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1. The Cloudspotter's Guide

   Posted Mar 11th 2007, 12:00am by Tim Cribb

   ... Cloud Reviewed by Tim Cribb The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney Sceptre, HK$128 China is the most active country in the world in weather modification programmes and is estimated to spend more than US$40 million a year to move rain around. Chinese scholars knew how to predict earthquakes by watching the clouds, although red or yellow clouds were considered ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/584575/cloudspotters-guide
2. News - World - SPACE

   New clues into the birth of 'gas giant' planets

   Posted Jan 04th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World Astronomy Gas Giant Jupiter Saturn Agence France-Presse in Paris Using the most advanced land telescope, scientists unlock secrets of Jupiter and Saturn Astronomers using ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1119198/new-clues-birth-gas-giant-planets
3. News - China - HEALTH

   Toxic gas cloud at Honghu factory puts 20 in hospital

   Posted Oct 24th 2012, 12:00am by He Huifeng

   ... Ammonia Toxic cloud He Huifeng huifeng.he@scmp.com More than 20 people ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1068249/toxic-gas-cloud-honghu-factory-leaves-20-hospital
4. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Shale oil and gas boom puts global warming issue on the back burner

   Posted Oct 26th 2012, 12:00am by PETER SCHWARTZ

   ... Oil Natural Gas Climate Change Peter Schwartz Peter Schwartz says the prospect of cheap, abundant oil and gas from shale may be good news for the economy, but augurs badly for renewable energy and climate change ... useless wars, where we shed our blood and money. It lowers CO2 emissions. Over 2,300 natural gas story links on my blog. An annotated bibliography. The big picture of natural gas ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1069621/shale-oil-and-gas-boom-puts-global-warming-issue-back-burner
5. Sun's servers on tap for pay per use

   Posted Feb 27th 2006, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... 'It's analogous to the cellphone business model.' Sun is already working with large corporate customers from many industries, including financial services and oil and gas, to build ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/538091/suns-servers-tap-pay-use
6. Business - Commodities

   New US fracking rules attempt to placate opposing camps

   Posted May 17th 2013, 12:08pm by Reuters

   ... Business Commodities Fracking Oil Gas Reuters in Washington ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/1239679/new-us-fracking-rules-attempt-placate-opposing-camps
7. Business - Companies - TELECOMMUNICATIONS

   Huawei vows to fix US 'problems'

   Posted Apr 08th 2013, 11:46am by Sophie Yu

   ... and working with governments in a transparent way. The company said it expects to record a compound annual growth rate of 10 per cent in revenue over the next five years, boosted by sales of cloud ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1209835/huawei-sees-sales-10pc-cloud-computing-smartphones
8. Comment - Blogs - FILM

   Movie Review: Cloud Atlas

   Posted Jan 28th 2013, 06:41pm by Jason Y Ng

   ... Comment Blogs Lifestyle Arts & Culture Cloud Atlas Film Jason Y Ng How does one tell six separate stories without making them look like, well, six separate stories? I was looking for a book to read last Christmas and a friend recommended Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. She told me it won a British Book Award and was short-listed for the Booker Prize. Named after an obscure ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1137981/movie-review-cloud-atlas
9. News - China - CENSORSHIP

   China censors cut 40 minutes off science fiction epic Cloud Atlas

   Posted Jan 23rd 2013, 04:21pm by Ernest Kao

   ... deleted . “Although the mainland version is a bit constrained, [we] fully believe in the regulator’s editing standards,” said Cloud Atlas co-director Tom Tykwer, who was in Beijing on Tuesday ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1134429/china-censors-cut-40-minutes-us-epic-cloud-atlas
10. Business - Commodities - ENERGY

    PetroChina to buy more gas overseas despite losses

    Posted May 24th 2013, 12:00am by Eric Ng

    ... Business Commodities PetroChina Natural Gas Energy Eric Ng eric.mpng@scmp.com Firm to boost imports to meet demand for clean energy even as retail prices remain below costs PetroChina, the nation's largest oil and gas producer, will continue to boost natural gas imports even though mounting losses have substantially weakened its cash flow and increased its debt burden. ...

    http://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/1244558/petrochina-buy-more-gas-overseas-despite-losses

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