RENEWABLE ENERGY

Following the historic disaster at Fukushima nuclear power plant last year, the Japanese government is poised to completely shift its energy policy by phasing out its dependence on atomic energy by the 2030s.

The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Thursday were Analogic Corporation, Tessera Technologies Inc, Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, MannKind Corporation and Skullcandy. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were Werner Enterprises Inc, Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc, Royal Gold Inc, Affymetrix Inc and Susser Holdings Corporation.

The speech was curiously lacking in specifics about Obama's record to date, sticking instead to a vague framework for a potential second term. Here are a few of the things the president left out.

President Barack Obama made the case for change -- again -- after officially accepting the Democratic nomination for the presidency.

As climate change warms the world's oceans and Arctic sea ice recedes to its lowest -ever recorded levels, China has taken advantage of it -- and may soon reap commercial benefits

The Gates Foundation is aiming to address a prevalent problem for the urban poor and the developing world: the lack of a hygienic place to poop.

The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Tuesday were Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, Renewable Energy Group Inc, Synacor Inc, Arena Pharmaceuticals and Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were Horizon Pharma Inc, KIT digital Inc, Myriad Genetics Inc, TICC Capital Corp and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc.

The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Monday were Cirrus Logic Inc, Rudolph Technologies Inc, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc, Renewable Energy Group Inc and Kona Grill Inc. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were CafePress Inc, Dendreon Corporation, PMC-Sierra Inc, Seagate Technology PLC and Orexigen Therapeutics Inc.

China, which according to various estimates produces between 90 to 98 percent of the world's rare earth supplies, warned that a decline in its rare earth resources was accelerating.

The United States and India Wednesday agreed to further strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation on global issues and said that their ties had entered a new and more mature phase defined by constant consultations of strategic importance.

Five major corporations will join the emergency campaign to save the world's threatened forests by pledging to buy REDD multimillion dollar credits from projects protecting threatened forests around the world, the campaign announced Tuesday at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, commonly known as Rio+20.

A new partnership agreement between the United Kingdom and Norway will strengthen the energy connection between the two countries, said UK Prime Minster David Cameron on Wednesday

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has signed into law climate change legislation that will bind the country to significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Only Great Britain has done the same

With a massive smart grid build-out, Beijing hopes to turn its grid into a competitive advantage.

The Chinese government says it will allocate the equivalent of $27 billion to renewable energy and energy efficiency programs in 2012, but the battle against the deterioration of China's environment will be a long and tough one.