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/ 18 December 2009
Negotiators facing a Friday deadline hammered out an initial draft United Nations climate pact overnight.
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/ 11 December 2009
European leaders promised on Friday to provide developing countries with €7,3-billion to try to win their support for a climate-change deal.
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/ 30 October 2009
European Union leaders resolved a funding dispute on Friday to agree a negotiating position for talks on a global deal to combat climate change.
Europe will this week launch a campaign to triple funding for energy research in a technology race with Japan and the US, a draft document shows.
Moscow warned on Monday that the EU’s energy security might suffer if Russia was not consulted on a Ukrainian gas ”master plan”.
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/ 10 September 2008
A key panel of European Union lawmakers voted on Thursday to lower a target for using traditional biofuels produced from crops in road transport fuel.
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/ 10 January 2008
Britain gave the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear power stations on Thursday, setting no limits on nuclear expansion and adding momentum to atomic energy’s worldwide renaissance. Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government argues Britain must build new nuclear plants to help meet its climate-change goals.
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/ 30 January 2007
The northern city of Manchester unexpectedly won the fight to host Britain’s first Las Vegas-style super casino on Tuesday, beating off challengers including nearby Blackpool and London’s Millennium Dome. Most industry analysts had predicted either Blackpool, the Dome or Glasgow in Scotland would win.
Online gaming firms faced a crisis on Monday after United States Congress unexpectedly passed legislation to ban online gaming there, threatening jobs and hitting stocks by as much as 70%. Online gaming firms faced a crisis on Monday after United States Congress unexpectedly passed legislation to ban online gaming there, threatening jobs and hitting stocks by as much as 70%.