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EU wants tech institute to fight climate change |
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Wednesday, 07 March 2007 |
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(theparliament.com) European commission president José Manuel Barroso today linked the
proposed European Institute of Technology to the debate on global
warming.Speaking in Brussels after a meeting with an advisory panel of
energy and climate change experts, Barroso said the EU will need to
pool research if it wants to achieve the technological breakthroughs
necessary to tackle global warming.
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UK plans to cut CO2 doomed to fail - scientists |
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Monday, 05 March 2007 |
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(The Guardian)
-- An independent scientific audit of the UK's climate change policies
predicts that the government will fall well below its target of a 30%
reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 -- which means that the
country will not reach its 2020 milestone until 2050.
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Chinese premier calls for fairer, greener economy |
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Monday, 05 March 2007 |
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(Guardian Unlimited) -- China's premier, Wen Jiabao, opened the annual session of the country's
parliament today with a call for the country's breakneck economic
growth to be balanced with environmental protection and efforts to
tackle a growing urban-rural wealth gap.
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Ban Wants U.S. to Debate Climate Change |
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Sunday, 04 March 2007 |
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) --
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed hope Thursday that the
"active debate" in the U.S. administration and Congress
on global warming will spur the United States to take a leadership
role in combatting climate change.
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Oil Prices Rise As Demand Worries Fade |
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Wednesday, 28 February 2007 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices rebounded to another two-month high Wednesday, as traders brushed off Tuesday's stock market plunge and refocused on declining product inventories.
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Group: Global Warming Effects Hunting |
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Wednesday, 28 February 2007 |
IQALUIT, Nunavut Territory (AP) -- Simon Nattaq lost both feet to frostbite when his snowmobile crashed through the ice, made thin by rising Arctic temperatures. All his gear plunged into the water too, leaving him stranded for two days. He now walks - and still hunts - with prosthetic feet, and believes God kept him alive to warn the world about global warming.
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London Announces Plan to Cut Emissions |
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Wednesday, 28 February 2007 |
LONDON (AP) -- The mayor of London on Tuesday announced the city's first comprehensive plan to cut carbon emissions, stressing that global warming must be tackled locally.
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Scientists Offer Climate Plan to U.N. |
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Wednesday, 28 February 2007 |
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- To head off the worst of climate change, governments must pour tens of billions of dollars more than they are into clean-energy research and enforce sharp rollbacks in fossil-fuel emissions, an expert scientific panel reported to the United Nations on Tuesday.
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Ahmadinejad: Iran Won't End Nuke Program |
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Sunday, 25 February 2007 |
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday his country's disputed nuclear program was like a train without brakes or a reverse gear, prompting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to respond that Iran needs "a stop button."
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Oil Prices Rise Above $61 Per Barrel |
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Saturday, 24 February 2007 |
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices reached a new high for the year during a volatile session Friday, driven by tensions with oil-producing Iran and expectations of continued pressure on U.S. petroleum product supplies.
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EU Backs Target to Cut CO2 Emissions |
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Tuesday, 20 February 2007 |
BRUSSELS, Belgium ( AP) -- European Union environment ministers said Tuesday they would cut overall carbon dioxide emissions 20 percent from 1990 levels by the year 2020, adding that they were ready to go to 30 percent if other industrialized nations matched their efforts.
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Australia to Ban Old-Style Light Bulbs |
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Tuesday, 20 February 2007 |
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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- The Australian government on Tuesday announced plans to phase out incandescent light bulbs and replace them with more energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs across the country. Legislation to gradually restrict the sale of the old-style bulbs could reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by 4 million tons by 2012 and cut household power bills by up to 66 percent, said Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
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Oil prices nudge higher ahead of US data |
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Wednesday, 06 December 2006 |
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose 0.4 percent, back toward $63 a barrel, on Wednesday ahead of US figures that are expected to show a fall in heating fuel stocks in the world's top consumer.
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Oil Prices Rise on Weather, OPEC Worries |
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Tuesday, 05 December 2006 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Oil prices edged higher Tuesday as traders weighed forecasts calling for mild U.S. weather next week against anticipated further production cuts by OPEC.
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Brazil Protects Great Swath of Amazon |
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Tuesday, 05 December 2006 |
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- A swath of Amazon rain forest the size of Alabama was placed under government protection Monday in a region infamous for violent conflicts among loggers, ranchers and environmentalists.
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Alps Are Warmest in 1,300 Years |
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Tuesday, 05 December 2006 |
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VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Europe's Alpine region is going through its warmest period in 1,300 years, the head of an extensive climate study said Tuesday.
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Canada's Dion Says He'll Honor Kyoto |
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Sunday, 03 December 2006 |
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TORONTO (AP) -- The new leader of Canada's Liberal Party pledged Sunday to honor the country's commitment to the Kyoto protocol if he unseats Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper in an election expected next year.
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Bush May End Drilling Ban in Alaskan Bay |
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Sunday, 03 December 2006 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush is deciding whether to lift a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off Alaska's Bristol Bay, home to endangered whales and sea lions and the world's largest sockeye salmon run.
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Oil, Gas Firms Try to 'Speed Up' Hiring |
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Sunday, 03 December 2006 |
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HOUSTON (AP) -- On your mark! Get set! ... "Have you ever searched for oil under the ocean floor, or helped create products to improve fuels and lubricants? Hurry now, the clock's ticking."
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Morales Nationalizes Bolivia Natural Gas |
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Sunday, 03 December 2006 |
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LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- President Evo Morales signed into law Sunday contracts giving the government control over foreign energy companies' operations, completing a process begun May 1 with the nationalization of Bolivia's petroleum industry.
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Venezuela Says OPEC to Address Cuts at its Nigeria Meeting |
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Sunday, 03 December 2006 |
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which pumps 40 percent of the world's oil, will address possible oil output reductions when members meet in Nigeria this month, Venezuelan Oil and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said.
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Hawking: Humans Must Colonize Other Planets |
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Sunday, 03 December 2006 |
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LONDON (Reuters) - Humans must colonize planets in other solar systems traveling there using "Star Trek"-style propulsion or face extinction, renowned British cosmologist Stephen Hawking said on Thursday.
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