Canada pledges $1.3bn green fund
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Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces a new $1.3bn fund to combat climate change.
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Virgin boss Richard Branson has pledged to donate $3bn (Â£1.6bn) to fight global warning.
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The pledge by Australia came on top of its previously announced donation of $46 million, making the country's total $810 million.
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BEIJING -- China launched a $1 billion fund Tuesday to finance trade and investment by Chinese companies in Africa as part of efforts to nurture commercial ties with the resource-rich continent.
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Canada will do its best to ensure that the United States and other major polluting nations currently outside the Kyoto climate change accord join a new global campaign to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, Prime Minister Paul Martin said on Wednesday.
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The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund grant of US$ 6.15 million to support the Jordanian government's efforts in ecosystem management.
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OTTAWA - The Canadian government will devote some of the proceeds from its sale of its 19 percent stake in oil company Petro-Canada (PCA.
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TORONTO (CP) - Canada's two largest pension funds are jointly investing &#36;1.2 billion to launch a new European investment fund, which will provide venture capital to growing private companies as they mature beyond their startup phase.
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Communities and schools are forging ahead with projects to create and improve green spaces throughout the North-East.   The Big Lottery Fund has handed out grants worth a total of pounds 181,010 to grassroots organisations to transform local spaces for the benefit of people and wildlife.
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KELOWNA, BC - The federal government and the provinces will have more money than expected because the economy has been growing faster than forecast, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Tuesday.
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British business mogul Richard Branson said Thursday he would invest about $3 billion to combat global warming over the next decade.
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TORONTO (CP) - In a bid to help staunch the toll HIV/AIDS is taking on the women of the world, Canada announced $105 million in new funding for programs directed at women on Wednesday.
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The government is raising billions of pounds more in green taxes than it needs to cut the UK's "carbon footprint", a report says.
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Canada&#39;s government launched the sale of its remaining C$3 billion ($2.3 billion) stake in Petro-Canada (PCA.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (PCZ.
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By Tony Henderson  A new fund is expected to become a major source of backing for green projects in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.   Nearly pounds 500,000 has been pledged, with priority given to practical projects which have the greatest environmental impact.
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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has pledged to donate $3bn (Â£1.6bn) to fight global warming.
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The Martin government is considering a substantial fund to make it easier for patients to receive treatment outside their home province as Ottawa focuses on reducing