A climate dilemma for China

By Christina Larson

The world leader in economic growth and carbon emissions faces competing forces

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"… na’s current fuel economy standards are not as stringent as those in the European Union or Japan, but are tougher than those in Australia, Canada, and the United …"

Key Findings

By iWatch News

A summary of ICIJ's findings from The Global Climate Change Lobby project

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"… Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, and the United States, as well as the European Union. Among our findings:• Both developed and developing countries are under …"

"… 400 percent jump from six years earlier. And in Australia, Canada, and the European Union, hundreds more lobbyists are at work attempting to block or water down str …"

"… Australia and the United States; and oil giant Exxon Mobil in Canada, the European Union, and the United States. Although largely operating at a national level, op …"

BINGOs and the global lobbyist

By Kate Willson

Industry climate change reps "loitering" instead of lobbying

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"… understood. “What we do here is we loiter,” says John Scowcroft of the European Union of the Electricity Industry. “It’s loitering with intent.”Think Glob …"

"… his actual lobbying for the national and regional level, including at the European Union in Brussels. “As a BINGO, you can have very little effect at these meeti …"

"… cleaner natural gas if natural gas resources are limited, he says.The European Union of Electricity Industry (Eurelectric) also wants 30 more years to hit …"

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U.S. stock market plunge followed Financial Stability Oversight Council warning

By Michael Hudson

Financial Stability Oversight Council's warning of fragile markets borne out by stock market plunge

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"… fears the global debt crisis may hammer Italy and Spain into default. The European Union has already given financial aid to member countries Greece and Ireland, an …"

Stock market plunge shows need for tough oversight of financial system, reformers say

By Michael Hudson

Is stock market plunge a sign that tough Wall St. reforms are still needed?

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"… sh worries about the debt problems facing Italy and Spain, and whether the European Union could afford to rescue them. …"

EPA focuses anew on obscure chemicals in consumer products

By Jane Kay

New scrutiny on ingredient of batteries, brake fluid and pharmaceuticals

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"… been found in water sources in Ohio, Illinois, and Ontario, Canada.In the European Union, products containing monoglyme or diglyme already are regulated. Their lab …"

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The curious bonds of oil diplomacy

By Sunday Dare

U.S. oil firms had invested over $3 billion in Equatorial Guinea in 2002

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"… system, with financial and technical assistance from the United States and European Union, and says it plans to establish two military bases, including one in a coa …"

Cholera and the age of the water barons

By Bill Marsden

Cholera turned out to be a chronicle of death foretold by blind ideology

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"… sor at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium and an advisor to the European Union on Science and Technology."Water has become important for capital because …"

"… thereafter."On another front, water companies are working closely with the European Union to enforce trade barriers against any country that refuses to open its wat …"

Defending the internal water empire

They may talk free-market privatization abroad, but internally France closely guards its own borders against foreign water companies

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"… 2001 meeting of the World Trade Organization in Doha, Qatar, the European Union, led by trade commissioner Pascal Lamy of France, inserted a clause into t …"

An opportunity seized

By Paul Radu

In its zeal to please U.S., Romania tramples foreigners' rights

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"… he willing."Serving as a transit point, according to investigations by the European Union and the Council of Europe, for CIA-operated aircraft that transported terr …"

"… agree not to extradite Americans to the International Criminal Court, the European Union chided Romania for acting unilaterally without Brussels' blessing.But the …"

"… was no routine business flight. According to a later investigation by the European Union, the aircraft was owned by Centurion Aviation Services, a company with a s …"

"… special permit authorizing it to land at U.S. military bases worldwide. To European Union investigators, that would be a tipoff that the aircraft's actual operator …"

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