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U.S. and EU agree to boost environment cooperation
Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:35am ET

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union agreed tighter cooperation on renewable energy, "clean coal" and other environmental policies on Wednesday, despite splits over the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol on global warming. ***

They agreed to promote technologies to capture and bury greenhouse gases from coal, to boost energy efficiency and renewable fuels, to set common standards for biofuels, protect the diversity of species on Earth and help developing nations.