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China says no emissions cap for nowBeijing (AFP) Feb 25, 2010 China's top climate change negotiator has said the world's biggest carbon polluter has no intention of capping greenhouse gas emissions for the time being, state media reported Thursday. Su Wei, who led China's negotiating team at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen in December, said the country's carbon emissions had to increase because the economy was still developing, the China Daily said. China "could not and should not" set an upper limit on greenhouse gas emissions at the current sta ... read more |
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Monza, Italy (AFP) Feb 25, 2010Rescue workers will be able to recover a large chunk of a giant, deadly oil spill moving down Italy's largest river by late Friday, the country's civil protection agency said. "I think that over the next 24 hours the biggest part of this oil spill will be retrieved," agency head Guido Bertolaso said Thursday, after meeting with local officials in northern town of Piacenza, situated on conflu ... more  
Kiel, Germany (AFP) Feb 25, 2010A skipper hoping to become the first to sail round the world using solar power said his catamaran could carve a wake for pollution-free shipping as he unveiled the record-breaking yacht Thursday. "This is a unique feeling to see in front of me today a boat which I so often dreamed about," said Raphael Domjan as the covers came off the 18 million euro (24 million dollar) boat, the world's big ... more  
Buenos Aires (UPI) Feb 25, 2009 Latin American unease over the ongoing Falklands oil row is rising amid public comments by prominent leaders that are helping to fan the sentiments against the United Kingdom for its support of oil prospecting in the Falklands waters. The latest support for the Argentine position came from Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who told a Latin American unity conference in Mexic ... more |
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China, Zambia sign mining, economic zone pactsBeijing (AFP) Feb 25, 2010 China and Zambia signed a mining agreement and a deal to set up a joint economic zone Thursday, as the presidents of the two nations agreed to expand economic and trade ties. In total five agreements were signed after President Hu Jintao held talks with his Zambian counterpart Rupiah Banda, who is on a nine-day visit to China, state media said. "We must push forward new cooperative projects in a step-by-step manner and jointly build the Zambia-China economic and trade cooperation zone," state te ... read more |
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