TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan watered down legislation to fight climate change Thursday after weeks of wrangling within the government over plans for an emissions trading system that has met stiff resistance from industry.
Japan weakens climate bill, pressured by industry
Posted by Shalmon07 10 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)Sarkozy to press G20 on climate funding
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PARIS (Reuters) - France will push the Group of 20 countries to impose a tax on financial transactions to raise billions of dollars to help developing nations fight climate change, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday.
EU to exceed 2020 green energy target: forecasts
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - New forecasts suggest the European Union will exceed its target of getting 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources in 2020, the European Commission said Thursday.
EU confirms support for bluefin tuna trade ban
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union ambassadors agreed to propose protecting bluefin tuna as an endangered species on Wednesday, the EU presidency said, a move that would effectively ban international trade in the species.
Canada Parliament eats seal to defy "ignorant" EU
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal products.
Sun won't stop global warming if dims as in 1600s
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OSLO (Reuters) - A dimming of the sun to match conditions in the "Little Ice Age" of the 17th century would only slightly slow global warming, a study indicated on Wednesday.
Arctic seed vault sets record, over 500,000 samples
Posted by Shalmon07 22 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
OSLO (Reuters) - A "doomsday" vault storing crop seeds in an Arctic deep freeze is surpassing 500,000 samples to become the most diverse collection of food seeds in history, managers said on Thursday.
Chavez trusts God and nature in power crisis
Posted by Shalmon07 1 day 10 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez is confident that God and nature will pull Venezuela out of a power crisis battering both the economy and his popularity.
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