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German solar industry wants faster subsidy cuts

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German solar companies in industry association BSW are proposing to cut subsidies faster than planned, Solarworld Chief Executive Frank Asbeck told a German magazine.

Vestas says wins 40 MW turbine order from China

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Vestas, the world's biggest maker of wind turbines, said on Monday it had won an order for 20 turbines with total capacity of 40 megawatts from China Datang Renewable Power Co Ltd.

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Egypt plants new wheat strains to fight fungus

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt, the world's top wheat importer, is introducing new wheat varieties resistant to a mutant form of stem rust, an airborne fungus with the ability to annihilate entire crops.

11:42am EST

StanChart PE arm invests in China solar firm Sangle

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The private equity arm of Standard Chartered closed a deal to invest $22.3 million in Sangle Solar Energy Co Ltd, a Chinese maker of branded solar water heaters, the Asia-focused bank announced.

27 Dec 2009

China introduces law to boost renewable energy

BEIJING (Reuters) - A new Chinese law requires power grid operators to buy all the electricity produced by renewable energy generators, in a move that will increase the proportion of energy that comes from renewable sources in coal-dependent China.

11:46am EST

Bunge doubles Brazil sugar bet with $452 million deal

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - U.S. agribusiness giant Bunge Ltd will buy Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Moema for $452 million, its biggest bet yet on the fast-growing cane and ethanol industry in the world's top exporter.

24 Dec 2009

Beef group challenges U.S. EPA climate finding

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A beef industry group has challenged a ruling by U.S. environmental regulators that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, saying the move would hurt agriculture.

24 Dec 2009

Copenhagen blame game not helpful: U.N. climate chief

LONDON (Reuters) - Countries should stop blaming each other for the weak outcome of the Copenhagen climate talks and sit down together to move the process forward, the U.N.'s top climate change official said on Wednesday.

24 Dec 2009

EU carbon falls on lower German power

LONDON (Reuters) - European carbon prices fell on Thursday, pressured by lower German power prices.

24 Dec 2009

Costa Rica assails big risks taken by small miners

ABANGARES, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Costa Rica is pushing to legalize hundreds of small-scale miners who scrape out tiny amounts of gold from abandoned mine shafts using dangerous and polluting techniques.

24 Dec 2009

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    Copenhagen's Tivoli says climate talks hurt profits

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    COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Park operator Tivoli, set in Denmark's capital, cut its guidance for 2009 profits on Monday after thousands of visitors stayed away when governments met in Copenhagen this month for U.N. climate talks.

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    Life in a blizzard

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    I'd had enough of being cold and weather beaten by the Katabatic wind smashing the side of my tent and bouncing off my head so I decided to make my way to our base, the Sorensen Hut, for a warm cup of tea and read a couple of pages of my book.

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