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...other scientists insist that melting, if it's occurring at all, has a relatively minor effect. "The fact that you have melting may mean air temperatures have increased, but it doesn't necessarily," says Philip Mote, who heads the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University. "And in fact, the temperature on the summit of Kilimanjaro is essentially always below freezing, which makes it hard to accept warming as the reason [for glacier loss...
...Some overseas firms insist that China is simply repeating an economic development strategy that has propelled the country's rapid progress in many other manufacturing sectors. The country has been able to use the lure of huge potential markets to entice foreign companies to hand over technology and know-how in exchange for lucrative deals, later using that knowledge to produce competitive products cheaper than those of overseas originators. Foreign companies built the generators for the first stage of the massive Three Gorges hydroelectric dam, but the generator contracts required the foreign makers to transfer technology to Chinese partners...
While defending the organization against a recent series of high profile defections over its climate change policies, Chamber officials insist they are just faithfully representing their membership's views. The problem with that is the lowest common denominator dynamic in trade associations, in which common policy is set by those with the most at stake. In a petition challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gases - authorized under a Supreme Court decision - the Chamber maintained there are likely to be some positive aspects to climate change. The resulting skepticism among environmental groups turned to outrage in early...
...very reasons that Tehran welcomes it. "[The agreement] means that [the U.S., Russia and France] recognize that Iran is enriching uranium and that helps [Iran] with their argument that they are enriching uranium for peaceful purposes," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Thursday. "It is important to insist on an end to enrichment in Iran...
...from the deal, Iranian officials have talked of possibly extending the range of suppliers of enriched uranium to include China - which is fast emerging as Iran's most significant economic partner and is not aligned with the more dire Western reading of Iran's intentions. And Iran will likely insist that it send its uranium to Russia in smaller installments and over a longer time frame, to test the bona fides of its partners without surrendering most of its stockpile at the get-go. But the French and other Europeans warn that such adjustments would be a deal breaker - precisely...