Tag: Germany
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UN Climate Talks: Nations Negotiate Climate Change Deal
RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE — Talks to develop the framework of a global climate change deal—set to be agreed in 2015—started this week at the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany …
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Victory: EU Votes to Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides
BEYOND PESTICIDES — A landmark decision by the European Commission yesterday, means that bee-killing, neonicotinoid pesticides will experience a continent-wide ban in Europe …
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Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?
THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS — The global clean energy sector is undergoing geographic and technological shifts as new markets emerge and renewable capacity grows, according to research released by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The sector demonstrated resilience in 2012, registering a …
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Public Pressure on the Rise Against Nuclear Power
HARVEY WASSERMAN — Rising anger over a dangerous restart and more billions flowing into utility pockets guarantees that this fight will continue to escalate. Edison and the NRC seem willing to …
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Atomic Dominoes Fall While Tanks Leak at Hanford
HARVEY WASSERMAN — This may yet become the first year in decades that the U.S. has fewer than 100 operating commercial reactors. It will also be the biggest year worldwide for the booming Solartopian industries that are transforming …