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Confusion Reigns Over Western Climate Aid

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Analysis of international data by academics shows donors are overstating aid for poor countries to tackle climate change, highlighting the need for new guidelines to measure whether rich countries are keeping their promises.

A love movie festival in Belgium, uniforms for park guards in Central America, tobacco control, earthquake safety and an...

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Welcome To Green Britain

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Thirteen million households have endured a winter of discontent as sky-high energy prices left families shivering in their homes. Despite Britain being gripped by the worst cold spell for 30 years, seven out of 10 people say they turned down the thermostat or rationed their heating for fear of the cost, research has revealed. Others were so...

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We'll Open A Nuclear Power Station Every 18 Months, Say Tories

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One new nuclear power station would be opened every 18 months under a Conservative blueprint to avoid the first widespread electricity blackouts since the 1970s. Shadow energy spokesman Greg Clark told the Daily Mail there would be 'no limit' on the expansion of nuclear power under a Tory government.

'In the past, we haven't been entirely clear...

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Power Prices To Rocket Under Emissions Trading Scheme

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Working families across Australia can now confidently expect massive increases in their household and business power bills as a result of the Rudd Government’s proposed Emissions Trading Scheme, Senator Ron Boswell said today. Senator Boswell was commenting on the decision today of the New South Wales Independent Pricing and Regulatory...

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EU Deadlocked Over Future Climate Strategy

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EU environment ministers are meeting today (15 March) to debate their strategy for international climate negotiations, but no consensus is emerging about whether the EU should raise its target for greenhouse gas emission reductions for 2020.

One of the central topics to be discussed is whether the EU should hold on to its pledge to reduce...

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