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European airlines rally against EU carbon tax: source
Airbus and six European airlines have written to four EU leaders attacking the carbon tax imposed by the European Union, a source close to the dossier told AFP Sunday.
Mar 11, 2012 |
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German Internet community cries foul over Google news law
Germany's Internet community, gathered at the world's biggest high-tech fair, was up in arms Thursday at a draft law forcing Google and other similar sites to pay media firms for content.
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Google boss lays out future vision at world's top tech fair
Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt cast a science-fiction vision of the future as the world's top tech fair opened Monday, with the German IT sector predicting record sales in 2012.
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Internet muscles in on world's biggest IT fair
Internet players are set to make a big splash at the world's biggest IT fair opening in Germany Monday, likely to widen the event's appeal from a traditional devotion to pure technology.
Mar 05, 2012 |
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German jobs boom in renewable energy questioned
Optimistic predictions that Germany's decision to turn its back on nuclear energy will lead to the creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs in the renewable energy sector have met with scepticism.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 08, 2012 |
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Heidi, Germany's cross-eyed opossum star, dead
Heidi, a cross-eyed opossum who became an Internet sensation in Germany, winning three times more Facebook admirers than Chancellor Angela Merkel, died on Wednesday, her zoo said.
Sep 28, 2011 |
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CO2 storage law falls through in Germany
Germany's parliament Friday blocked a law allowing the storage of carbon dioxide underground, as Europe's top economy wrangles over energy policy following Japan's nuclear disaster.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 23, 2011 |
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German parliament backs nuclear exit by 2022
The German parliament sealed plans Friday to phase out nuclear energy by 2022, making the country the first major industrial power to take the step in the wake of the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Merkel: binding, verifiable climate targets needed
(AP) -- All nations must commit to binding and verifiable goals to reduce their carbon emissions to reach a new international climate agreement as the Kyoto Protocol expires next year, German Chancellor Angela ...
Jul 04, 2011 |
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German government asked to probe sex toys
Germany's Green party filed a formal request in parliament Wednesday for the government to probe the level of potentially dangerous chemicals in sex toys.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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German port's future blowing in the wind
The small German port of Cuxhaven is betting its future on North Sea wind, promoting itself as a base for new offshore wind farms as the country embarks on a bid to scrap nuclear power.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 13, 2011 |
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German cabinet passes nuclear exit bill
The German cabinet signed off Monday on a bill phasing out nuclear power in Europe's biggest economy by 2022, prompted by the disaster in March at Japan's Fukushima plant.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Germany to scrap nuclear power by 2022
Germany on Monday announced plans to become the first major industrialised power to shut down all its nuclear plants in the wake of the disaster in Japan, with a phase-out due to be wrapped up by 2022.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 30, 2011 |
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Merkel backs proposal to end nuclear power in 2022
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that 2022 was "a good time" for Germany to end nuclear power, backing a proposal by the Bavarian wing of her party.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 22, 2011 |
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Germany outlines bold plan to drive electric
Germany outlined Monday a bold plan to rev up the number of all-electric cars on its roads from next to nothing to one million in under 10 years, helping its automakers shift into the key sector.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 16, 2011 |
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