EU confronts its commitment to curb global warming
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European Union states debated how far  they are willing to go to fight climate change on Tuesday as  the 27-nation bloc forms what could become the world's most  ambitious strategy to curb global warming.
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The European Union's battle against global warming will force companies to change automobile air conditioning systems and restrict the sale of air-cushioned sports shoes, European Union ministers said on Thursday.
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The Christian Science Monitor - While European leaders are at the forefront of fighting global warming, these no-carbon crusaders for building green and promoting renewable sources of energy still tiptoe around nuclear power.
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European countries hurled down a challenge at a UN summit on climate change here Monday, calling for the world to set a goal of halving greenhouse-gas pollution by 2050.
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The European Union is seeking new agreements with the US to slow climate change apart from the Kyoto Protocol that President George W. Bush withdrew from.
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ESSEN, Germany  - President George W. Bush's plan to combat climate change got a cool reception in Europe on Friday where the European Union's environment chief dismissed it as unambitious and the "classic" U.S. line.
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BUENOS AIRES, Dec 16  - Europe and the United States clashed Thursday at the UN climate change conference on the measures that must be taken to reduce harmful greenhouse gases.
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The European Commission president threatens to impose carbon tariffs if the US fails to agree to a climate deal.
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President George W. Bush&#39;s plan  to combat climate change got a cool reception in Europe on  Friday where the European Union&#39;s environment chief dismissed  it as unambitious and the &quot;classic&quot; U.S. line.
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The European Union and the United States struggled to break a deadlock on the last day of a U.N. climate-change meeting on Friday, but Washington resisted Europe's interest in steps to fight global warming after the international Kyoto pact ends in 2012.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel urges Europe to lead the fight against global warming, ahead of an EU summit.
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The European Union is on track to cut greenhouse gas emissions and meet its Kyoto targets but more needs to be done, an annual report by the EU's executive Commission said on Tuesday.
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The European Union's adoption of measures to fight climate change this week could set an example for the United States, China and India, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday.
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BRUSSELS -- Europe yesterday embarked on a bold path to fight climate change, agreeing that a fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources such as the sun and the wind, and challenging the rest of the world to follow.
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Berlin- A deal on cutting carbon emissions will be the first of a series of difficult steps for European Union nations in the fight to tackle global warming, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned in a ...Comment
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EU leaders will try to breathe new life this week into plans to diversify energy sources and combat climate change at a summit in Brussels amid fears they will only blow &quot;hot air&quot;, officials and experts said.
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European Union leaders open a two-day meeting later Thursday deeply divided over calls for tougher measures to fight global change.Comment