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1. Germany, Norway give $1.5B to fight deforestation (AP)
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AP - Germany and Norway will pledge $1.5 billion to fight deforestation, blamed for releasing some of the carbon dioxide contributing to global warming, Norway's prime minister said Wednesday on the eve ...

2. Mobil Industrial Lubricants Announces Sponsorship of HUSUM WindEnergy 2010
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BRUSSELS (26th April 2010) – Mobil Industrial Lubricants, ExxonMobil's leading international brand of lubricants for industry, today announced it will be the lead sponsor of the upcoming HUSUM WindEnergy ...

3. Impact of volcanic ash surfacing for US businesses (AP)
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AP - Overnight shipping, airlines and tourism were just some of the businesses that faced a second day of disruptions as a cloud of volcanic ash emanating from Iceland grounded thousands of flights to ...

4. Wind Energy taking off worldwide
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The Global Wind Energy Council, a trade association based in Brussels, estimates that wind power capacity grew by 31 percent worldwide in 2009, with 37.5 additional gigawatts installed, bringing global ...

5. Wind Energy taking off worldwide
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The Global Wind Energy Council, a trade association based in Brussels, estimates that wind power capacity grew by 31 percent worldwide in 2009, with 37.5 additional gigawatts installed, bringing global ...

6. EU calls for more U.S. involvement in combating climate change
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...  Following a meeting in Brussels to discuss how to rescue the Copenhagen climate process, EU environment ministers emphasized the need for concrete, legally binding measures to combat global  ...

7. European Commission Projects 80% Renewable Energy by 2050
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More than 550 high-level political decision makers at EU, national and regional level, representatives of the renewable energy industry, NGOs and scientists gathered in Brussels for the 3rd European Renewable ...

8. EU leaders in last push to break climate deadlock (AFP)
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AFP - EU leaders gather Friday to try to break a stalemate over how best to help poor countries fight global warming, just weeks before a key international climate meeting in Denmark.

9. EU leaders struggle to agree on climate funding (AFP)
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AFP - European leaders failed Thursday to agree on how to fund the fight against climate change, leaving their legal beagles to try to hammer out a new proposal overnight, the EU presidency said.

10. EU and Greenpeace row over safety of GM food (AFP)
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AFP - The EU Commission stressed Thursday that health and environmental factors were foremost in approving genetically modified foodstuffs, while protesting farmers and environmentalists called for an ...

11. Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) stakeholders' general assembly, Brussels, Belgium
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The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) stakeholders' general assembly will take place on 26 and 27 October in Brussels, ... ...

12. British PM urges 100-billion-dollar global green fund (AFP)
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AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Friday called for a global fund worth 100 billion dollars a year to tackle climate change in the developing world, ahead of crunch talks later this year.

13. EU leaders postpone decision on climate change aid (AFP)
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AFP - EU leaders on Thursday postponed a decision on climate change aid for the poorest nations, a move slammed by environmentalists.

14. Tentacles of venom: New study reveals all octopuses are venomous
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... ancient venomous ancestor and highlights new avenues for drug discovery. Conducted by scientists from the University of Melbourne, University of Brussels and Museum Victoria, the ...

15. Europe will suffer despite climate measures: EU (AFP)
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AFP - Europe must prepare both for more floods and drought caused by climate change, regardless of the measures taken to combat it, EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas warned Wednesday.

16. US climate moves encouraging but relatively small: EU (AFP)
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AFP - A US plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions is "very encouraging", EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said Wednesday, while admitting it falls far short of Europe's plans.

17. Germany clears way for climate change hope CCS (AFP)
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AFP - The German government cleared the way on Wednesday for pilot projects to test the viability of siphoning off carbon dioxide churned out by coal power stations and storing it deep underground.

18. Europe Greens unveil EU 'new deal' plan (AFP)
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AFP - European Green parties on Saturday called for an environment-friendly overhaul of the EU, attacking European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso's record and saying he should not be reappointed. ...

19. EU slaps duties on U.S. biodiesel imports: sources
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A key European Union trade panel approved on Tuesday temporary anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of biodiesel from the United States, sources with knowledge of the decision ...

20. Europe Backs Tariffs on U.S. Biofuel Imports
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BRUSSELS - Seeking to protect their beleaguered biodiesel industry, European governments on Tuesday backed a plan to impose provisional tariffs on American biodiesel producers like Cargill ... ...

21. Europe's big lenders still backing green power
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The credit crunch is starting to make an impact on smaller European green energy projects, but cash-rich utilities and the bigger lending institutions will continue to get deals done, ...

22. EWEA report predicts wind energy jobs to double by 2020
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EWEA report predicts wind energy jobs to double by 2020 BRUSSELS: A study by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) suggests that jobs in wind ... ...

23. EU carbon trading system brings windfalls for some, with little benefit to climate
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BRUSSELS: The European Union started with the most high-minded of ecological goals: to create a market that would encourage companies to reduce greenhouse gases by making them pay for each ton emitted ...

24. Time for 'Green New Deal' on climate change, financial crisis: Ban
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Thursday for a "Green New Deal" to tackle climate change and the world financial crisis, as a key EU summit began in Brussels and global talks in Poland entered their final ...

25. EU climate draft eases shock for industry
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders will seek to ease the shock for heavy polluters when they meet later on Thursday to agree measures to tackle climate change, a draft document showed. The European ...

26. EU hails climate deal as example for the world (AP)
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AP - European nations on Friday dared the United States, Russia and China to follow their lead on global warming after agreeing on a plan to meet the so-called "20-20-20" targets: reducing greenhouse emissions ...

27. EU seal deals on economy, climate packages (AFP)
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AFP - EU leaders sealed an agreement Friday for a 200 billion euro plan designed to dig Europe out of recession and a package to combat global warming on the final day of a crunch summit in Brussels.  ...

28. Europe clinches deal to battle climate change (Reuters)
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Reuters - Europe secured the world's broadest agreement yet to battle global warming on Friday after helping east European states pay for changes that will punish their heavily polluting power sectors ...

29. Unanimous agreement on climate package: Sarkozy (AFP)
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AFP - European Union leaders reached a unanimous agreement on an ambitious climate change package at the end of a two-day summit in Brussels on Friday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.  ...

30. 'Consensus emerging' on climate deal at EU summit (AFP)
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AFP - European Union leaders looked poised Thursday to seal agreement on a package to fight global warming after concessions to nations concerned over the cost to industry during recession.