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US House to take up fuel efficiency standards after deal Washington (AFP) Dec 1, 2007 
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has promised lawmakers will next week take up a "historic" bid to raise fuel efficiency standards for most cars to 35 miles per gallon by 2020.
Friday's announcement of the most significant such reform in 30 years followed tense talks between lawmakers who had argued for the sweeping environmental reform, and those worried about the impact on ... read more
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US, EU aim to free up trade in 'green' goods
Geneva (AFP) Nov 30, 2007Solar panels, wind turbines and other "green" goods and services should face fewer tariffs and other trade barriers, the United States and European Union proposed at the World Trade Organisation on Friday. Washington and Brussels jointly proposed that all 151 members of the WTO cut tariffs on at least 43 types of environmentally-friendly goods and services in order to boost their use worldwi ... more Moscow Finds Relief As Gas Prices Rise Only 30 Percent 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 30, 2007When Turkmenistan announced last week it would raise the gas price for Gazprom by 30 percent, the Russian energy giant actually sighed with relief. It had long expected Ashgabat to raise the prices, and $130 per 1,000 cubic meters is a moderate price for today, considerably lower than the rumored $150. In the end, the news is one more proof that Russia's increase of gas prices for Ukraine is jus ... more Africa urged to avoid morning-after oil hangover 
Johannesburg (AFP) Dec 2, 2007Oil-rich countries in Africa must resist the temptation to splurge their revenue from black gold if they want to avoid a hangover when supplies run dry, experts said at a conference in South Africa. Oil has all too often proved a curse to Africa, greasing the palms of foreign firms and corrupt leaders, and while many countries are now improving the way they manage the resource, they also nee ... more Iraq Looks Inward To Rebuild Oil Industry 
London (UPI) Nov 30, 2007The leader of Iraq's oil workers, attending an anti-war conference here, says Iraq could be producing more oil by investing its own money, without an oil law or large scale foreign oil company involvement. "National expertise and resources are capable of enhancing production in the oil industry," Hassan Jumaa Awad, president of the umbrella Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, told United Press ... more Japan firm announces first carbon spot trade 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 30, 2007A Japanese company said Friday it had conducted the world's first spot trade in carbon credits, predicting the nascent market will grow as countries step up efforts to tackle global warming. Under the Kyoto Protocol, industrial countries must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 but can earn credits by buying from those who have met their targets or by supporting environmentally friendly pro ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Dec 1, 2007The world's largest nuclear plant in central Japan, which was shut in July after a major earthquake, will not be able to resume operation for at least two years, a top government expert said Saturday. The seven-reactor Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, a crucial source of electricity for the Tokyo region 250 kilometres (150 miles) to the south, suffered a fire, a small radioactive leak and other pro ... more China's largest-ever coal-fired power plant starts operation: report 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 30, 2007China's largest coal-fired power plant, a 2.1-billion-dollar complex supplying the energy-hungry east coast, has entered into operation, state media reported Friday. The four 1,000-megawatt generating units that make up the plant are located in east China's Zhejiang province and operated by China Huaneng Group, one of the nation's top energy producers, the Xinhua news agency said. The fa ... more Seoul offers to use North Korean nuclear fuel rods: report 
Seoul (AFP) Dec 2, 2007South Korea is proposing to use North Korean nuclear fuel rods, to be removed from a reactor under a six-nation disarmament deal, for South Korean power plants, a news report said Sunday. Seoul's Yonhap news agency quoted an unnamed government source as saying negotiators should decide how to dispose of the nuclear fuel that will be removed as part of the full dismantling of the North's nucl ... more French, Italian energy groups reach deal on nuclear cooperation 
Nice, France (AFP) Nov 30, 2007French energy group EDF and Italian counterpart Enel said Friday they had reached agreement to enable Enel to take part in the development of a third generation nuclear reactor in France. The accord, signed during a French-Italian summit here, calls for Enel to take a 12.5 percent stake in an ongoing project to build the reactor in Flamanville in northern France. Enel in addition would h ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Nov 29, 2007US actions over Tibet and Taiwan have damaged relations between China and the United States, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said Thursday amid a row over US naval calls to Hong Kong. "Recently, due to the erroneous practices of the US, relations have been disturbed and harmed," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said. Liu cited a US congressional medal awarded to the Tibetan s ... more US, China, feud over Taiwan, Tibet, port dispute 
Washington (AFP) Nov 29, 2007The United States and China on Thursday traded rhetorical broadsides over US actions on Taiwan and Tibet, as well as Beijing barring a US warship from a family holiday get-together in Hong Kong. Beijing insisted Washington's recent arms sales to Taiwan and support for Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama had left relations "disturbed and harmed" and linked those steps to last week's port- ... more New Research Discredits 100 Billion Dollar Global Warming Fix 
Virginia Key FL (SPX) Nov 30, 2007Scientists have revealed an important discovery that raises doubts concerning the viability of plans to fertilize the ocean to solve global warming, a projected $100 billion venture. Research performed at Stanford and Oregon State Universities, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, suggests that ocean fertilization may not be an effective method of reducing carbon dioxide in the atmo ... more More deaths as storms exit the Philippines 
Manila (AFP) Nov 29, 2007Storms Hagibis and Mitag have blown out of the the Philippines, the weather bureau said Thursday, as the death toll climbed to 29 and rescuers continued to battle rough seas in search of the missing. The coast guard said 12 Chinese fishermen went missing after two boats capsized Wednesday in rough seas near Pag Asa island off the country's western coast. Two Filipino airforce pilots are ... more
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