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...merits [Feb. 16]. However, if he supported President Obama he would be well advised to use different language when he talks about energy-producing countries. It is totally inappropriate to talk about "... reducing dependence on environmentally disastrous fossil fuels which increases the power of America's enemies ..." or "... increases carbon emissions and empowers foreign thugs." This is the language that was used in the previous Administration - Obama would never use it - and probably does not appreciate it from his fellow Americans. Paul Teichmann, MUNICH, GERMANY...
...challenge now for Denmark is to help the rest of the world catch up. Beyond wind, the country (pop. 5.5 million) is a world leader in energy efficiency, getting more GDP per watt than any other member of the E.U. Carbon emissions are down 13.3% from 1990 levels and total energy consumption has barely moved, even as Denmark's economy continued to grow at a healthy clip. With Copenhagen set to host all-important U.N. climate change talks in December - where the world hopes for a successor to the expiring Kyoto Protocol - and the global recession beginning to hit environmental...
...government competition to become a model for how a community can run on renewable energy. At the time Samso was entirely dependent on oil and coal, both of which it imported from the mainland. A little more than a decade later Samso is effectively carbon negative, producing more than 100% of the electricity it needs from renewable sources, chiefly wind and biomass. The architect of that transformation is Soren Hermansen, a former farmer and environmental studies teacher, who lobbied, cajoled and pushed his initially reluctant neighbors to go green...
...Yang signaled that China was willing to work with the U.S. on trade, human rights and reducing carbon emissions. And Clinton's emphasis on discussion and consultation has thus far resonated with China. "I think in principal China wants the Obama administration to adopt a cooperative approach to dealings, rather than a confrontational approach," says Yan Xuetong, director of the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing. "They would like to begin talking about things on an equal footing...
...During the course of the 45-minute news conference, Obama and Harper jointly announced a clean-energy dialogue between Canada and the U.S., in part intended to develop alternative energy sources and reduce carbon emissions from Canada's tar sands. Northern Alberta's tar sands are the single biggest supplier of foreign oil to the U.S., ahead of Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, but the extraction process is energy-intensive...