescues Somali Pirates

New York Times | Alan Cowell | Posted 01.05.2009 | World


LONDON -- A Danish warship on patrol to thwart piracy in the Gulf of Aden ended up rescuing seven of its presumed prey when its crew found suspected S...

Detroit's Rebirth as the "Arsenal for America's Future"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.17.2008 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

What a boon it would be to have a renaissance of our historic "Detroit Arsenal," with our government and the automobile industry working together once again on a program critical to the nation's well-being.

Questions in a Time of Crisis

Tony Campolo | Posted 11.14.2008 | Business


Tony Campolo

It is popular these days to blame our economic troubles on the greed of corporate CEO's. Yet we have to face up to the reality that we are ourselves major culprits in this financial fiasco.

Guess The World's Top Ranked Tech Country

Wall Street Journal | Ben Worthen | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business


Want to work for a business that not only uses the most advanced technology, but is part of a culture that promotes the adoption of new technologies? ...