42.Coal-fired power plants The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seemed to fit the bill, and it fuel

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I think the fact that the United States is going to take genuine efforts to reduce emissions, is gonna really put billions of dollars into the greening of our economy, that it is going to step up and engage in bona fide, open, science-based negotiat

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International doctors and health professionals say its their duty to speak out Joe DeCapua | Washington, DC 27 November 2009 ...the health dimension in the climate change negotiations is conspicuous by its absence. Senior doctors and health professi

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By Paula Wolfson White House 30 April 2007 The latest United States-European Union summit has ended with signs of progress on several issues that have strained trans-Atlantic ties, including alternative energy and pushing ahead on world trade talks.

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 30 April 2007 Scientists and other experts from 120 countries are meeting in Thailand this week to discuss ways to respond to climate change. The same group warned earlier this year that global warming poses a major threat to ma

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By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 26 July 2007 Representatives from American auto manufacturer General Motors recently were in Washington, D.C. to showcase the electric Chevy Volt. GM says the vehicle will change the way people commute, reducing emissi

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 June 2007 Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is launching a new organization to improve humanitarian assistance around the world. Mr. Annan says the new organization, called the Global Humanitarian Forum, will help peo

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By Alan Silverman Hollywood 24 June 2006 Squeezed in among all the multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbusters this season there is also a handful of documentary films drawing audiences to neighborhood theaters. Alan Silverman has a look at three of

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By Sonja Pace London 30 October 2006 Britain's PM Tony Blair, left, arrives with Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown for the release of Stern report A British experts report on climate change warns that failure to curb global warming could trig

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By Meredith Buel Washington 24 August 2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan meets with European foreign ministers Friday in Brussels where he is expected to encourage them to send armed forces to southern Lebanon to help enforce the truce

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European leaders wrapped up a two-day summit in Brussels with agreement on ways to rescue the European financial system, but split over greenhouse gas emission cuts and on resuming special talks with Russia. Lisa Bryant has more for VOA from Paris.

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Ensuring Food Security, Tackling Climate Change A high-level international panel has announced its recommendations for achieving food security while addressing the effects of climate change. The recommendations from the Commission on Sustainable Agri

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Developing Countries Want Rich Nations to Pay for Climate Change Delegates from nearly 200 countries - rich and poor - are in Doha to extend the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 global climate change agreement that expires at the end of this month, and to be

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Amid Gloomy Climate News, Doha Talks Enter Final Week The ministers arrive in the face of bad news for the planet. A spate of new scientific studies finds worldwide greenhouse gas emissions rising and ice sheets melting rapidly, and predicts a planet

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By Trish Anderton Bali 05 December 2007 At the U.N. conference on Global Climate Change in Bali, the early talk has focused on whether some of the major developed countries will commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years. European

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Sydney, Australia 09 September 2007 APEC leaders stand behind AustralianPM John Howard as he delivers APEC final declaration at the close of their weekend summit in Sydney, Australia, 09 Sep 2007 The 21 leaders of the Asia Pac

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 13 May 2007 Villagers are dwarfed by giant windmills built by the Danish Development Agency in northern Philippines (File) The Asian Development Bank is helping to finance a 100-megawatt wind energy plant in India as part

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By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 15 August 2006 watch Solutions report Global warming -- you may accept or reject those who say it is a dangerous phenomenon. But if the planet is warming, and humanity is contributing to it, shouldn't someone be thinki

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Bali, Indonesia 13 December 2007 Former U.S. vice president and Nobel Laureate Al Gore blamed the United States on Thursday for blocking progress at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bali. He urged delegates to forge ahead

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U.S. President George Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are backing a controversial deal to sell U.S. nuclear fuel to India. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports from Japan where the two men met on the sidelines of a meeti

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