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"UNITED NATIONS -- At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations' Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel.""World's Top Scientists To Review Climate Panel"
AP, 03/11/2010
"China and India formally agreed Tuesday to join the international climate change agreement reached in December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up."China and India Formally Support Copenhagen Accord
NYTimes, 03/10/2010
Spain's boom-and-bust experience with subsidized solar energy may hold some lessons for other countries."Solar Industry Learns Lessons in Spanish Sun"
NYTimes, 03/10/2010
"'The Cove,' an American film documenting the annual killing of dolphins in a cove near the Japanese village of Taiji, was awarded an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Sunday night.""Taiji Dolphin Slaughter Film Wins Best Documentary Oscar"
ENS, 03/10/2010
"PARIS -- An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Paris haven't let that stop them.""Chanel Muses On Global Cooling With Iceberg Show"
Reuters, 03/10/2010
"Diplomacy and energy are never far apart in the Persian Gulf. So, as American officials seek new international sanctions against Iran this week, it’s probably wise for them to remember how much the world’s global energy map has changed over the past decade.""Iran’s Ace (or Deuce): Its Oil Reserves"
NYTimes, 03/09/2010
"Two billion people worldwide do their cooking on open fires, producing sooty pollution that shortens millions of lives and exacerbates global warming. If widely adopted, a new generation of inexpensive, durable cook stoves could go a long way toward alleviating this problem.""World's Pall of Black Carbon Can Be Eased With New Stoves"
YaleE360, 03/09/2010
"Activists in Mexico complain that the deforestation threatening the environmental health of Mexico has been accentuated by the granting of public areas to private companies.""ENVIRONMENT-MEXICO: Green Areas to the Highest Bidder"
IPS, 03/09/2010
"One of the stickiest points in international climate change negotiations is how to account for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions produced to make goods that are then sold for export.""Counting 'Outsourced' Greenhouse Gas Emissions"
NYTimes, 03/09/2010
"The national oil company created after the 1938 seizure, Pemex, is entering a period of turmoil. Oil production in its aging fields is sagging so rapidly that Mexico, long one of the world's top oil-exporting countries, could begin importing oil within the decade.""Mexico's Oil Politics Keeps Riches Just Out of Reach"
NYTimes, 03/09/2010
"French anti-nuclear campaigners claim a new power plant being built in Normandy carries an accident risk of 'Chernobyl proportions'."French Nuclear Reactor Carries 'Chernobyl-Size' Explosion Risk: Group
Guardian, 03/08/2010
"Scientists say global climate change may be contributing to the increased appearance of dead zones in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans where low oxygen levels are damaging the undersea ecosystem.""Growing Low-Oxygen Zones in Oceans Worry Scientists"
McClatchy, 03/08/2010
"The European Union's development chief may be forced to name and shame France, Germany and Italy for not living up to their aid commitments, contributing to a roughly $17 billion funding gap this year.""EU Climate Funding Threatened"
Reuters, 03/08/2010
"The Energy Department official overseeing DOE stimulus spending said today that suspending renewable energy grants as urged by Senate Democrats would hurt domestic job creation.""DOE Disputes Senators' Claims of Stimulus Grants Flowing Overseas"
Greenwire, 03/05/2010
Japan said it won't comply with a ban on international trade of endangered bluefin tuna supported by the U.S."Japan Says It Won't Comply With Bluefin Tuna Ban"
Wash Post, 03/05/2010
