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Landing Airplanes in Green Europe By Juan Delgado
		A proposal passed by the European Parliament in November 2007 to include airlines within the European emissions trading scheme (ETS), effectively means that airlines will have to pay for the right to pollute. Juan Delgado discusses what this will mean for the airline industry, its passengers — and environmentalists.

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		The twin crises of world food price inflation and the U.S. sub-prime mortgage meltdown are inciting anger in the developing world toward global capital markets. BlueOrchard risk manager David Apgar examines the effects this may have on microfinance institutions — and explores what microlenders can do to mitigate the crises.

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		The June 2007 G-8 summit in Germany was not expected to make much of a splash. However, President Bush surprised the world by proposing a conference of the world’s 15 largest greenhouse gas emitters — which amazingly offers Iran a route to get back to the global negotiating table.

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