Greenhouse Gases Rose Two Percent Last Year...

AP JOHN HEILPRIN December 19, 2005 at 05:55 PM

Emissions of gases blamed for warming the atmosphere grew by 2 percent in the United States last year, the Energy Department reported Monday. The report came just nine days after aUnited Nations conference where the United States and China refused to join any talks for imposing binding limits on emissions of those gases.

The so-called greenhouse gases, led by carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, rose to 7.12 million metric tons, up from 6.98 million metric tons in 2003, the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration said.

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Honda To Mass-Produce Solar Cells in 2007...

From Rueters December 19, 2005 at 05:55 PM

Honda Motor Co. said on Monday it plans to start mass-producing solar cells in 2007, eyeing growing demand for environmentally friendly energy sources.

Japan's third-biggest automaker said in a statement it would build a new factory for solar cells on the site of a car plant in Kumamoto prefecture, on the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu.

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