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Biofuel made a significant headway in aviation as a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing aircraft using the renewable energy source flew over the Netherlands with about 40 people on board. KLM said it was the first time a passenger aircraft using sustainable biofuel took flight anywhere in the world. The test flight used 50 percent kerosene fuel and 50 percent biofuel in one of the ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 25, 2009China said Wednesday it will not sacrifice growth to cut gas emissions, illustrating the difficulty in reaching a global climate deal at a major summit next month despite US moves to boost the talks. The comments from China's special envoy to the December 7-18 UN summit in Copenhagen showed the sharp divide between rich nations and emerging countries and came after the United States indicate ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2009US President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to boost hopes of a landmark deal at the Copenhagen climate summit, as a new report showed the crisis facing the planet is deeper than previously thought. Obama, hosting India's leader at the White House a week after visiting top global polluter China, said recent progress meant the world was "one step closer to a successful outcome in Copenhagen." ... more  
Taipei (AFP) Nov 25, 2009Taiwanese environmental groups on Wednesday voiced concern over the safety of two nuclear power plants after a survey found they were located near a zone at risk from earthquakes. "The plants are old and it's not easy to upgrade their quake resistance features," said Herburt Lee, secretary general of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union. The plants, in northern Taiwan, are as close ... more 
Vienna (AFP) Nov 25, 2009A nuclear fuel swap inside Iran, as proposed by the Islamic Republic, is "not an option", the head of the UN atomic watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei said here Wednesday. "I don't think that is an option. The whole purpose of the deal is to defuse the crisis," ElBaradei told reporters, referring to a deal he had brokered on the supply of nuclear fuel to a research reactor in Tehran. Iran and ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Nov 25, 2009China's Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. (BAIC) told state media Wednesday it will "reassess" its options after a plan to buy Swedish carmaker Saab collapsed, but gave no hint of its plans. Swedish high-performance carmaker Koenigsegg said Tuesday it was abandoning plans to join forces with BAIC to buy Saab from its US parent General Motors due to costly delays, plunging Saab's future ... more  
Quito (AFP) Nov 25, 2009Ecuador and China will form a joint venture to develop an oil bloc in the South American country that has proven reserves of 120 million barrels of crude, an Ecuadoran official said Wednesday. Germanico Pinto, the minister of non-renewable natural resources, announced the creation of a joint venture between Ecuador's state-owned Petroecuador and China's Sinopec International Petroleum at a ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 25, 2009China called on Taiwan to take "earnest" steps to protect mainland envoys visiting the island next month, state media said Wednesday, after protestors trapped a representative in a hotel last year. Yang Yi, spokesman for China's official Taiwan Affairs Office, said he believed the upcoming talks would be "supported and welcomed by Taiwan compatriots" despite threats of new protests, Xinhua ... more |
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