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A coal-fired power plant in China.
Credit: Photo Stock

By Antoaneta Bezlova* - IPS/IFEJ

China Takes Over Carbon Market

The Asian giant accounts for 60 percent of the global total of carbon credits. More than 100 "clean development" projects are under way in China.

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Mapuches protest airport construction.
Credit: Diario Austral de la Araucanía

By Daniela Estrada

Climate Measurements Better from Siberia

Indigenous groups are fighting to halt construction of a new airport in the Chilean region of Araucanía. It is one of President Bachelet's biggest infrastructure projects.

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