Japan:
¶ Japan will conduct thyroid tests on children outside Fukushima Prefecture, to determine whether last year’s nuclear accident in the prefecture has anything to do with the lumps found in the thyroid glands of 36% of the children in Fukushima Prefecture. [The Japan Daily Press]
¶ It is looking more and more like the Japanese will phase out nuclear power generation altogether. [The Japan Daily Press]
… A growing number of members of the Japanese parliament want to end nuclear power. [Asahi Shimbun]
World:
¶ With too little supply and too much demand, blackout-weary Egyptians are looking for change. Despite low electricity prices, small-scale solutions are becoming attractive. [Egypt Independent]
¶ Indian farmers are starting to get solar-powered milking machines. Since they are powered directly by batteries, which can be charged by diesel generators or the grid, they can be used even during the monsoon season. [Dairy News & Analysis]
¶ China is investing $373 billion in energy-saving projects and pollution control by 2016. [OilPrice.com]
US:
¶ Currently, seven governors are requesting that the US waive the ethanol requirement for gasoline. In the drought, there is insufficient supply of corn. [Oregon Natural Resources Report]
¶ At the Chena Hot Springs Renewable Energy Fair, near Fairbanks, Alaska, there was talk of year-round greenhouses where banana trees grow under LED grow lights and cars powered by scrap cardboard. [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner]
… Both Senators Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Wyden, D-Oregon, attended the fair. Both talked about the importance of renewable energy, proving there is more to Chena Hot Springs than Alaska bananas. [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner]
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