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Solar energy ‘revolution’ brings green power closerSilicon Vlley, California, USA - The holy grail of renewable energy came a step closer yesterday as thousands of mass-produced, wafer-thin solar cells printed on aluminium film rolled off a production line in California, heralding what British scientists called "a revolution" in generating electricity. |
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China to contribute 1.4 billion dollars to ITERBeijing (AFP) Jan 8, 2008 - China will contribute 1.4 billion dollars to an international nuclear fusion project that aims to emulate the power of the sun to provide limitless clean energy, state press said Tuesday. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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China’s solar market heats upBeijing - China is now the world's second largest investor into renewable energy, and is eyeing even more international business opportunities in this area. |
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Envoys say NKorea denuclearisation to go forwardBeijing - Envoys to six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament said the disablement of its atomic facilities would go forward although they expressed doubts of reaching a written agreement Sunday. |
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UNESCO adds 23 new sites to global network of biosphere reservesUnited Nations - Remote cloud forests in Viet Nam, hundreds of atolls in Micronesia and mangroves in El Salvador are featured in the 23 ecosystems which were added today to a United Nations network set up to fight biodiversity loss and promote sustainable development that helps local communities. |
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Times Researcher Released From China PrisonBeijing - A New York Times researcher in China, who was arrested in 2004 and charged with revealing state secrets, was released from a Beijing detention center. The journalist was later acquitted of the charge. |
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Rare dolphin ‘sighted’ in ChinaYangtze River, China - The critically endangered Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, has been sighted in eastern China, Chinese media report. |
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Good news travels fastQingdao, Shandong, China - Nowadays residents in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province don't need to worry being caught without an umbrella in public areas when rain starts falling. |
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“Momentum building” for new climate deal: U.N.Vienna, Austria - The United Nations says momentum is building for tougher long-term action to fight global warming beyond the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol and a climate meeting starting in Vienna on Monday will be a crucial part of the process. |
news from East Asia
- Japan says to spare humpback whales again
- Wind power can prevent climate change: study
- Good news? There is some
- Mitsubishi Electric to Start Plastics Recycling Plant
- Anti-poverty summit raises 16 billion dollars: UN chief
- India’s iconic electric car gets volt of energy
- Beijing air measures ‘must stay’
- Boost for China panda population
- China, Taiwan resume direct flights
- China Watch: Plastic Bag Ban Trumps Market and Consumer Efforts
