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U.S., China Partner on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency

Posted by Environmental Leader on 18/11/2009

President Barack Obama and China’s President Hu Jintao have agreed to a wide ranging package of programs and initiatives (seven in total) to strengthen the two countries’ cooperation on renewable energy and energy efficiency. One key program establishes a U.S.-China Clean Energy Resea ...

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US: Ratify Childrens Treaty

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 18/11/2009

(New York) - The United States should ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is supported by nearly every other nation in the world, Human Rights Watch said today. The United States and Somalia are the only countries that have failed to ratify the Convention, which was adopted 20 ye ...

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Japan, U.S. Forge Consensus on Climate, Cleantech

Posted by Environmental Leader on 13/11/2009

The United States and Japan will work with each other to develop renewable energy technologies and other cleantech, as well as set an example for emissions cutting, after a mutual pledge from President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.The two leaders agreed Nov. 13 for the nations ...

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US/ASEAN: Obama Should Press Asian Leaders on Rights

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 12/11/2009

(New York) - US President Barack Obama should urge Asian leaders at the first ASEAN-US summit to unite in addressing the region's most pressing human rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

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As Congress Drags Feet on CO2 Regulations, EPA Moves Forward

Posted by Environmental Leader on 11/11/2009

The Environmental Protection Agency, as it promised it would do, is moving ahead to regulate carbon dioxide emissions in the absence of Congressional action, Reuters reports.When the EPA came out with its endangerment finding on CO2 and the Clean Air Act, the Obama Administration signaled to Cong ...

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