About 120 units of electricity are being produced through solar energy system in Khulna everyday under the project for Promotion of Renewable Energy in Khulna division.

The project has been implemented by Khulna City Corporation with the technical and financial assistance of European union, Germany and Italy, Dr Bibhuti Roy, an engineer of the project, told The Daily Star yesterday.

China called on rich nations to sign up to carbon emission cuts of 25-40 percent by 2020, an official with China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on Wednesday.

The official also said China, the world's top emitter of planet-warming greenhouse gases, wanted to commit to emissions reductions in certain industries but was still figuring out how to do this.

US electricity generators support compromises being reached by Democrats in the House of Representatives on proposed climate legislation, saying the changes would soften the impact on power bills.

Democrats in the US House of Representatives neared an agreement on a climate-change bill on Tuesday and said they expected to approve it soon.

"Our goal is to finish this bill by the close of business next week on the House floor," Representative Edward Markey, chairman of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, told reporters.

Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday vowed to push for major changes to a climate change bill that could move through a key committee next week, including a proposal to count nuclear power as a clean energy alternative.

The global recession and tight credit conditions have cast a chill on the solar-power industry after years of breakneck growth, and could usher in long-term changes in the industry.

The world's biggest contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, is considering diversifying away from chips for the first time in its 22-year history to combat declining industry margins.

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Negotiations in the US House of Representatives on how to cut industrial pollutants that cause global warming reach a critical stage this week as President Barack Obama huddles with key lawmakers on Tuesday and Republicans ready for a fight.

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