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AFP - Poor visibility delayed more than 180 domestic and international flights serving Beijing on Wednesday, the capital's airport said, following several days of heavy air pollution.
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China
AFP - Chetan Maini, the engineer who pioneered India's first electric car, had his eureka moment two decades ago when he drove a vehicle fuelled by solar power across the blazing Australian outback.
Green Living
India
Pioneer
AP - Los Angeles County leaders responding to the summer's destructive Station Fire voted Tuesday to urge the U.S. Forest Service to allow helicopters to battle wildfires at night.
Other
AFP - Canada's parliament on Tuesday passed a motion urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority Tory government to adopt a deep carbon dioxide reduction target at upcoming international climate talks.
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Canada
Stephen Harper
AP - Coal-hungry Indiana ranks fourth in the nation for carbon dioxide emissions from mostly aging power plants that contribute to global warming, an environmental group said Tuesday.
Energy/Transportation
Indiana
Wind Power
Colbert Report
AP - Offshore drilling contractor Atwood Oceanics Inc. reported its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings fell 35 percent drop as its revenue tumbled and companies in its industry faced weak energy markets.
Other
AP - A push to scrap a Minnesota law barring new nuclear power plants gained a pair of influential supporters Tuesday, adding intensity to a debate before a state Legislature that has narrowly resisted the change.
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Minnesota
AFP - China called on the European Union Tuesday to step up cooperation on climate change, saying global warming would be at the top of the agenda at next week's China-EU summit.
Environment
China
Climate Change
AP - Maine and Vermont are moving ahead of other states on regulating pollution in storm water running off roofs and parking lots, which often carries oil and other toxic substances.
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Maine
Vermont
AP - Maine utility regulators have dismissed a petition by a solar-power firm to become an electric transmission utility.
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Maine
Stimulus Plan
Reuters - The Canadian province of Quebec said on Monday it aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, the same target as that set by the European Union.
Environment
Methane Gas
AP - A Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner has a response to Republican calls to "Drill, Baby, Drill."
Environment
Oil Drilling
AP - Australia's opposition leader Tuesday pledged his party's support for contentious legislation proposed by the government aimed at curbing the country's greenhouse gas emissions.
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Australia
AFP - The United States is to announce concrete targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions as pressure mounts on polluters to find a formula for success two weeks ahead of a crucial climate summit.
Environment
United States
Climate Change
AFP - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change.
Other
Kevin Rudd
AP - A panda research center in northwestern China has been closed to visitors as a precaution to protect the endangered species from catching swine flu, state media reported on Tuesday.
Other
China
AP - Global warming cannot be reversed unless the United States and China commit to meaningful cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions, the EU said Tuesday.
Environment
China
Climate Change
United States
AFP - Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday.
Other
AFP - Commonwealth leaders meeting in Trindad this week face a "crisis summit" as they battle the global recession and face calls to action on climate change, the body's chief has said.
Energy/Transportation
Energy Crisis
AP - Australia's government took a key step toward passing legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions by negotiating a compromise deal with the opposition Liberal Party, and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged lawmakers Tuesday to support the bill.
