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Energia eolica - Foto: lecceprima.it
29.01.2008 Il Global Wind Energy Council (Gwec) ha reso noto che nel 2007 l’energia eolica ha raggiunto un nuovo record con l’installazione di altri 20 mila Mw nel mondo, un aumento del 30% rispetto al 2006. Gli Stati Uniti d’America guidano la classifica con l’installazione di 5.600 Mw di eolico, seguono la Cina con 3.600 Mw (una crescita del 156%) e la Spagna con 3.500 MW - riporta Greenplanet. Il principale produttore dell’eolico rimane comunque l’Europa, con oltre 57 GW installati alla fine del 2007, il 67% del totale mondiale: la Commissione Europea nei giorni scorsi ha proposto un piano per un'ulteriore forte espansione dell'energia eolica entro il 2020. In Italia, intanto, diverse associazioni ambientaliste locali si oppongono alla realizzazione di un parco eolico a Giuggianello: "Non siamo contro l’eolico che anzi va sostenuto: ma chiediamo che la Regione Puglia legiferi in maniera seria".
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Congolese children.
26.01.2008 NEW YORK, Jan 25 (OneWorld) - More than 1,000 people continue to die every day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a result of armed conflict fueled predominantly by the world's thirst for gold and diamonds.
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Dolly the cloned sheep.
24.01.2008 NEW YORK, Jan 24 (OneWorld) - A broad coalition is urging consumers and grocery stores to refuse burgers, milk, and other products from cloned animals, following a U.S. government decision to lift a ban on the controversial foods.
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Co-Op America thinks plug-in hybrids should be more than a 'concept car'.
24.01.2008 WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (OneWorld) - As General Motors vied with Toyota over who sold more cars during 2007, U.S. environmental activists were sending a different sort of sales message to automakers gathered at the Washington Auto Show: "Increase fuel efficiency."
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Image: Co-Op America thinks plug-in hybrids should be more than a 'concept car'. © Co-op America
21.01.2008 Nokia ilmoitti viime viikolla sulkevansa saksalaisen Bochumin tehtaansa ja irtisanovansa tehtaan 2 300 työntekijää. Koska poikkikansalliset työtaistelut on kielletty, kuluttajien reaktio on ainoa tapa puuttua vääryyteen, sanoo Suomen Attacin puheenjohtaja Mikko Sauli.
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15.01.2008 NEW YORK, Jan 15 (OneWorld) - Rights activists in the West are urging buyers and sellers of precious gems to reject rubies and jades mined in Myanmar (formerly Burma).
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