Wind and solar benchmarks for a 1.5°C world
This report presents a detailed methodology for determining the amount of wind and solar capacity that is required for a country to align with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal. While the focus
Germany
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Reality check
The Czech government has stepped up border checks and vowed to increase monitoring of remote farmland areas after officials discovered over a dozen sites that German companies were illegally using
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Birds hit cats
German scientists have warned cat owners to stop snuggling with their pets following the death of a pet cat from the h5 n1 avian flu virus in Ruegen island on February 27. Most of Germany's 120
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Asbestos: white death
Regardless of the amount of hazardous asbestos contained in Le Clemenceau, India imports thousands of tonnes of asbestos and asbestos products every year. Asbestos is imported to India in three categories:<br> <br> <font face=arial size=3 color=#CE181E><b>•</b></font> Articles of asbestos cement;<br>
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Petrol from coal
New liquefying technique works for high grade coal,
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Sunflower power
Curbs the human immunodeficiency virus
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Paying the price
Australia's highest environment penalty of more than us $1 million was recently imposed on a German shipping company for an oil spill in Phillip Island. The court found the ship was knowingly
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Taxing green
Germany's biodiesel plans look ominous with talks of increasing biodiesel taxes though the tax rate and implementation date are still awaited. The biodiesel industry is obviously peeved. Since
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Train bound for controversy
More than 3,000 anti-nuclear activists attempted to block the delivery of atomic waste from France to the German town of Gorleben, on November 20, 2005. The activists staging a sit-down blockade on
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Master switch
It has long been known that 20 gene regulators control the development of blood cells from blood stem cells in the bone marrow. All these regulators have a common genetic element, called PU.1, which plays a crucial role in regulating blood cell formation. PU.1 guides the development of two major blood cell lines of the immune system, namely the lymphocytes and the myeloid blood cells.
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EU rebuffed
The European Union (eu) could not convert Europe's grain stock to biofuel as German traders made no bids to sell 200,000 tonnes of rye for processing into bioethanol. Rye is produced in massive