BACKGROUND:The EU's (partial)recipe for Copenhagen
Luxembourg - These are the main points which European Union environment ministers think should be covered by a deal on fighting climate change in Copenhagen in December:TARGETS: global warming should be limited to 2 degrees centigrade above pre-indus...
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EXTRA:EU approves watered-down proposals on climate change
Luxembourg - European Union environment ministers on Wednesday agreed a watered-down negotiating position ahead of international talks on fighting climate change by putting off a key debate on billions of euros in emissions permits, diplomats said. T...
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Slovakia appoints new environment chief on eve of summit
Bratislava - As the European Union prepares later this week to deal with environmental issues at a summit in Brussels, Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic on Wednesday appointed Jozef Medved as his country's new environment minister. Medved, 59, a unive...
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Key Senate panel approves climate bill; Republicans boycott
Washington - A key Senate committee approved a landmark climate bill Thursday that would force US companies to curb greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming. But the 11-1 vote in the Senate Environment Committee was boycotted by opposition ...
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Obama officials take climate case before skeptical Senate
Washington - The Senate's debate on climate change legislation shifted into high gear on Tuesday as President Barack Obama's administration took its case for action before the chamber's environment committee. Cabinet members from the departments of e...
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Dutch report first patient resistant to Tamiflu drug
Amsterdam - Dutch health authorities have recorded a first case of a swine flu-infected patient resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu. The Royal Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM said the patient had been hospitalized, but decli...
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Sydney's red dust storm benefits environment
Sydney - Scientists said on Wednesday the dramatic red dust storm that blanketed Sydney two weeks ago provided an unexpected benefit to the environment. Photographs went around the world of the red dust cloud that enveloped Sydney on September 23, wi...
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Sweden approves Nord Stream gas pipeline under Baltic Sea
Stockholm - Sweden onThursday granted a permit to the Nord Stream international consortium to bring natural gas from Russia to Germany via an underwater pipeline under the Baltic Sea. Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren announced the decision after...
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Australian government blasted over Timor Sea oil leak
Sydney - The Australian government Tuesday rejected criticism that it was not pushing a Thai oil exploration company hard enough to cap a leaking Timor Sea oil well and clean up the spill. We are head down and bum up on this, Environment Minister P...
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EU grapples for compromise in emissions-permit row - Update
Luxembourg - European Union environment ministers from Eastern and Western states grappled for compromise Wednesday over what to do with billions of euros' worth of greenhouse-gas emissions permits. Eastern members are fighting for the right to sell ...
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Ericsson reports lower third-quarter sales and income
Stockholm - Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson on Thursday reported a drop in third-quarter sales and net income, citing a tougher market environment. Net income - after losses and restructuring charges - shrunk 74 per cent to 800 million kro...
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EU presidency pushes for 2050 climate pledge
Brussels - The European Union should pledge to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 per cent by 2050 in a bid to forge a global deal on fighting climate change, the bloc's presidency said Tuesday ahead of a meeting of EU environment minist...
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India, China sign pact to fight climate change
New Delhi - India and China Wednesday signed an agreement to cooperate on ways to fight climate change and pledged to set up a group to exchange views concerning international negotiations on climate change, a news report said. India's Environment Mi...
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Bridgestone to stop suppling tyres for Formula One
Tokyo - Japan's leading tyre maker Bridgestone Corp said Monday it was to withdraw from suppling tyres for Formula One racing by the end of the 2010 season, owing to a changed business environment. Bridgestone ... today announced that it will not en...
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