Dutch to develop new European climate satellite
The Hague - The Netherlands is to develop Europe's next climate satellite, it was announced by the European Space Agency (ESA) at the close of the agency's tri-annual conference in The Hague on Wednesday. Dutch Economics Minister Maria van der Hoeven...
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Vatican practices green preaching through solar power
Vatican City - The Vatican inaugurated Wednesday its new solar power energy system, which will heat the hall where Pope Benedict XVI holds his weekly general audience - in a move in keeping with the pontiff's concern for environmental issues. Benedic...
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Sweden sees Poznan climate parley as important 'halfway stage'
Stockholm - An upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland was an important halfway stage to review efforts to forge a new climate deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol that expires in 2012, Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgre...
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Ireland sets 10-per-cent target for electric vehicles by 2020
Dublin - The Irish government announced Wednesday a target of 10 per cent of all vehicles to be electric by 2020. Making the announcement on RTE state radio, Communications and Energy Minister Eamon Ryan of the Green Party said the ultimate target wa...
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Polish coal miners at centre of EU climate tussle - Feature
Warsaw - As the European Union seeks to slash greenhouse gas emissions, Polish coal miners are worried - and defiant. Coal provides 94 per cent of Poland's energy and some 117,000 jobs, a fact that's come into focus as the country prepares to host gl...
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Germans split over 'climate-friendly' big cars - Feature
Berlin - Car-buyers are being tugged two ways in a German debate over carbon-dioxide emissions: should they buy cars for the fast lane, or downsize to smaller cars more suited to the slow lane of German autobahns?The dilemma came to a head when Chanc...
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