Category: Governments & Politics

EU offers climate aid

The European Union outlined a scaled-back offer to help poor nations combat global warming on Thursday as some nations

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Sarkozy unveils new French carbon tax

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday unveiled a new carbon tax to help combat global warming, calling it a

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South Africa won’t sign emission cut targets if they hurt growth

South Africa, a major polluter due to its dependence on coal-fired electricity, will not agree to any emission-cutting targets

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US House Speaker: World can learn from China on climate

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday told Wu Bangguo, the second most powerful man in China's ruling Communist

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Danish PM tells India to speed up climate talks

Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen visits India on Thursday in a bid to speed up negotiations on a

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90% emissions cuts ‘will make room for aviation sector’

Allowing for growth in the aviation sector could require all other areas to reduce their emissions by 90 per

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Maldives to introduce green tax on tourists

The Maldives archipelago, threatened by rising sea levels blamed on climate change, said on Monday it would introduce a

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Christians Arrested for Helping Sichuan Earthquake Victims

In a bizarre turn of the situation, two Chinese Christians and relief helpers of the Sichuan earthquake were arrested

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PM joins thousands in British carbon-cutting pledge

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has put his name to a campaign for a 10-percent cut in Britain's carbon emissions,

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Tensions brewing between Japan Inc. and new govt

Fresh from a landslide election win, Japan's next government faces signs of an emerging rift with big business, which

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