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Global warming could lead to more Arctic energy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Arctic offers new energy and fishing resources as a result of global warming and new technology, the European Union said on Thursday.
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Obama climate pledge "very positive": U.N. official
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Barack Obama’s pledge to work to reduce emissions sharply by 2020 is a “huge signal” of encouragement to countries negotiating a new climate pact, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Wednesday.
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Climate change: How your city thinks globally
Steve Schainker sometimes makes his rounds as Ames city manager in a two-seater Zenn, an electric car.
The tiny vehicle, plugged in to an electrical outlet behind City Hall, tops out at 25 mph and gets 35 miles to a charge. It is one […]
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Coal to remain world’s top power source: IEA
LONDON (Reuters) - Coal, which produces more climate-warming carbon dioxide than oil or gas, will remain the world’s main source of power until 2030 and nuclear will lose market share, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
Expectations of slower economic growth have led […]
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Nations move on how to put ‘natural assets’ at the top of agenda
CLOSE to 100 nations have concluded a review of how science can better guide policy by examining the merits of a new scientific body able to put the loss of biodiversity, ecosystems and their multi-trillion dollar services at the top of the political agenda.
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Japan’s CO2 emissions hit record high: official
Japan’s carbon dioxide emissions hit a record high of 1.37 billion tons in the year to March 2008, well above the target set by the Kyoto Protocol, the environment ministry said Wednesday.
The figure, which marked a 2.3 percent rise from the previous fiscal year, was mainly the result of more polluting energy production following the […]
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