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UK joins G20 push for world levy on banks

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:05:25 GMT

Reuters - Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts and called on the G20 to work toward a $100 billion deal to meet the cost of climate change.

Kenya plans nuclear plant in next five years: PM

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:03:17 GMT

AFP - Kenya hopes to build its first nuclear power plant in the next five years with help from France, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Saturday.

Britain rallies G20 on climate change

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:02:38 GMT

AFP - Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.

Britain urges steps to insure financial system

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:13:00 GMT

AP - Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting Saturday in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change.

Govt in push for new nuclear plants

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:13:06 GMT

AFP - The country could face a serious energy crisis unless plans to build new nuclear power stations are implemented, the energy secretary revealed in an interview Saturday.

Shell Oil to pay $19.5M in environmental fines

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:37:33 GMT

AP - Shell Oil Co. has been ordered to pay $19.5 million to the state for environmental violations at gas stations around California.

Potential problems at 20 W.Va. coal ash dams

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:37:57 GMT

AP - The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection may change its policy for inspecting coal ash impoundments after a survey uncovered more problems — and dams — than expected.

EU warns of climate change impact on India

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:05:32 GMT

AFP - Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, acting as president of the EU, warned Friday of the impact of climate change on India unless a new emissions pact was reached in upcoming UN climate talks.

Tenn. gov: Biofuels project criticism 'outrageous'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:39:15 GMT

AP - Gov. Phil Bredesen says a legislative staff member who attacked a state-backed initiative to turn switchgrass into ethanol is playing politics and endangering chances to land a large investment for East Tennessee.

Delegates discuss way forward in UN climate talks

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:53:59 GMT

AP - U.N. climate negotiators said Friday that, despite low expectations for setting legally binding emissions targets next month, it is still possible to conclude a strong, 192-nation deal to define future work in fighting global warming.

US may still put emissions proposals at Copenhagen

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:11 GMT

AFP - The United States said on Friday it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still debating global warming legislation.

APEC seeks to slash emissions by 2050

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:03:02 GMT

AFP - Asia-Pacific powers including the United States, China and Russia are expected to call next week for sweeping cuts in greenhouse gas emissions on the final countdown to a crunch climate meeting.

Climate talks 'not going well': Ed Miliband

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:41:11 GMT

AFP - Negotiations ahead of the crucial UN climate talks in Copenhagen are "not going well", Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has warned.

APEC seeks sweeping world emission cuts by 2050

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:43:20 GMT

AFP - Asia-Pacific leaders plan to call for sweeping cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at a summit here next week, according to a draft communique obtained by AFP Friday.

Climate talks set to hand major problems to Copenhagen

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:25 GMT

AFP - Talks on a new UN climate pact were wrapping up Friday, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at a showdown in Copenhagen next month.

Japanese seek US base environment deal

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:51:28 GMT

AFP - The heads of two key Japanese prefectures called for US troops to toughen environmental protection as a goodwill gesture, as a row over bases brews ahead of President Barack Obama's visit next week.

Key US Senate panel clears climate bill

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:25:48 GMT

AFP - US Senate Democrats on Thursday pushed a sweeping climate change bill through a key committee, shrugging off a boycott by Republicans who oppose the measure and mostly shunned the debate.

EPA to impose standards on PVC plant emissions

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:46:34 GMT

AP - The Environmental Protection Agency will set new nationwide emission standards for makers of polyvinyl chloride, commonly known as the plastic PVC, under a settlement with environmental groups announced Thursday.

Bluefin tuna on edge of extinction, environmentalists warn

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:05:54 GMT

AFP - An international fisheries group set up to protect Atlantic tuna has done the opposite and driven one species of the fish, the bluefin, to the edge of extinction, environmentalists said Thursday.