Is European Distrust Towards Animal Cloning For Food Finally Lessening?

European reluctance to allow cloned animals to be sold as food is well known – and indeed the practice is outlawed. But there are signs of cautious changes in these attitudes.

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Waxman-Markey Bill 2009 Viewed as Progress in Climate Change, However, the U.S. Still Lags Behind the EU’s Aggressive Emissions Targets Set for 2020

The Waxman-Markey Bill—known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) and the first ever climate bill passed by either house of Congress—was passed by the US House of Representatives on 26 June, as reported by Europolitics.

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“Clean Coal” — Still an Unattainable Goal for Germany (and for the United States)?

Germany, the EU’s “Mr. Coal,” has stumbled in its first high-tech attempt to make this fossil fuel environment-friendly.

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Philip Gordon Expresses Hope for a “Useful” U.S.-Russia Summit Meeting in Moscow, Especially on Arms Reductions

Striking a pragmatic tone ahead of the upcoming U.S.-Russia summit, a top U.S. policy-maker said that the meeting is intended to “do some useful things” including renewed momentum on arms control.

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