Category: Governments & Politics

Greenpeace Affair: EDF Energy May Face Criminal Charges

Prosecutors have called for French state energy giant EDF, accused of spying on environmental campaigners Greenpeace, to face criminal

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Busted BP well no longer ‘threat’ to Gulf: US official

The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been

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Website tracks Copenhagen pledges

Six rich economies joined a website unveiled on Friday detailing pledges in short-term aid they made at last December's

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Financing vital for world climate change deal

A global fund to help poorer countries switch to green industrial technology is vital in any new international pact

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Response to Pakistan flood disaster ‘pitifully slow’

Delegates at a United Nations conference in Melbourne have called for the international community to do more to help

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Review calls for UN climate shake-up

A major report handed to the United Nations in New York overnight recommends a big shake-up of the way

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Russian seed bank in danger of being sold

Video Report: There is alarm over plans to sell off Russia's seed bank. (more…)

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Climate aid hits $30 bln, really?

Aid promises from rich nations to help poor countries slow global warming are reaching the $30 billion goal agreed

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BP scraps plans to drill in Arctic due to Gulf spill

BP has scrapped plans to drill in the Arctic, where a new oil rush is expected, amid fears such

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EU calls for overhaul of UN carbon credit mechanism

The European Union's top climate official called on Wednesday for a major overhaul of the UN's carbon credit mechanism

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