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Portugal finds a power niche in the sunAmareleja, Portugal - Broad fields of giant solar panels as big as houses tilt toward the sun in this torrid patch of the Iberian peninsula. |
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Volvo takes success with carbon-dioxide-neutral trucks to Washington, DCWashington, D.C., USA - After the Volvo Group’s notable showcasing of carbon-dioxide-neutral trucks in Stockholm and Brussels last year, it is now Washington, DC’s turn. |
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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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Ikea switches to hybrids in BritainLondon, England, UK - Swedish home furnishings retailer Ikea said it is switching its company car fleet in Britain to hybrid vehicles. |
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Vaccines Getting to Poor Nations FasterAmsterdam, Netherlands - The timeline for getting new vaccines to poor countries that need them most is being shortened from decades to less than two years, an alliance of U.N. agencies and government and private groups said Friday. |
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Madagascan forests regenerate against expectationsSouthern Madagascar - Sacred rites protecting "taboo" forest and unofficial land ownership agreements are helping regenerate large areas of tropical forest in southern Madagascar, say researchers. |
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Swedish Kids Campaign Against Dog PoopMalmo, Sweden - Sick of the ever increasing amount of dog poop on the roads and parks, a bunch of preschoolers in Malmo, Sweden, have begun a neighborhood protest against it. |
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Plastic bags will cost you a nickel at IkeaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Customers leave Ikea's 29 U.S. stores every day with Nordic-named housewares and assemble-it-yourself furniture, but the Swedish home furnishings retailer wants to see shoppers walk out with one less thing: a plastic bag. |
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Brain creates ‘new’ nerve cellsAuckland, New Zealand - Researchers have discovered for the first time that the human brain can grow new nerve cells. |
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Painting believed to be previously unknown work by Rubens sold in SwedenStockholm, Sweden - A painting believed to be a previously unknown work by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens sold for 16.6 million kronor (1.84 million; US$2.45 million) at a Swedish auction Tuesday, an auction house said. |
news from Europe
- Italy apologises to Libya for colonial era damage
- Denmark’s approves 400 MW offshore windmill park
- Roman temple found under church
- 106 miles per gallon—not just hot air?
- Heart attacks reduced by Scottish smoking ban: study
- High-Performance, Low-Pollution: German Cars Go Green
- Fishing ban brings seas to life
- GM to build world’s biggest rooftop solar station: report
- Ferrari to slash sports cars’ carbon emissions: president
- UK plans wind power expansion
