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AP reports here at Yahoo News: BEIJING – The United States and China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters, announced plans for a joint clean energy research center Wednesday as the American commerce secretary appealed to Beijing to avoid imposing trade barriers on green technology.

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Spiegel Online reports here: Nitol Solar started making polysilicon for solar panels almost by accident. Now it’s helping Russia become a force in the industry.

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Spiegel Online reports here: Two major power projects got the go ahead this week: the biggest solar energy project in the world and a politically challenging gas pipeline. Commentators were cautious with their praise, pointing out various difficulties and calling for a European-wide energy initiative.

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AFP reports here at Yahoo News: HAMBURG, Germany – The world’s first piloted aircraft capable of taking to the air using only power from fuel cells took off in Germany Tuesday, producing zero carbon dioxide emissions, its makers said.

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Three wind turbines can make £15,000 a year for a village, BBC News reports here: Households which contribute electricity to the National Grid are to receive payments under a new government scheme.

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The McClatchy Newspapers reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON — If the Senate doesn’t pass a bill to cut global warming, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer says, there will be dire results: droughts, floods, fires, loss of species, damage to agriculture, worsening air pollution and more.

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Spiegel Online reports here: The G-8 state’s pledge to limit global warming to two degrees sounds like a commendable target. But German commentators warn that concrete details are needed to prove the proposal isn’t just a bunch of hot air.

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