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...billion to help Asian countries with development projects to help stimulate their economies [Jan. 26]. This seemingly altruistic gesture is typical of Japan's long-term focus. They recognize that consumers in the developed countries are not going to resume their past spending patterns any time soon, despite tax cuts and rebates. But if the economies of developing countries can be grown, then their people will eventually become the replacement consumers and will buy goods produced in Japan and other hard-hit manufacturing/exporting countries. This is why it is so important not to delay projects like DESERTEC and the Sahara...
...wind installations dropped precipitously, and between 2004 and 2006 CO2 emissions increased by 3%. "They stopped everything," says Auken. One high-ranking official admits the pullback was a mistake, and last year the government released a new policy that sets sharp targets for improving energy efficiency, increases the CO2 tax and promotes the development of new offshore wind turbines. Nonetheless, the Finnish consultancy Poyry argued in a recent report that the government's new plan doesn't ensure that Denmark will meet its Kyoto targets by 2012. (Denmark has to reduce CO2 emissions to 21% below 1990 levels...
...turning that research into reality was not just generous government aid, but the fact that Denmark stayed with it. While countries like the U.S. let tax credits for renewable energy wax and wane, smothering infant green industries in the crib, Denmark looks to the long term. In the 1990s, the government inaugurated tariffs that required utilities to offer 10-year fixed-rate contracts for wind power. That sort of security led to a rapid expansion of wind power at home - the country has more than 5,200 turbines producing in excess of 3,100 MW of electricity - and helped firms...
...caught between Islamic militant group Hamas and Israel's overwhelming military force. But the Palestinians living in the territories of Gaza and the West Bank aren't the only ones trapped. Like many Palestinians forced from their homes after Israel's birth, Sulhani still has his old house keys. Tax records from the British mandate of Palestine are stored carefully in a schoolgirl's plastic binder. But while a 1948 United Nations resolution calls for Palestinians' "right to return," all who have seriously thought about peace in the Middle East know that Israel will never accept the 4.6 million Palestinian...
...probably hoping the federal stimulus package would help make up for the affordable-housing gap. Indeed, the $787 billion stimulus gives Florida more than $250 million for public housing, homeless prevention (by helping people pay security deposits, utility bills and rent), affordable homes and rental assistance as well as tax credits for affordable-housing builders...