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  • July 2008

    • China, India Reject G8 Carbon Plan

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Jul 9, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      China, India Reject G8 Carbon Plan

      (Newser) - Neither China nor India agreed to adopt the G8's targets for cutting carbon emissions by 2050 at their joint meeting today. Asia's two big developing economies, joined by Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa, said carbon reductions would endanger their growth and exacerbate poverty, and that rich nations should clean up the mess they had created. The emerging economies' holdout was only one of many signs that the G8 is losing clout, reports the Financial Times. More »

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      China  • climate change  • environment  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • carbon emissions  • Yasuo Fukuda  • G8 summit  • developing countries

    • Recycled 'E-Waste' Can Be Toxic

      USA Today  |  Jul 7, 08 5:59 AM CDT

      Recycled 'E-Waste' Can Be Toxic

      (Newser) - Recycling old computers, cell phones, and TVs may sound like a good idea—but be sure you know the destination before you dump such material, USA Today advises. While such “e-waste” recycling programs are springing up everywhere these days, some pose a threat. Often, the materials end up in developing nations, spreading toxins through the air and water. More »

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      environment  • consumer electronics  • recycling  • toxin  • developing countries  • e waste

  • June 2008

    • Global Econ Puzzle Awaits New President

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Jun 27, 08 10:42 AM CDT

      Global Econ Puzzle Awaits New President

      (Newser) - Whether it's John McCain or Barack Obama, the next president will confront a global economic landscape unlike anything his predecessor confronted, write Robert Hormats and Jim O'Neill. In an op-ed for the Financial Times , the two Goldman Sachs executives explain that the new president's greatest challenge will be the rise of emerging economies, whose share of world GDP has doubled since George W. Bush took office. More »

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      election 2008  • United States  • Goldman Sachs  • globalization  • economics  • developing countries  • BRICs

  • April 2008

    • Another Key Shortage: Fertilizer

      New York Times  |  Apr 30, 08 10:02 AM CDT

      Another Key Shortage: Fertilizer

      (Newser) - One of the less touted factors behind the global food crisis is a shortage in chemical fertilizer, which has helped boost crop yields dramatically and particularly benefited the developing world. But while growing demand is unlikely to be met for many years, the environmental impact of producing and using chemical fertilizers is significant and negative, the New York Times reports. More »

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      food prices  • farming  • corn  • crops  • developing countries  • rice  • food supply  • fertilizer

    • Peru Distributes '$100 Laptop'

      MIT Technology Review  |  Apr 24, 08 3:18 PM CDT

      Peru Distributes '$100 Laptop'

      (Newser) - One Laptop per Child got a bumpy start, with the “$100 laptop” soaring to $188, for-profit competitors snatching customers, and developing countries hesitating to buy. But the true test for the nonprofit comes now, as Peru prepares to send 486,500 computers to its poorest schoolchildren. The country faces daunting obstacles, but rural kids testing the laptops are enthusiastic, reports Technology Review . More »

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      philanthropy  • Peru  • One Laptop Per Child  • developing countries  • XO laptop

  • February 2008

    • Child Nutrition Boosts Adult Income: Study

      BBC  |  Feb 1, 08 4:20 PM CST

      Child Nutrition Boosts Adult Income: Study

      (Newser) - Eating a nutritious diet as an infant has a significant effect on income later in life, a study published in the Lancet finds. Researchers looked at Guatemalan males over a three-decade period and found that those who had received a nutritious food supplement were earning close to 50% more per hour as grown men than those who had not. More »

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      income  • nutrition  • Guatemala  • developing countries

  • January 2008

    • Plasma TV Back From the Dead

      Reuters  |  Jan 11, 08 6:58 PM CST

      Plasma TV Back From the Dead

      (Newser) - Plasma TV's rollercoaster ride continues as the technology given up for dead more than a year ago has made a booming sales comeback, Reuters reports. Demand in the developing world, especially in China, is driving the upswing. LCD technology seemed until recently to have trampled plasma, but it turns out many consumers prefer plasma's crisper image quality. More »

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      China  • Samsung  • developing countries  • Panasonic  • Plasma TV  • LCD TV

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