According to a report issued this week by Worldwatch Institute, world carbon emissions from fossil fuel jumped 22 percent between 2000 and 2007, to an estimated annual output of 8.2 billion tons
The United States and Europe accounted for roughly 4 and 3 percent, respectively, of the growth during this decade. India contributed 8 percent, [...]
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The China Development Bank announced Friday that it plans to increase investment in African agriculture, just as the continent has been trying to increase production and curb rising food prices and shortages.
This is good news for Africa’s poor. Soaring food prices and shortages have made life more difficult for hundreds of millions people living [...]
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The seven-year world trade talks being held in Geneva collapsed this afternoon when the United States, China and India failed to reach an agreement on agriculture imports.
See reports from the Associated Press, The Daily Telegraph, The Hindu, and China View.
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