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'New Thinking' Needed on Climate |
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
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(BBC News ) -- The international climate debate needs to embrace a
"new way of thinking" to tackle the problem, UN Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon has urged.
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North American Climate Change Pact Urged |
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Monday, 02 July 2007 |
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CALGARY (Calgary Herald ) -- It may be time for Canada to initiate a North American
climate change pact that would draw in the United States, one of the
world's largest greenhouse gas producers, Alberta government officials
suggest.
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Study Sees Climate Change Impact on Alaska |
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Monday, 02 July 2007 |
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(NY Times ) -- Many of Alaska’s
roads, runways, railroads and water and sewer systems will wear out
more quickly and cost more to repair or replace because of climate change, according to a study released yesterday.
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Asia-Pacific Dreading Climate Change |
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Monday, 02 July 2007 |
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(AP ) -- Rising
temperatures are expected to have a huge impact on people's health in
the Asia-Pacific region, causing more of everything from food poisoning
to malaria, scientists said Monday.
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Africa: Continent Urged to Develop National Plans On Climate Change |
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Thursday, 28 June 2007 |
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(BuaNews ) -- African countries have been urged to develop national plans on climate
change in order to alleviate the impacts of global warming on the
continent.
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Fuelling Choice: Array of Green Options May Offer Drivers Seven Ways to Fill up |
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Thursday, 28 June 2007 |
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(The Guardian ) -- The euro may have given Europeans a single currency to spend across
borders but EU travellers could yet face a new and unfortunate reminder
of Europe's diversity, this time at the fuel pump.
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House Energy Bill Rejects Car Fuel Economy Boost |
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Thursday, 28 June 2007 |
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(Reuters ) -- A House committee on Thursday approved legislation that
would increase the energy efficiency of home appliances and promote
plug-in hybrid vehicles, but the measure fell short of a related Senate
bill that seeks to increase the fuel economy of cars and trucks.
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China Ponders Law to Cut Energy Use |
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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
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(CCTV.com ) -- The Chinese government is still stepping up efforts to cut energy
consumption. But it's now turning its attention to construction
projects, the transportation sector and government buildings.
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Russian Press Reports Extensively on Energy Summit |
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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
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(Javno ) -- The Russian press has written extensively on the Energy summit of
southeast Europe which took place in Zagreb at the initiative of
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, at which Russian President Vladimir
Putin was a guest of honour.
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EU President Calls for Action Against Climate Change during Visit to Greenland |
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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
(AP ) -- European Commission president Jose
Manuel Barroso stressed the need for a new global pact to stem global
warming after visiting a Greenland glacier that has become a symbol of
climate change.
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China Passes US as World's Biggest CO2 Emitter |
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
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(The Guardian ) -- China has overtaken the US as the biggest producer of carbon dioxide, a
development that will increase anxiety about its role in driving
man-made global warming and will add to pressure on the world's
politicians to reach an agreement on climate change that includes the
Chinese economy.
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Renewable Revolution is Here, Says UN Report |
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
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(The Guardian ) -- A gold rush of new investment into renewable power over the past 18
months has led the United Nations to conclude that clean energy could
provide almost a quarter of the world's electricity by 2030.
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Push for Increase in Biofuels Causes Oil Industry to Scale Back Refinery Expansion |
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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (AP ) -- A push from Congress and the White House for
huge increases in biofuels, such as ethanol, is prompting the oil
industry to scale back its plans for refinery expansions. That
could keep gasoline prices high, possibly for years to come.
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S.Korea PM Cool on Climate Quotas, Sees Progress |
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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
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PARIS (Reuters ) -- Asian countries are likely to resist fixed
quotas on greenhouse gas emissions but there is growing awareness of
the need to act on climate change, South Korean Prime Minister Han
Duck-soo said on Monday.
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Climate Policy Rhetoric Escalates as Germany Threatens Trade Duties |
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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
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LONDON (Thomson Financial ) -- Differences over climate change policy
have pushed some governments to escalate their rhetoric, with Germany
threatening developing countries with trade duties if they fail to make
cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Senate Democrats Propose Loans for Coal-Based Fuel Plants |
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Thursday, 14 June 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (NY Times ) -- As the Senate began debate Tuesday on a sprawling
bill to reduce oil consumption, top Democrats were circulating a
proposal to provide $10 billion in loans for plants that make diesel
fuel from coal.
