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In mid-June there were smiles all round in Brussels as the European Union and the United States signed a cooperation agreement on fuel cells technology. The agreement 1 1 See “Fuel cells agreement: EU and US forge links to provide sustainable energy sources for the future,” http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/03/846|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display= , aimed at strengthening research links between the two economic superpowers, was brokered by European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin and US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham. Subsequently, in late June in Washington the EU signed a US-led agreement involving an international charter on carbon dioxide capture and storage 2 2 See “US Hosts Inaugural Forum for Carbon Sequestration Research and Development,” http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do?PUBLIC_ID=13600&BT_CODE=PR_PRESSRELEASES&TT_CODE=PRESSRELEASE . US correspondent, Don Smith reports.

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