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Merkel to campaign for markets tax at G20Berlin (AFP) May 20, 2010 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday she would lead a campaign for a tax on financial markets at the next summit of the Group of 20 major economies in June and called for international support. Speaking at a conference on financial regulation here, Merkel said: "We have now stated that we will campaign for a tax on the financial markets and we will campaign for that at our (G20) summit in Canada." She did not specify whether she was seeking a financial activity tax, which would cover pr ... read more |
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Rochester Hills MI (SPX) May 21, 2010UNI-SOLAR has announced it is participating in one of the country's largest rooftop testing sites for photovoltaic (PV) modules. The test site, hosted by ProLogis Renewable Energy, is on a utility-scale rooftop in Denver, Colorado. UNI-SOLAR is based in Michigan with innovative technology and manufacturing facilities in Auburn Hills and Greenville. UNI-SOLAR is the only large-scale manufac ... more  
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 19, 2010Oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has entered a strong ocean current that will sweep it towards Florida and Cuba in days and possibly on up the Atlantic coast, experts warned Wednesday. The Loop Current has started dragging leaking crude from the giant slick off Louisiana towards Florida's popular tourist beaches and fragile coral reefs, threatening a whole new dimension to the unfolding env ... more  
Kaohsiung, Taiwan (SPX) May 20, 2010Radio frequency identification, RFID, could be used in the immediate aftermath of a major earthquake to save lives, according to new research published in the International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. Yen-Chun Jim Wu of the National Sun Yat-Sen University and Ching-Yuan Hung, of the National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, in Taiwan, that there ... more |
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Tough US measures needed to beat climate change: expertsWashington (AFP) May 19, 2010 The United States has to lead the global fight on climate change by breaking with business-as-usual and setting tough standards for the amount of greenhouse gases it emits into the atmosphere, US scientists said Wednesday. In one of three multi-hundred-page reports on climate change by the National Research Council, scientists said the United States should set a budget that would limit greenhouse gas emissions to a total of between 170 and 200 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent between 2012 and 2 ... read more |
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