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U.N.Bali Meeting Should Map Out New Climate Treaty |
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Thursday, 14 June 2007 |
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters ) -- Environment officials from 28 nations
meeting in Sweden agreed on Thursday that December's United Nations
climate conference should be used to craft a firm timetable for talks
on a pact to replace the Kyoto agreement.
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Africa: Climate Change the "Defining Issue of Our Era" |
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
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(BuaNews ) -- Climate change was described as the "defining issue of our era" by
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, at the close of the G8
Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, at the weekend.
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
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(The Observer ) -- London is to make one of the biggest environmental statements Britain
has ever witnessed next week, when the heart of the city switches off
its lights in a mass twilight turn-off.
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UN to Hold Climate Summit in September |
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
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(Financial Times ) -- United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon said on Friday he would
convene a high level meeting on September 24 in New York to plan the
next steps in climate change negotiations.
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G8 SUMMIT 20 Environment Ministers to Meet in Sweden |
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
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BERLIN (Thomson Financial ) -- Twenty environment ministers from around
the world will meet in Sweden on Monday to discuss the compromise
agreement to tackle climate change reached between the G8 members at
their summit in Heiligendamm, the German environment ministry said.
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G8 Seals Historic Climate Change Pact |
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
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(The Australian ) -- A Landmark deal between the world's eight leading
industrialised countries to move towards a halving of greenhouse gas
emissions by 2050 has raised the prospect of a climate change
breakthrough at September's APEC meeting in Sydney.
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Britain to Urge US to Set Climate Goal |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
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(The Guardian ) -- Britain will today step up the pressure on George Bush to commit
himself at this week's G8 summit to a specific target on cutting
greenhouse gas emissions. David Miliband, the environment secretary,
will travel to Washington to warn that the US has a responsibility to
save the world from "a climate change implosion", just as it had a
responsibility to save Europe from fascism in the 20th century.
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China Releases Climate Change Plan |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
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BEIJING (NY Times ) -- China today released its first comprehensive strategy on addressing climate change,
a plan that calls for improving energy efficiency and controlling
greenhouse gas emissions but that rejects mandatory caps on emissions
that could harm the country’s sizzling economy.
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G8 Drive for Climate Change Pact Threatened by US-Russia Collision |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
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(AFP ) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel will urge G8 leaders to take a bold
step forward on climate change at a summit starting Wednesday but the
event could be upended by US-Russian tensions.
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Bush Proposes Goal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas |
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Friday, 01 June 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (NY Times ) -- President Bush, fending off international accusations that he was ignoring climate change,
proposed for the first time on Thursday to set “a long-term global
goal” for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and he called on other
high-polluting nations to join the United States in negotiations aimed
at reaching an agreement by the end of next year.
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Exxon Isn't Budging on Emissions Stance |
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Friday, 01 June 2007 |
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DALLAS (Houston Chronicle ) -- To the chagrin of some institutional investors and a few dozen
protesters, Exxon Mobil Corp. shareholders voted Wednesday to keep the
world's largest oil company focused on fossil fuels, rejecting
proposals to set targets for greenhouse-gas emissions cuts and to move
aggressively into alternative energy.
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Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process |
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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (NY Times) -- Even as Congressional leaders draft legislation to reduce greenhouse gases linked to global warming, a powerful roster of Democrats and Republicans is pushing to subsidize coal as the king of alternative fuels.
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U.S. Rebuffs Germany on Greenhouse Gas Cuts |
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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (NY Times) -- The United States has rejected Germany’s proposal
for deep long-term cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, setting the stage
for a battle that will pit President Bush against his European allies
at next month’s meeting of the world’s richest countries.
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G8 Must Focus on Energy, Not Just Economy - Russia |
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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 |
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- The world should rethink its emphasis on
unfettered economic growth and boost efforts to create
environmentally-friendly sources of fuel, a draft statement by oil and
gas giant Russia ahead of a G8 summit says.
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