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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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Three Decades of Change in China By Richard Fisher
		The pageantry of the Beijing Olympics recalled memories of another historic turning point in China for Richard W. Fisher — the economic liberalization that began in the late 1970s. He explains why foreigners must break through China's carefully crafted façade in order to have a truthful basis upon which to build economic and political ties.

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		Nurturing high-tech infant industries has become a popular development strategy among less-developed nations. As Charles Kenny explains in the first installment of this two-part series, even the most sophisticated and cutting-edge industries are not translating into better economic performance or higher standards of living.

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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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