Slower growth in Brazil eases electricity exigencies

GDP expanded by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter, the government reported today....

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Rio+20 will have little impact on mining

In under a month the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) takes place, involving...

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Chancellor Angela Merkel on May 16 dismissed Norbert Roettgen as environment minister. This move,...

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Tensions have mounted over Dushanbe's proposed Rogun hydroelectric plant, manifesting in April as...

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been the unfettered leader of a majority Conservative...

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The rare earths dispute at the WTO has rekindled interest in the relationship between...

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Recent studies have confirmed the rapid rate of ice melt from most of the world's glaciers and...

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Shale gas accounted for 23% of total production in the United States in 2010, turning that...

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 18 released its first rule on hydraulic...

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The global cultivated area of genetically modified (GM) crops rose by 8% in 2011, reaching 160...

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