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EU agrees to new renewable energy and emission targets.(International Report)
March 12, 2007... The 27-nation EU set unilateral goals Friday for raising the share of renewable energies, such as hydro or wind power, to 20% of energy use by 2020 from below 7% now. Leaders at a Brussels summit also agreed to slash greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels, to 20% below...

EU to switch to energy-efficient bulbs.(International Report)
March 12, 2007... European homes, offices and streets will have to use energy-efficient lighting by the end of the decade, EU leaders decided Friday. The decision came at the end of a summit of the 27-nation EU and will affect the EU's 490 million citizens. The leaders asked the executive European...

World Bank report looks at 2006 Carbon Market.(Industry Report)
March 12, 2007... The World Bank has released a report indicating that the international carbon market is now trading more than $25 million per year and that emissions trading quadrupled in the last year. The report, State of the Carbon Markets Report 2006, also said that in 2006 the carbon markets were...

Memorandums address global warming topics, etiquette.(Industry Report)
March 9, 2007... Internal memorandums circulated in the Alaskan division of the US Fish and Wildlife Service appear to require government biologists or other employees traveling in countries around the Arctic not to discuss climate change, polar bears or sea ice if they are not designated to do so, according...

Coal-fired power station won't open in New Zealand.(International Report)
March 9, 2007... State-owned Mighty River Power of New Zealand announced yesterday it would not proceed with seeking consents to re-commission the Marsden B Power Station in Ruakaka using coal. After consents for the plant were granted by the Whangarei District and Northland Regional councils, Greenpeace,...