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    Agrofuels

    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development writes in its new report that “the current push to expand the use of biofuels is creating unsustainable tensions that will disrupt markets without generating significant environmental benefits”.
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    Car emissions

    According to a survey by the NGO "Transport & Environment" the emission rates of new cars produced by European carmakers were down by only 0.2% last year. It is the lowest performance on record.
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    UN climate negotiations

    The negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement on rough targets to reduce the worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases. The UN climate conference concluded that industrialised countries should cut emissions by 25 to 40% of their 1990 levels by 2020.
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    Strasboug Flash - September I

    Highlights for the Greens/EFA group include the plenary debates on forest fires in Greece and on the fight against terrorism.
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    Energy saving light bulbs

    The European Commission decided yesterday not to end the import duties on energy saving light bulbs imported from China. The tariffs add up to 66% on the value of the imported bulbs! Once again the EU is not serious on energy efficiency and tackling climate change
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    UN climate change workshop

    Delegates of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as well as of governments, NGOs and industry meet up in Vienna to discuss how to speed up the battle against climate change. Being the last diplomatic stage before the Bali meeting in December, it is a key week in the international negotiations on climate chan…
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    Electricity

    A report from the European commission's joint research center (JRC) shows that in spite of the accelerating introduction of energy-saving measures, the electricity consumption in the EU continues to increase like the economic growth.
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    Nuclear power in Japan

    A powerful earthquake shook Japan's northwestern coast this morning. It killed seven people, injured hundreds others and flattened scores of buildings. The quake affected also the world biggest nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki with very serious consequences:a leak of radioactive water and a fire at the plant's electrical transformer .
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    Documents

    Conference speeches A.A. Soltanieh, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations and other international organisations in ViennaGareth Evans, Member of the UN High Panel of Experts on Threats Challenges and Change, President of International Crisis Group...
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    DOCUMENTS

    This section contains a short conference report, speeches and presentations. It will be regularly updated with the latest documents available