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• 20 November 2006 - Aluminium homes Japan's housing needs are changing and the changes are bringing in greener technologies.
  BBC News Japan
• 14 November 2006 - Rethink in Australia on carbon trading John Howard is now reconsidering an international trading agreement.
  BBC News Australia
• 25 October 2006 - One of the world largest solar plants planned Victoria will host the new plant which will cost A$420m with some government support. The government has set aside A$500m towards clean energy, of which another A$50m is already allocated to reduce emissions from coal power production.
  BBC News
• 23 October 2006 - US polls show little interest in the environment Unfortunately Iraq overshadows everthing - so the politicians competing in the mid-term elections are hardly likely to show much interest either.
  BBC News US
• 9 October 2006 - Green Malmo Western Harbour in Sweden has been designed completely around sustainability, from walk ways and cycle routes to solar power and passive solar heat gathering windows.
  BBC News Sweden
• 6 October 2006 - Chirac supports biofuel farming President Chirac is urging the EU to support a change in agricultural end products. He has set a target of 10% of French fuel to come from vegetable sources by 2015.
  BBC News France
• 27 September 2006 - California is first state to set tagets on emission reductions Governor Schwarzenegger signs new law to reduce emissions by 25% by 2020.
  BBC News US
• 20 September 2006 - California sues car firms The state of California is sueing Toyota, Ford, Honda, Chrysler and Nissan and asking for compensation for the damage caused to health, economy and the environment by emissions.
  BBC News US
• 12 August 2006 - CO2 fertilising greenhouses! 400 greenhouses outside Rotterdam are given CO2 from an oil refinery that would otherwise merely dissipate into the atmosphere. The venture has had such a significant effect on plants that it is now being extended to 100 more greenhouses.
  Guardian Unlimited
• 16 August 2006 - Australia PM rejects carbon caps John Howard has rejected the idea to introduce carbon taxes for excessive guzzlers. Australia is one of the few countries not to sign up to the Kyoto protocol - the PM says it would damage economy. Australia's energy comes almost entirely from coal.
  BBC News Australia
• 8 August 2006 - United States feel they have overcome undersea carbon storage problems Scientists now say they can inject CO2 beneath the sea bed safely to reduce global warming.
  BBC News United States
• 4 August 2006 - Cape Town's first renewable energy project The first 10 turbines will produce 0.2% of Cape Town's energy requirements.
  BBC News South Africa