Saturday, July 21, 2012

Green War-Mongers Playing With Fire
German solar firms are preparing anti-dumping litigation against China in an effort to curb cheap panel imports often backed by state subsidies. The German government is supporting the move. Meanwhile, the Chinese government appears determined to retaliate as it announced Friday it would open an investigation into imports of solar-grade polysilicon from the US and South Korea.
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China's solar companies hold more than 60 percent of the global market - a position that industry analysts say the country gained through lavish credit lines and other state subsidies to its solar firms.

In Germany, which is one of the world's largest solar energy markets, cheap imports of solar equipment from China have led to a series of bankruptcies of solar firms.
Climate change a farmer’s nightmare - Africa
One day there is too much heat and the other day it is too cold and this has disastrous effects on the crop

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