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China climate chief critical of U.S.Beijing (UPI) Mar 10, 2009 China's chief climate official called for the United States, as the world's most developed nation, to do more to tackle climate change. While the Obama administration has been more active on the issue than previous administrations, it needs to take more steps in taking the lead in cutting emissions, providing financial support and technology transfers, said Xie Zhenhua, vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, state-run Xinhua news agency reports. "We know that th ... read more |
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Miami (AFP) March 10, 2010Haiti's road to recovery took a new twist Wednesday as a trade group representing private security contractors wrapped up a conference on reconstruction in the earthquake-battered nation. "You don't want to look like you're profiteering off situations like these," Derrell Griffith, project director at Sabre International, said. "But there is a need and the people need it quick." The conf ... more 
Santiago (AFP) March 10, 2010Chilean tycoon Sebastian Pinera faces a mighty reconstruction challenge as he takes over the presidency on Thursday in a nation devastated by a monster earthquake and a killer tsunami. Last month's 8.8-magnitude quake - one of the strongest ever measured - and the giant waves that followed left almost 500 confirmed dead, at least 260 missing and some two million homeless, as well as shatte ... more  
Woods Hole, Mass. (UPI) Mar 9, 2009 The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution says its pioneering deep-sea exploration robot the "Autonomous Benthic Explorer" has been lost at sea. The robot, nicknamed ABE, was one of the first successful submersible vehicles that could operate both unmanned and untethered to surface ships. Officials said it was lost Friday during a research expedition off the coast of Chile. Scient ... more |
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China to lead oil demand growth as OECD area strugglesHouston, Texas (AFP) March 10, 2010 China's hunger for oil is set to drive global demand in the coming years as consumption in the industrialized countries may not regain pre-economic crisis levels, experts say. "Chinese demand will continue to grow at a relatively high rate," said Kefeng Yang of research firm IHS CERA, the organizer of an energy conference this week in Houston in the heart of the US oil industry. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA), a government agency, projects Chinese demand for oil will rise more th ... read more |
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