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Poland's Power Plans Worry Environmentalists

Poland's plans to give away tens of millions of carbon emissions permits to new power stations are drawing criticism from environmentalists, but the European Union's climate chief says she is not worried.
 
The disagreement highlights Poland's problems in aligning its high-carbon economy with the EU's ambitions t

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25/08/2010
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Brazil Taps Small Farmers For Biofuels Campaign

With its biofuels business increasingly dominated by giant corporations, Brazil is seeking to extend its biofuels sector to include farmers like Lucas Scariot, who makes around $10,000 per year from selling grain.
 
For the past three years, Scariot has sold soy beans at a premium over market prices to a biofuels

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25/08/2010
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Japan To Subsidize CO2-Cut Studies: Report

Japan has selected 15 groups of companies to conduct feasibility studies for emission-cutting projects in nine developing countries to promote clean-energy technologies, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

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09/08/2010
Risa Maeda
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Flash Floods Inundate Central Europe

Rescue workers sought to clear flood-borne debris including damaged cars and evacuate victims after heavy rains and stormy winds across central Europe killed at least 15 people over the weekend.

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09/08/2010
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Indian Ocean Tsunami Drill Unfolds Across Region

Sirens wailed and loudspeakers ordered residents of coastal towns and villages from Indonesia's Aceh province to Sri Lanka to seek safety during an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami practice drill on Wednesday.

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15/10/2009
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Climate Talks May Go To Last Minute

The world may have to wait until the dying seconds of a U.N. climate summit in December for a global deal to channel business dollars into low-carbon energy, industry and analysts said on Wednesday.

Senior executives warned progress so far in U.N.-led climate talks was inadequate to guarantee the future of low-carbon markets which could transform how the world gets its energy.

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15/10/2009
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Push To Exempt Australian Farmers From Carbon Laws

Australia's government will be asked to exempt farmers from carbon trading in order to pass landmark emissions laws through parliament under changes being pushed by opposition lawmakers on Wednesday.

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15/10/2009
James Grubel
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Canada governments To Fund Second Carbon project

The Canadian and Alberta governments said on Wednesday they will spend C$779 million ($756 million) on a carbon capture project planned by TransAlta Corp, their second such funding announcement in less than a week.

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15/10/2009
Jeffrey Jones
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Canada governments To Fund Second Carbon project

The Canadian and Alberta governments said on Wednesday they will spend C$779 million ($756 million) on a carbon capture project planned by TransAlta Corp, their second such funding announcement in less than a week.

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15/10/2009
Jeffrey Jones
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Canada governments To Fund Second Carbon project

The Canadian and Alberta governments said on Wednesday they will spend C$779 million ($756 million) on a carbon capture project planned by TransAlta Corp, their second such funding announcement in less than a week.

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15/10/2009
Jeffrey Jones
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