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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 30, 2009 
China and India could use their growing clout to shame developed countries into committing to a climate change deal in Copenhagen in December, the UN's top climate scientist said Friday. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, told AFP on the sidelines of a conference in Beijing the two Asian giants would have "a lot of moral force" at the ... read more 
Charleston, West Virginia (AFP) Nov 1, 2009Coal super-powers China, India and the United States are set to dominate world climate talks next month, but even in the heartland of US coal there are doubts their re-branded fuel can be part of the solution. In the rugged tree-cloaked hills of rural West Virginia, coal is as much a way of life as bluegrass music, pickup trucks or the hundreds of wood-clad baptist churches that spot the cou ... more
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New Haven, West Virginia (AFP) Oct 31, 2009Eyeing lucrative markets in China, India and beyond, French firm Alstom on Friday unveiled the world's largest carbon capture facility at a coal plant -- a technology backers hope will fuel a new multi-billion dollar industry and keep the coal industry alive. Banking that coal power plants will come under legal and financial pressure to reduce emissions as part of efforts to reduce global wa ... more  
Brussels (AFP) Oct 29, 2009The European Union on Thursday condemned China's execution of two Tibetans, voicing concerns over how their trials were conducted. "The European Union condemns the recent executions of two Tibetans, Mr Lobsang Gyaltsen and Mr Loyak," the Swedish EU presidency said in a statement on behalf of the 27-nation bloc. "The EU respects China's right to bring those responsible for the violence to ... more  
Washington (AFP) Oct 28, 2009Iran's main gasoline suppliers, including British, French, Swiss and Indian firms, may face tough US sanctions under a bill that sailed through a key House of Representatives panel Wednesday. By a voice vote, the House Foreign Affairs Committee approved legislation aimed at tightening the economic vise on the Islamic republic over its suspect nuclear program, which the West charges hides an ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Oct 27, 2009Japan may send a naval refuelling mission now backing the NATO-led Afghan campaign to support anti-piracy efforts off Somalia next year, the defence minister said Tuesday. Japan has since 2001 deployed a refuelling ship and an escorting warship in the Indian Ocean to aid the coalition fighting in Afghanistan, but a new centre-left government has said it will end the mission in January. ... more  
Kathmandu (AFP) Oct 27, 2009Tigers will become extinct unless the international community unites urgently to find new strategies to ensure their survival, campaigners and scientists in Nepal said Tuesday. Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal told the opening of a conference of 200 delegates from 20 countries that action by individual countries would not succeed. "Global and regional solidarity and collective ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 27, 2009India faces a mounting challenge to dispose of an estimated 420,000 tonnes of electronic waste a year that it generates domestically and imports from abroad, a green lobby group said Tuesday. Priti Mahesh, senior programme officer with New Delhi-based Toxic Link, said there were no separate figures for e-waste generated by Indians and the amount imported, but the scale of the problem was ... more |
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