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EU leaders focus on climate deal |
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Written by BBC Online
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Friday, 12 December 2008 |
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European Union leaders are said to be close to a compromise agreement in Brussels on how to achieve ambitious targets to fight global warming. They are trying to agree a mechanism to cut EU carbon emissions by 20% by 2020. |
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Oil price up despite Saudi pledge |
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Written by BBC Online
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Monday, 23 June 2008 |
Oil prices have risen after emergency talks among the world's top oil powers and leading consuming nations over the weekend ended with no real resolution. US sweet, light crude for August delivery increased by $1.89 to above $136 a barrel, while London Brent crude rose $1.29 to $136.15 a barrel.
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Strike threat sends oil price to record high |
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Written by Guardian
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Tuesday, 22 April 2008 |
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Oil prices hit new records of more than $117 (£59) a barrel today in the face of a string of supply problems, including a decision by one of Britain's largest refineries to start shutting down in the face of a threatened two-day strike over pensions. |
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Green group attacks oil giant on climate research |
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Written by Guardian
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Thursday, 27 September 2007 |
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An environmental group today took aim at ExxonMobil with the launch of an online video attacking the oil giant's green credentials. The Exxon Files from Friends of the Earth Europe, sets out claims that the US-based corporation funds climate change deniers in Europe and the US. |
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'Too late to avoid global warming,' say scientists |
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Written by Independent
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
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A rise of two degrees centigrade in global temperatures – the point considered to be the threshold for catastrophic climate change which will expose millions to drought, hunger and flooding – is now "very unlikely" to be avoided, the world's leading climate scientists said yesterday. |
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Opec raises production to calm oil prices |
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Written by Independent
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Wednesday, 12 September 2007 |
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Opec yesterday acted to put a break on the spiralling oil price, agreeing to a modest increase in production for the first time in more than a year. |
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