AFP - India cannot accept
a global warming treaty
that would stall its
drive to lift millions
out of poverty, Premier
Manmohan Singh said as he
left for the final phase
of UN climate talks in
Copenhagen.
AFP - Seeking to turn an
environmental problem
into an economic
opportunity, high-tech
companies in
resource-poor Japan are
mining mountains of toxic
e-waste for precious
materials.
AFP - China is to invest
more than three trillion
yuan (440 billion
dollars) in environmental
protection over five
years from 2011, state
media said Thursday, as
the country battles
widespread pollution.
Reuters - China has told
participants in the U.N.
climate change talks that
it sees no possibility of
achieving an operational
accord this week, an
official involved in the
Copenhagen talks said on
Thursday.
AP - U.N. climate
negotiators looked
Wednesday to the United
States to bring fresh
ideas — perhaps in
the form of extra
billions of dollars
— to try to salvage
a bare-bones political
agreement by the end of
the week on controlling
global ...
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY,
Dec. 16 (HealthDay News)
-- Seven genes associated
with increased
susceptibility to leprosy
have been identified by
scientists in Singapore
and China.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY,
Dec. 16 (HealthDay News)
-- Human embryonic stem
cell
lines currently used for
research come mostly from
white donors, a new
report finds.
AP - Investigators have
found evidence linking an
animal rights group to
homemade bombs that
burned seven vehicles in
Mexico City, a prosecutor
said Wednesday.