e360.yale.edu - 2/16/2009
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s trip to China could be the first step in forging a partnership between the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases. A leading China expert sets forth a blueprint for how the U.S. and China can slow global warming – and strengthen their crucial ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 2/11/2009
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BBC: A multi-billion-dollar project to divert water from
southern China to the arid north is already four...
years behind schedule. The news comes as parts of northern and central China struggle to cope with severe drought. Officials recently admitted ...
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China: Water delay
cleantech.com - 2/13/2009
usatoday.com - 2/19/2009
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usatoday.com —
The FDA is working with state health agencies
across the country to make members of Chinese-American communities...
aware of the danger. Chinese newspapers report that some infant formula has been linked to kidney problems and kidney stones in babies in ...
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FDA: Melamine found in baby formula made in China
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Recovery Plan Captures the Energy Opportunity Daniel J. Weiss and Alexandra Kougentakis, Center for American Progress More than a year after the recession began and after 3.6 million Americans lost their jobs, Congress is about to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H.R. 1. The act will inject $789 billion into new programs and tax incentives to stimulate the economy. Unprecedented investments in clean energy are a central element of the recovery plan. The bill includes $71 billion for clean energy programs—more than three times the current spending for these same programs (download the breakdown here (.xls)). H.R. 1 ...
Obama’s 100 Days: The 10 Greenest Acts
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... Engaging China - Truly global action on climate change will require negotiations with China, and already the Obama administration has been to Beijing. On the eve of Secretary of State Clinton’s first trip overseas ...
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