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Global Carbon Emissions Rise to New Record In 2013

19.11.2013 - Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels will rise to a record 36 billion tons this year, a report by 49 researchers from 10 countries said, showing the failure of...

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Poland Seeks To Make ‘Coal’ A Less Dirty Word At UN Climate Talks

18.11.2013 - Poland is struggling to make "coal" less of a dirty word as it hosts U.N. talks on slowing global warming that usually focus mostly on phasing out fossil fuels in favour of...

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Germany Needs to Keep Some Conventional Power

22.08.2012 - Germany must keep a safe layer of fossil fuels-based power capacity in the decades to 2050 by when it hopes to derive 80% of electricity from renewable sources, said a study...

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Germany Puts Deeper Carbon Cut Back on EU Agenda

24.05.2012 - Germany has asked for discussion on deeper EU carbon emissions cuts to be put on the agenda at a meeting of environment ministers in June, EU sources said. If agreed, a more...