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U.S. focus on climate could ease financial crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If the United States focused on curbing climate change as soon as a new president took office -- or sooner -- it could help pull the world from the financial brink, environmental policy experts told Reuters. Full Article
Financial crisis could delay climate efforts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A global financial crisis could distract the world's lawmakers and investors from supporting initiatives and technologies to reduce greenhouse gases, delaying what many see as critical efforts to combat climate change. Full Article
Focus sharpens on forests for climate fix
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Payments from polluters in rich countries to tropical communities in exchange for slowing deforestation may soon play a bigger role in combating climate change if problems like measuring preservation efforts can be overcome. Full Article
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Economics seen bolstering case to protect nature
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Worsening damage to nature is jolting the world into doing more to protect animals and plants and new economic arguments will bolster the case for action, the head of a global conservation network said. Full Article
Kleiner makes India cleantech investment
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has backed companies like Google Inc and Amazon.com Inc, recently made its first clean technology investment in India, a top executive told Reuters. Full Article
Suntech: Solar demand exceeds supplies
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Demand for solar panels still exceeds supply despite a global financial crisis, allowing solar power company Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd to keep 2009 price declines in the range it had previously forecast. Full Article
First Solar mulls projects, partnerships
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Solar cell maker First Solar Inc has felt no immediate effect on its business from the financial markets crisis and could take on a role in financing new projects or buying into new technologies, Chairman and CEO Michael Ahearn said on Wednesday. Full Article
Water seen as the new oil for U.S. Army
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Soldiers, weapons, food and fuel are important but the U.S. Army absolutely cannot operate for long without water, a top Pentagon official said on Tuesday. Full Article
Cities should do more to protect nature: U.N.
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - The world's burgeoning cities must do more to safeguard animals and plants by increasing parkland, planting trees and recycling resources, the U.N.'s top biodiversity official said on Wednesday. Full Article
China seen as potential electric car hub
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The head of Johnson Controls Inc's battery unit believes China could adopt electric cars faster than elsewhere because of its size and comparative lack of reliance on gasoline for transport. Full Article
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