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Galician Waves Are Best For Producing EnergyMadrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 02, 2009 The best coastal areas in the Iberian Peninsula in terms of harnessing wave energy are the Costa da Morte and Estaca de Bares, in La Coruna, Galicia, according to two pioneering studies by researchers from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), published this month in the journals Energy and Renewable Energy. "The Costa da Morte, between Finisterre and the Sisargas islands, and ... read more |
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Canberra, Australia (UPI) Dec 1, 2009 Australia's newly elected opposition Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott vowed Tuesday to delay or block the government's carbon emissions trading scheme. The bill -- rejected by the Senate in August -- aims to reduce Australia's greenhouse gas output by between 5 percent and 15 percent from 2000 levels within 10 years. Opposition Liberal Party leader Malcolm Turnbull announced ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 1, 2009Groundwater at the site of the world's worst industrial accident in India's Bhopal city is still toxic and making residents sick 25 years after a gas leak there killed thousands, studies said Tuesday. An analysis conducted by the UK-based Bhopal Medical Appeal (BMA) also cast doubt upon government-sponsored research into the impact of the disaster at the Union Carbide pesticide plant, where ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 1, 2009China has launched an advertising campaign aimed at repairing the battered image of its exports after a series of safety scandals, in what is believed to be its first attempt at global branding. The "Made in China, Made with the World" television commercial was commissioned by the Ministry of Commerce and is being broadcast on CNN in the United States and Asia, said advertising agency DDB ... more |
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New York (AFP) Dec 1, 2009Troubled US car maker General Motors on Tuesday announced it sold more vehicles in China in November than in its home market of the United States. The Detroit auto giant saw its sales double in China in November versus the same month a year before, reaching 177,339 vehicles, according to the company's top market analyst Mike DiGiovanni. In the United States sales dipped two percent ... more 
Mexico City (AFP) Dec 1, 2009During crunch talks in Copenhagen next week, Mexico will propose to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050 so long as it receives international aid, officials said Tuesday. The second-largest economy in Latin America after Brazil also aims to reduce emissions from the heat-trapping gases by six to seven percent by 2012 "if we have the necessary technology and financing," ... more 
Geneva (AFP) Dec 1, 2009A bid to free up trade in environmental goods and services gained new momentum Tuesday at a WTO meeting, with some nations calling for a deal ahead of a major climate summit in Copenhagen. An early accord could also act as a much-needed stimulus for negotiations on a broader global trade pact that are currently stalled, said trade ministers gathered at a meeting of 153 WTO member states in ... more |
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