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The Energy Challenge: The Land of Rising Conservation

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:38:38 EDT | New York Times

Japan, the most energy-efficient developed country, offers a lesson in using technology to reduce energy consumption.


The Energy Challenge: Clean Air or TV: Paying in Pollution for Energy Hunger

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:57:44 EDT | New York Times

India and China have explored alternatives, but too often the cheap diesel generator has become the favorite way to provide electricity.


China fails to meet energy and pollution targets (AFP)

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:33:13 GMT | Yahoo! News

A cyclist wears a face mask while commuting on Beijing streets. China failed to meet targets to improve energy use and cut pollution last year, state press has said, underscoring the difficulty of protecting the environment amid the nation's frantic economic boom. China had set 2006 goals of reducing energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by four percent and cutting emissions of pollutants by two percent, but both goals were missed, the China Daily reported.(AFP/File/Frederic J Brown)AFP - China failed to meet targets to improve energy use and cut pollution last year, state press has said, underscoring the difficulty of protecting the environment amid the nation's frantic economic boom.




EU eyes climate, energy, trade in new China talks (Reuters)

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:50:36 GMT | Yahoo! News

Reuters - The European Union will urge China to do more to cut greenhouse gas emissions and cooperate on energy security next week when it launches negotiations on a broad new strategic partnership with Beijing.


China, Japan and SKorea summit finds common ground (AFP)

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:46:48 GMT | Yahoo! News

(L-R) Chinese Premier Wen Jaibao, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdulah Ahman Badawi clap as ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yeng carries past the signed declaration on energy security at the end of the East Asia Summit.  The 10 ASEAN countries and its dialogue partners China, India, Japan, SKorea, Australia and New Zealand met at the 12th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cebu.  Asian leaders have agreed to push for freer trade and more secure energy supplies across the region, wrapping up a week of high-level diplomacy on everything from terrorism to North Korea.(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - China, Japan and South Korea have held their first summit together in two years, finding common ground on North Korea and on mending their own fractured relations.



Energy chief calls on China to improve efficiency (AFP)

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:37:32 GMT | Yahoo! News

Claude Mandil, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), seen here in June 2006, called on China to improve its energy efficiency, underlining that the current growth in consumption was "unacceptable."(AFP/File/Franck Perry)AFP - The executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) called on China to improve its energy efficiency, underlining that the current growth in consumption was "unacceptable."



The energy [r]evolution starts here

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:26:08 GMT | Greenpeace

Tackling dangerous climate change is the biggest challenge facing us all. Fortunately there is an answer to this challenge. Our report: ?energy [r]evolution?, details how to halve global CO2 emissions by 2050, using existing technology and still providing affordable energy and economic growth. In short - a revolution in energy policy and an evolution in how we use energy.


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