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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - The United States said it had seized the climate initiative with a regulatory shift that labels greenhouse gases a dangerous pollutant, as a landmark conference entered a second day Tuesday. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Americans who think global warming is caused by human activity, including vehicle and industrial emissions, are now a minority for the first time in nearly two years, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll said Monday. Full Story »
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MOJAVE, California (AFP) - Richard Branson unveiled Monday a commercial spaceliner offering tourists a cheaper chance to experience the thrill of weightlessness and view the splendor of the Earth from space. Full Story »
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MOSCOW (AFP) - An officer with the Russian intelligence service the FSB on Monday dismissed a US report suggesting a fragment of Hitler's skull held in Moscow is actually from a woman, insisting their relic is genuine. Full Story »
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BRUSSELS (AFP) - The energy ministers of nine European Union nations on Monday signed a deal to develop a massive offshore wind power grid in the North Sea and Irish Sea, as UN climate talks got underway in Copenhagen. Full Story »
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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Scientists and negotiators at UN talks voiced outrage Monday over the theft of email exchanges between climate scientists, denouncing the hack as an attempt to muddy public opinion on global warming. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government said it would start to regulate carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant, sidestepping a divided Congress to give momentum to global climate talks in Copenhagen. Full Story »
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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Ten million people around the world have signed an online petition demanding that leaders conclude a "fair, ambitious and binding" climate treaty, organisers of the initiative said on Monday. Full Story »
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MUMBAI (AFP) - India's giant Tata Group on Monday unveiled a new low-cost water purifier, which it hopes will provide safe drinking water for millions and cut the toll of deadly diseases. Full Story »
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NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's environment minister faced criticism in parliament on Monday and dissent from negotiators after his offer to reduce the country's carbon footprint ahead of the Copenhagen climate change talks. Full Story »
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